Developing a Science Posse Program

这一“科学团队”项目正在试行和评估一项旨在增加STEM专业学生总数的计划。在Posse基金会和马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校的Meyerhoff计划已经开发的成功模式的基础上，该计划在资助期的前三年每年招收12名学生。Posse计划正在从市中心的高中招收对科学感兴趣和有天赋的学生。每一位科学课程的参与者都要参加为期四周的预科课程，向他们介绍实验室研究和一系列阐述科学与数学之间联系的充实研讨会。每个参与者还有机会在第一年或第二年学习后参加迪金森大学为期八周的学生/教师暑期合作研究体验，以及在大三之后在另一个学术或工业研究实验室进行为期八周的夏季顶石研究体验。该计划的目标是实现至少28名STEM毕业生的总体增长，并为代表不足的少数群体中未来的学生建立一批科学专业的榜样。该计划活动的方法和结果将通过期刊出版物和在专业会议上的陈述在更广泛的科学教育界广泛传播，以作为其他机构的榜样。

This "science posse" project is piloting and assessing a program designed to increase the total number of STEM majors from underrepresented groups. Building upon successful models already developed by The Posse Foundation and the Meyerhoff program at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, this program is enrolling 12 students per year in each of the first three years of the grant period. The posse program is recruiting students who display an interest in and aptitude for science from inner city high schools. Each science posse participant engages in a four-week pre-matriculation program introducing them to laboratory research and a series of enrichment workshops illustrating the connections between the sciences and mathematics. Each participant also receives an opportunity to take part in an eight-week summer collaborative student/faculty research experience at Dickinson after either their first or second year of study, as well as an additional eight-week summer capstone research experience at another academic or industrial research laboratory following their junior year. The goal of the program is to achieve an overall increase of at least 28 STEM graduates and to establish a cohort of science major role models for future students among underrepresented minority groups. Methods and results of the program's activities will be disseminated widely within the broader science education community through journal publications and presentations at professional meetings to serve as models for other institutions.