Implementation Grant: Addressing the Need of STEM Retention at HSSU

哈里斯-斯托州立大学是圣路易斯大都会区的一个小型HBCU，为大约2,000名学生提供服务，其中90%是非洲裔美国人。 Harris-Stow也有一个准备在小学和中学科学和数学教育的职业候选人的遗产。在Harris-Stowe的HBCU-UP项目有两个主要目标：提高一年级学生在数学和科学课程的学业成绩水平;提高攻读数学和科学教师学位的学生的总体入学率和毕业率。增强计划（REP）和教师教育改革计划（TERP），并出现了由NSF HBCU-UP规划赠款支持的规划过程的结果。 “提高保留率方案”和“教师教育改革方案”的许多战略是相互平行的。 这些策略包括学生支援服务（例如朋辈辅导和朋辈辅导）;数学和科学课程改革;加强和扩大学生（包括职前教师）的研究机会，以及为新生开办住宿暑期学院。 该计划将由一名负责数学和科学的保留主任提供支持，他将协调保留和招聘工作。通过HBCU-UP项目，哈里斯-斯托州立大学预计数学和科学专业的师范教育候选人数量将有所增加，并增加数学和科学专业一年级学生的保留率。

Harris-Stowe State University, a small HBCU in the St. Louis metropolitan area, serves approximately 2,000 students, ninety percent African American. Harris-Stow also has a legacy of preparing candidates for careers in elementary and secondary science and mathematics education.The HBCU-UP project at Harris-Stowe has two main goals: to increase the academic achievement level for first year students in mathematics and science courses; and to increase the overall enrollment and graduation rates of students pursuing teacher degrees in mathematics and science.The strategies proposed make up the Retention Enhancement Program (REP) and the Teacher Education Reform Program (TERP), and emerged as a result of a planning process supported by an NSF HBCU-UP planning grant. Many of the strategies parallel each other for the Retention Enhancement Program and the Teacher Education Reform Program. These strategies include student support services (e.g. peer tutoring and peer mentoring); curriculum reform in mathematics and science; enhancement and expansion of research opportunities for students, including pre-service teachers, and a residential summer academy for incoming students. The program will be supported by a Director of Retention for Mathematics and Science who will coordinate the retention and recruiting efforts.Through the HBCU-UP project, Harris-Stowe State University expects an increase in the number of teacher education candidates in mathematics and science, and an increase in the retention of first year students in mathematics and science.