Gateways to Success in Science, Mathematics and Computing

科学、数学和计算机领域成功的大门

• 批准号: 1068238
• 负责人: Patricia Marsteller
• 金额: $ 119.94万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1068238&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gateways; Success; Science; Mathematics; Computing

This STEP Type 1A project is addressing issues of retention and success in science, mathematics, and computing. Based on extensive planning and examination of best practices the PI team is implementing improvements in several areas of the institution's programs, including use of collaborative learning materials, improved identification of at-risk students, introduction of a summer enrichment bridge program, and development of a new program to recruit underrepresented students. A particular emphasis taking place is the encouragement of more women and underrepresented minorities to pursue science degrees. Ambitious goals are envisioned to increase the number of science and mathematics majors by 150 per year and to double the annual number of underrepresented minority graduates with science and mathematics majors, from 55 to 110. Faculty development workshops are also being undertaken with particular attention to strengthening collaborations between a feeder two-year campus and the main institution. The intellectual merit of this project rests in the quality of its strategies and activities and in its formative and summative evaluation on i) changes to introductory courses, ii) academic support and mentoring, and iii) use of quantitative data on student performance and qualitative data from focus groups, to determine factors that influence retention in majors or persistence in career paths. The project is exercising broader impacts through its ambitious numerical goals for increasing the number of graduates in the sciences, mathematics, and computing, particularly among members of groups that remain underrepresented in STEM fields of study. Moreover, the project's approaches offer models for small teaching-intensive two-year institutions, as well as research intensive universities with a strong liberal arts tradition.

这个STEP 1A型项目正在解决科学，数学和计算方面的保留和成功问题。基于广泛的规划和最佳实践的检查PI团队正在实施该机构的方案，包括使用协作学习材料，提高风险学生的识别，引入夏季丰富的桥梁计划，并制定一个新的计划，以招募代表性不足的学生的几个领域的改进。一个特别的重点是鼓励更多的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族攻读科学学位。设想的宏伟目标是每年增加150名科学和数学专业的学生，并将科学和数学专业的少数民族毕业生人数从55人增加到110人。还正在举办教师发展讲习班，特别注意加强两年制附属校园与主要机构之间的合作。该项目的智力价值在于其战略和活动的质量，以及对i）入门课程的变化，ii）学术支持和指导，iii）使用关于学生表现的定量数据和来自焦点小组的定性数据的形成性和总结性评价，以确定影响专业保留或职业道路持续性的因素。该项目正在通过其雄心勃勃的数字目标发挥更广泛的影响，以增加科学，数学和计算领域的毕业生人数，特别是在STEM研究领域代表性不足的群体成员中。此外，该项目的方法为小型教学密集型两年制院校以及具有浓厚文科传统的研究密集型大学提供了模式。