COF STEM Scholars

COF STEM 学者

• 批准号: 0850160
• 负责人: Michael Berger
• 金额: $ 58.63万
• 依托单位: Simmons University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0850160&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: COF; STEM; Scholars

The Colleges Of the Fenway (COF) STEM Scholars program provides twenty incoming freshman who have committed to majoring in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) with four-year scholarships. The program offers research and internship opportunities, career planning assistance, mentoring and peer support. Students conduct summer research or participate in internships at universities or companies in the area and meet regularly to share insights. Students qualifying for scholarships meet the following requirements: financial need, strong academic record, and a commitment to pursue a STEM major. The COF STEM Scholars project addresses the following goals:To increase the number of graduates from Boston area high schools matriculating to the COF and majoring and graduating in STEM areas.To develop a support network for students with the goal of increasing their academic success and persistence.To broaden the students' career goals; exposing them to nontraditional careers in STEM related fields, particularly those in demand in the local area.To provide experiential learning opportunities through work with faculty on research projects and through co-ops and internships.To create a model for leveraging the COF members' resources to work with this population of students that can be continued in future years.The Colleges of the Fenway (COF), a non-profit collaboration of six small colleges in the Greater Boston area with a combined undergraduate population of nearly 12,000, have a longstanding commitment to working with and providing opportunities to the residents of greater Boston. This commitment comes in the form of scholarships to students, volunteer work in the schools and local community agencies and civic involvement strengthening the city as whole. Four of the six members of the COF participate in this program: Emmanuel College, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Wheelock College. The two that are not participating do not have majors that fit the S-STEM criteria. Each college brings unique strengths to this partnership, along with a proven track record of working together through the COF. This program focuses the shared commitment of the COF, which is to educate the students from the community in which the colleges reside on increasing the number of those students who pursue undergraduate education in the STEM disciplines.The targeted student population, the students in the Greater Boston area, ranks 13th among the nation's school districts serving poor students, according to the US Census Bureau. In school year 2006-2007, 71% of Boston public school students qualified for the city's free or reduced price lunch program. Eighty-six percent of Boston Public School students are classified as Asian, Latino, African American, and Native American. Through the use of targeted high school recruitment efforts a more diverse population of students succeed in STEM majors and professions and these STEM graduates encourage others to do the same.

芬威学院（COF）STEM奖学金计划为20名致力于科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）专业的新生提供四年奖学金。该计划提供研究和实习机会，职业规划援助，指导和同行支持。 学生进行暑期研究或参加该地区大学或公司的实习，并定期会面分享见解。 有资格获得奖学金的学生符合以下要求：经济需要，良好的学习成绩，并致力于追求STEM专业。 COF STEM学者项目致力于实现以下目标：增加波士顿地区高中录取COF并在STEM领域主修和毕业的毕业生人数。为学生建立支持网络，以提高他们的学术成功和坚持。拓宽学生的职业目标;让他们接触到STEM相关领域的非传统职业，特别是那些在当地的需求。通过与教师合作的研究项目，并通过合作，运营和实习。为了创造一个模型，利用COF成员的资源，与这一人口的学生，可以在未来几年继续工作。芬威学院（COF），一个非营利性的合作，六个小学院在大波士顿地区，合并本科人口近12000，长期致力于与大波士顿的居民合作并为他们提供机会。这一承诺的形式是向学生提供奖学金，在学校和当地社区机构开展志愿工作，以及加强整个城市的公民参与。 COF的六个成员中有四个参加了这个项目：伊曼纽尔学院、西蒙斯学院、温特沃斯理工学院和会德丰学院。两个没有参加的专业都不符合S-STEM标准。 每个学院都为这种伙伴关系带来了独特的优势，沿着通过COF共同工作的良好记录。 该计划的重点是COF的共同承诺，即教育来自大学所在社区的学生，增加在STEM学科接受本科教育的学生人数。目标学生群体，大波士顿地区的学生，根据美国人口普查局的数据，在全国为贫困学生服务的学区中排名第13位。 在2006-2007学年，71%的波士顿公立学校学生有资格享受该市的免费或减价午餐计划。 波士顿公立学校86%的学生被归类为亚洲人，拉丁美洲人，非洲裔美国人和美洲原住民。 通过有针对性的高中招生工作，更多样化的学生群体在STEM专业和职业中取得成功，这些STEM毕业生鼓励其他人也这样做。