Increasing Diversity in the Sciences

阿勒格尼学院建议，与NSF S-STEM的支持，毕业两个8名学生的队列。 根据学院的使命，将优先考虑有色人种的学生，以增加自然科学领域代表性不足的学生人数。 学生将在大学四年中获得奖学金。 该学院将用私人资金支持另外10名学生，并承担支持第二批学生的费用，这些学生将在NSF资助停止后继续学习。 由于这项奖学金的支持，26名学生将从自然科学专业毕业。 学院将提供增强的支持计划，如共同的第一年研讨会，务虚会和定期午餐会。 由教师顾问密切指导的目的是确保高保留和援助是提供与研究生院和就业安置。 在第一年，所有S-STEM学生将被安置在学院最新的住宅区。 阿勒格尼学院是一所私立文理学院，学生人数约为2,000人，学生与教师的比例为13：1。 68%的新生在高中班级中排名前20%，SAT成绩中位数为1220。94%的自然科学专业学生在四年或更短的时间内获得学位。

Allegheny College proposes, with NSF S-STEM support, to graduate two cohorts of 8 students. Preference is to be given to students of color, in line with the mission of the college to increase the number of underrepresented students in the natural sciences. Students are to receive a scholarship throughout all 4 years of college. The college is to support an additional 10 students with private funding and is to assume the cost of supporting a second cohort of students, who will continue their studies after NSF funding ceases. Twenty-six students are to graduate in the natural sciences because of this scholarship support. The College will provide enhanced support programs such as common first year seminars, retreats and regular lunch meetings. Close mentoring by faculty advisors is designed to ensure high retention and assistance is to be provided with graduate school and job placement. In their first year all S-STEM students will be housed in the College's newest residential complex. Allegheny College is a private liberal arts college with a student body of approximately 2,000 and a student faculty ratio of 13:1. Sixty-eight percent of incoming students rank in the top 20% of their high school classes with a median SAT score of 1220. Ninety four percent of majors in the natural sciences receive their degrees in four years or less.