STEMS II Program for Suffolk County Community College

萨福克县社区学院 STEMS II 项目

• 批准号: 1060582
• 负责人: Candice Foley
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Suffolk Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1060582&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEMS; II; Program; Suffolk; County

Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is providing 140 S-STEM scholarships to students from multiple STEM disciplines. The goal is to graduate and transfer more STEM students by expanding the existing program, increasing the use of technology to expand collaborative partnerships, and enhancing peer mentoring. Participants receive financial aid, transfer and career counseling, internships, job shadowing, partner institution tours, and invited speaker presentations. The project aims to (1) Integrate Research and Education with experiences at SCCC, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), and Stony Brook University (SBU), and (2) Integrate Diversity into NSF Programs by recruiting students in programs for underrepresented populations, including the Collegiate Science and Technology Education Program (CSTEP), Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP), Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) and Empire State Diversity Scholarship (ESDS).The intellectual merit of the project includes: (1) An innovative joint program led by a diverse team; (2) A co-PI who designed and directs the College's first STEM gender equity program; (3) A co-PI who directs minority recruitment through CSTEP, STEP, and LPP; and (4) Educational and research opportunities offered through a collaborative partnership with BNL and SBU.The broader impacts follow from enhancing diversity among NSF S-STEM Scholars by collaborating with CSTEP to recruit low income and underrepresented students. This enables participants to receive CSTEP support services, leveraging NSF resources with state- and county-funded programs, such as STEP, LPP, and ESDS. SCCC's 2006-2011 scholarship participants demonstrated graduation and transfer rates greater than twice the average of their peers at SCCC. The extended project is graduating more STEM students from populations underrepresented in STEM professions and assisting them to transfer and complete their educations, directly addressing the significant national shortage of STEM professionals. Results are being disseminated to the STEM education community through a regular series of presentations at national venues.

萨福克县社区学院向来自多个STEM学科的学生提供140个S-STEM奖学金。其目标是通过扩大现有项目、更多地使用技术来扩大合作伙伴关系和加强同行指导，来毕业和转移更多的STEM学生。参与者可以获得经济援助、转学和职业咨询、实习、工作跟踪、合作机构之旅以及受邀的演讲者演讲。该项目旨在(1)将研究和教育与SCCC、布鲁克海文国家实验室(BNL)和石溪大学(SBU)的经验相结合，(2)通过在面向代表性不足的人群的项目中招收学生，将多样性纳入NSF项目，包括大学科技教育计划(CSTEP)、科学技术进入计划(STEP)、自由伙伴计划(LPP)和帝国多元化奖学金(ESDS)。该项目的智力优势包括：(1)由不同团队领导的创新联合计划；(2)设计和指导学院第一个STEM性别平等计划的共同PI；(3)通过CSTEP、STEP和LPP指导少数族裔招生的共同PI；以及(4)通过与BNL和SBU的合作伙伴关系提供教育和研究机会。更广泛的影响来自于通过与CSTEP合作招收低收入和代表性不足的学生来增强国家科学基金S-STEM学者的多样性。这使参与者能够获得CSTEP支持服务，利用NSF的资源与州和县资助的项目，如STEP、LPP和ESD。2006-2011年度SCCC奖学金参与者的毕业率和转校率高于SCCC同龄人平均水平的两倍以上。扩大后的项目正在帮助更多的STEM学生从STEM专业中代表性不足的人群中毕业，并帮助他们转学和完成教育，直接解决国家严重缺乏STEM专业人员的问题。正在通过在国家场馆定期举办一系列专题报告会，向STEM教育界传播成果。