Edmonds Community College STEM Scholarships (EdSTEM$)

该项目正在支持45名低收入，有教育天赋和处境不利的STEM学生，每年提供5，000美元的奖学金，用于他们在学院接受教育期间。埃德蒙兹社区学院STEM奖学金（EdSTEM $）项目提供了一套学生支持服务，包括队列会议和社交网络，教师导师和顾问，2学分队列课程，自习室和在线辅导，密集的数学干预，职业探索和准备，转移准备，服务学习和本科研究，以及电子投资组合的创建。所代表的学科包括生物学、化学、计算机信息系统、计算机科学、工程学、环境科学、数学和物理学。该项目通过来自所有STEM学科的教师的积极参与，学院的研究办公室，财政援助办公室和职业中心，与学院的MESA和TRIO SSS计划的协调以及所有地区高中和学区的参与得到加强公平和成就家长咨询委员会。EdSTEM $是创造性的，因为支持组件已经定制了每个学者的学术成功和水平，同时建立和维护队列经验。新的或处于危险中的学者从他们的导师，同龄人和其他大学资源中获得学术和个人的及时和密集的支持。转学或工作准备就绪的学者有资格参加一系列服务学习或本科研究方面的高影响力和领导力活动，这些活动使他们在转学或工作时具有竞争优势。评价和评估计划是严格的，包括数量和质量两个要素。形成性调查结果使项目团队能够对不可预见的问题做出反应，总结性调查结果提供了对项目及其组件在提高学生成功方面的有效性的清晰而深刻的理解。更广泛的影响EdSTEM $项目团队包括一个具体的目标，即招募代表性不足和残疾的申请人，使这一人群占合格奖学金申请人总数的50%。该项目小组得到了MESA方案主任和残疾学生多元文化事务和服务办公室的帮助。所有五所地区高中都在协助项目小组招募不同的学生，并在高中举行家庭之夜，为完成奖学金申请提供信息和援助。评估报告和焦点小组作为参与讨论和影响科学和数学司的课程和支持服务的行动教师和管理的基础。项目的研究结果进一步加深了科学、技术、工程和数学学术界对如何支持低收入、代表性不足的科学、技术、工程和数学学生的理解，并通过项目网站以及在区域和国家会议上的发言得到广泛传播。

The project is supporting 45 low-income, educationally talented and disadvantaged STEM students with $5,000 scholarship each year for the duration of their education at the college. The Edmonds Community College STEM Scholarship (EdSTEM$) project provides a suite of student support services including cohort meetings and social networking, faculty mentors and advisors, 2-credit cohort classes, study rooms and online tutoring, intensive mathematics interventions, career exploration and preparation, transfer preparation, service learning and undergraduate research, and the creation of an e-portfolio. Disciplines represented include biology, chemistry, computer information systems, computer science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics and physics.Intellectual Merit The EdSTEM$ project is building on earlier CSEMS scholarship projects. The project is strengthened through the active participation of faculty from all STEM disciplines, the college's research office, financial aid office and career center, the coordination with the college's MESA and TRiO SSS programs and the participation of all area high schools and the school district's Equity and Achievement parent advisory committee. EdSTEM$ is creative in that support components have been tailored to the academic success and level of each scholar while at the same time building and maintaining a cohort experience. New or at risk scholars receive timely and intensive support both academically and personally from their mentors, peers, and other college resources. Transfer or work-ready scholars are eligible for a range of high impact and leadership activities in service learning or undergraduate research that give them a competitive edge upon transfer to college or work. The evaluation and assessment plan is rigorous, including both quantitative and qualitative elements. Formative findings allow the project team to be responsive to unforeseen issues, and summative findings provide a clear and deep understanding of the effectiveness of the project and its components in improving student success. Broader Impacts The EdSTEM$ project team has included a specific objective of recruiting underrepresented and disabled applicants such that this population makes up 50% of the eligible scholarship applicant pool. The project team has enlisted the help of the directors of the MESA program and offices of Multicultural Affairs and Services for Students with Disabilities. All five area high schools are assisting the project team in recruiting diverse students and holding family nights at the high schools to provide information and assistance in completing the scholarship application. Assessment reports and focus groups serve as a basis for engaging the faculty and administration in discussions and actions affecting the curriculum and support services of the Science and Mathematics Division. Project findings further the STEM academic community's understanding of how to support low-income, underrepresented STEM students and are broadly disseminated through the project website and presentations at regional and national meetings.