Maximizing Recruitment, Persistence and Success of Undergraduate Women in Science

最大限度地增加科学领域女本科生的招募、坚持和成功

• 批准号: 0965966
• 负责人: Janna Levin
• 金额: $ 59.53万
• 依托单位: Barnard College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0965966&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maximizing; Recruitment; Persistence; Success; Undergraduate

Barnard College is providing scholarships to 25 women majoring in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. Five cohorts of students are developing into a supportive team by attending 6 community-building workshops designed to address student concerns that develop at specific times during the academic year and by attending a mandatory seminar each year. Scholars' success is being maximized by the educational advantages of a small liberal arts college -- Barnard is a college for women affiliated with Columbia University -- with access to the advantages of a major university. Targeted mentoring and workshops encourage students to flourish in the classroom and beyond. Broader impacts are both immediate and long-term. In the short term, students are gaining valuable time to pursue the course-heavy science majors during which an added burden of work-study drives attrition. Further, students graduate without the heavy burden of debt that can derail a commitment to their chosen scientific discipline. In the long term, the student-support structures at Barnard foster the students' innate curiosity in the sciences and encourage a responsibility for mentoring future cohorts themselves. The Barnard College Scholars Program is contributing to national efforts to build the science and research infrastructure, especially for women. With an excellent grounding in the liberal arts, scholars graduate with a broad worldview as well as an intense background in STEM disciplines.

巴纳德学院为25名主修生物、化学、物理和数学的妇女提供奖学金。 五组学生正在发展成为一个支持团队，参加6个社区建设讲习班，旨在解决学生在学年期间的特定时间发展的问题，并参加每年一次的强制性研讨会。学者们的成功正被一所小型文理学院的教育优势最大化--巴纳德是一所附属于哥伦比亚大学的女子学院--可以获得一所主要大学的优势。有针对性的指导和研讨会鼓励学生在课堂内外蓬勃发展。更广泛的影响既有直接的，也有长期的。从短期来看，学生们获得了宝贵的时间来攻读课程繁重的理科专业，在此期间，额外的半工半读的负担导致了减员。 此外，学生毕业时没有沉重的债务负担，这可能会破坏他们对所选科学学科的承诺。 从长远来看，巴纳德的学生支持结构培养了学生对科学的天生好奇心，并鼓励他们自己承担指导未来同龄人的责任。巴纳德学院学者计划正在为国家建设科学和研究基础设施，特别是为妇女建设科学和研究基础设施做出贡献。在文科有着良好的基础，学者们毕业时拥有广阔的世界观以及STEM学科的强烈背景。