A Rising Tide: Lifting Student Success in Science, Engineering, and Math in Southwestern Washington

崛起的浪潮：提升华盛顿州西南部学生在科学、工程和数学方面的成功

• 批准号: 0966387
• 负责人: Stephen Norton
• 金额: $ 47.16万
• 依托单位: Centralia 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: 2010-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0966387&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Rising; Tide; Lifting; Student; Success

This project is a) increasing the number of students pursuing degrees in STEM areas, b) increasing the retention and academic success of S-STEM scholars, c) enriching their learning environment and d) facilitating the transfer of S-STEM scholars to appropriate baccalaureate institutions. The project is partnering with existing outreach programs at Centralia College to induce more middle and high school students to choose STEM careers. S-STEM scholars are working with peer and faculty mentors, visiting labs and field sites of STEM professionals, pursuing independent research opportunities and attending regional scientific conferences, visiting potential transfer institutions, and meeting with financial aid / admissions experts to ensure academic success. This project is increasing the visibility of STEM careers in a rural area that lacks role models in these areas. Many project activities are open to all Centralia College students, lifting the academic achievement of not only the S-STEM scholars, but also their classmates. The investment in S-STEM scholars is having a spillover effect on their classmates, on the visibility of STEM careers and education programs at the college, and on the viability of STEM careers to students in the community who might otherwise not attempt this path.

该项目是：a)增加在STEM领域攻读学位的学生人数；b)增加S-STEM学者的留存率和学术成就；c)丰富他们的学习环境；d)促进S-STEM学者转到适当的学士学位院校。该项目正在与Centralia学院现有的外展项目合作，以吸引更多的初中生和高中生选择STEM职业。S-STEM学者正在与同行和教师导师合作，访问STEM专业人员的实验室和现场，寻求独立研究机会，参加地区性科学会议，访问潜在的转移机构，并与资助/招生专家会面，以确保学术成功。该项目正在提高STEM职业在农村地区的可见度，因为农村地区缺乏这些领域的榜样。许多项目活动向所有Centralia学院的学生开放，不仅提升了S-STEM学者的学术成就，也提升了他们的同学的学术成就。对S-STEM学者的投资正在对他们的同学产生溢出效应，影响STEM职业和教育项目在学院的可见度，并影响社区学生从事STEM职业的可行性，否则他们可能不会尝试这条道路。