Southwest Georgia Scholarship Project for the Advancement of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics

该项目为生物科学、计算机科学、化学、环境科学、法医学、工程预科和数学专业的副学士和转学生提供奖学金。项目目标是在四个奖学金颁发年度内，将这些领域的专业数量平均增加20%，并通过减轻奖学金获得者的经济负担，使他们能够更广泛地参与学术和支持活动，以促进成功和保留。该项目所在的两年制学院是建立在其数学，工程和科学成就（梅萨）计划和其他服务于少数民族的计划的成功支持结构的基础上。学者正在从传统和非传统人口，梅萨计划和地区高中招募早期入学。与当地一所高中建立正式的网络，这所高中被指定为科学、数学和工程学的卓越中心，招收的学生比例很高，来自代表性不足的群体，这是招募学业有前途的高中生的一个主要机制。评估有助于成功招聘和留住人才的因素，预计将扩大设计方案时可以借鉴的知识基础，以增加STEM毕业生的数量和多样性。

This project is providing scholarships for associate and transfer students majoring in Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Pre-Engineering, and Mathematics. Project goals are to increase the number of majors in these areas by an average of 20% over the four scholarship award years, and by relieving the financial burden on scholarship recipients, to allow them to have more extensive participation in academic and support activities that can foster success and retention. The two-year college in which the project is housed is building upon the successful support structures in its Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program and other programs serving minorities. Scholars are being recruited from traditional and non-traditional populations, the MESA program, and area high schools for early enrollment. A formal network with a local high school that is a designated center of excellence for science, mathematics and engineering, and that enrolls a high percentage of students from underrepresented groups, is a major mechanism for recruitment of academically promising high school students. Evaluation of the factors contributing to success in recruitment and retention is expected to expand the knowledge base that can be drawn from in designing programs to increase the numbers and diversity of STEM graduates.