A Pathway to Success for Academically Promising Low-Income Engineering Students at an Urban University

城市大学学业有前途的低收入工程专业学生的成功之路

• 批准号: 0806619
• 负责人: Stuart Long
• 金额: $ 59.86万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0806619&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pathway; Success; Academically; Promising; Low

This project is awarding scholarships to academically talented and financially needy engineering students and is supporting the scholars through a variety of structures and programs. Women and students from underrepresented groups are being especially targeted for support. Scholarships are being awarded to students in their sophomore and junior years with the students transitioning into paid internships or research experiences for their senior year. One of the primary project goals is to improve the retention through graduation rate for the targeted students. The scholarship cohort is being clustered in Academic Excellence Workshops that correspond to particular sophomore- and junior-level engineering courses. In these workshops, students form study teams and practice collaborative learning to solve problems. The workshops are guided by upper-division peer facilitators. Students are also being provided with career mentoring through a number of strategies, including regular meetings with faculty advocates.

该项目向有学术天赋和经济困难的工程专业学生颁发奖学金，并通过各种结构和计划支持这些学者。来自代表性不足群体的妇女和学生是特别需要支持的对象。奖学金将颁发给大二和大三的学生，这些学生将在大四进行带薪实习或研究经历。项目的主要目标之一是提高目标学生的毕业率。奖学金群体被集中在学术卓越研讨会上，这些研讨会对应于特定的二年级和三年级的工程课程。在这些工作坊中，学生组成学习小组，练习合作学习来解决问题。工作坊由高年级同侪辅导员指导。学生们还通过一系列策略获得职业指导，包括定期与教师倡导者会面。