Salish Kootenai College STEM Scholarship (S3) program

在这个项目中，位于蒙大拿州的部落学院Salish Kotenai College的学生被命名为Salish Kotenai STEM Scholars(S3)，以帮助他们获得STEM学科的学士学位。除了奖学金，中三奖学金还可以获得个人指导、通过辅导中心提供的学术支持、部落技术企业的实习机会、研究机会、学生支持服务、数学新兵训练营和职业咨询。在拨款的五年中，该项目旨在将来自代表人数不足的群体(主要是美国原住民)的STEM毕业生数量增加到14%的全国平均水平，将入学新生申报STEM专业的比例提高到31%，并将申报的专业毕业生的留存率提高到75%。这些雄心勃勃的目标正在实现，尽管该地区贫困程度很高，学生人口非传统(需要托儿和家庭支持)，许多学生的高中准备工作薄弱。

In this project students at Salish Kootenai College, a tribal college in Montana, are named Salish Kootenai STEM Scholars (S3) to assist them in earning bachelors degrees in STEM disciplines. In addition to the scholarships, S3 Scholars have access to individual mentoring, academic support through a tutoring center, internship opportunities in tribal technological businesses, research opportunities, student support services, math boot camps, and career counseling. Over the five years of the grant the project aims to increase the number of STEM graduates from underrepresented groups, mostly Native American, to the national average of 14%, increase the proportion of entering freshmen declaring STEM majors to 31%, and increase the retention of declared majors graduating to 75%. These ambitious goals are being achieved despite the high level of poverty in the area, the nontraditional student population (needs for childcare and family support), and weak high-school preparation of many of the students.