Increasing Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Opportunities for Low-Income Undergraduate Students

增加低收入本科生的科学、数学和计算机科学机会

• 批准号: 1154137
• 负责人: Sandra Caravella
• 金额: $ 59.97万
• 依托单位: New Jersey City University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1154137&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Science; Mathematics; Computer; Opportunities

The S-STEM project at New Jersey City University (NJCU) encourages low-income, academically talented students to major in the natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, and provides them with the support that they need to succeed in their academic programs. As a publicly supported university located in urban northeastern New Jersey and as the only public, four-year institution in New Jersey that has been federally designated as a Hispanic-serving institution, NJCU provides a path of upward mobility for thousands of minorities, immigrants and economically and/or educationally disadvantaged individuals. In keeping with NJCU's role as an urban undergraduate institution, many of its students are products of urban school systems facing considerable economic pressures while seeking to advance through higher education.The overall goal of the S-STEM project is to increase the number of low-income, academically talented students who enroll and persist in STEM disciplines. Together with strategic activities, the project accomplishes this goal by providing a total of 105 scholarships distributed over a 5-year period to students in NJCU's biology, chemistry, geoscience, mathematics, physics, and computer science programs. Incremental objectives of the NJCU S-STEM project are to: - Increase the number of students who complete lower level science, mathematics and computer science courses and proceed to more advanced study in these disciplines, particularly among underrepresented groups in STEM disciplines; - Increase enrollment and retention in science, mathematics and computer science programs, with the programs maintaining a predominately female and minority student population; - Improve the performance of students in gatekeeper STEM courses by providing a strong system of supplemental instruction and faculty mentoring; - Develop a feeling of community among STEM students by organizing a regular schedule of community-building activities; and - Increase the number of students who pursue graduate study and/or careers in STEM disciplines by providing them with graduate program and career information, as well as opportunities for undergraduate research and internships.To achieve its aspirations, the S-STEM project has four major project components: (1) recruitment of students into STEM disciplines; (2) an organized system of supplemental instruction and faculty mentoring; (3) full utilization of the Web-based Student Early Alert System (SEAS) to maximize the impact of faculty advising; and (4) regularly scheduled community-building activities for STEM students. Through the array of strategies, this project provides an effective model for reducing attrition and increasing the graduation rate of economically disadvantaged students, in particular of underrepresented minorities in STEM programs in public urban institutions.

新泽西市立大学（NJCU）的S-STEM项目鼓励低收入、有学术天赋的学生主修自然科学、数学和计算机科学，并为他们提供在学术项目中取得成功所需的支持。作为一所位于新泽西州东北部城市的公立大学，也是新泽西州唯一一所被联邦政府指定为西班牙裔服务机构的四年制公立大学，NJCU为成千上万的少数民族、移民以及经济和/或教育上处于劣势的个人提供了一条向上流动的道路。为了与NJCU作为城市本科院校的角色保持一致，它的许多学生都是城市学校系统的产物，在寻求通过高等教育进步的同时面临着相当大的经济压力。S-STEM项目的总体目标是增加低收入、有学术天赋的学生注册并坚持学习STEM学科的人数。与战略活动一起，该项目通过在5年内向NJCU生物、化学、地球科学、数学、物理和计算机科学专业的学生提供总共105个奖学金来实现这一目标。NJCU S-STEM项目的增量目标是：-增加完成低级科学、数学和计算机科学课程并在这些学科中进行更高级学习的学生人数，特别是在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体中；-增加科学、数学和计算机科学专业的招生和保留人数，使这些专业的学生人数以女性和少数民族学生为主；-通过提供强大的补充指导和教师指导系统，提高学生在“看门人STEM”课程中的表现；-通过定期组织社区建设活动，培养STEM学生的社区归属感；通过向他们提供研究生课程和职业信息，以及本科生研究和实习机会，增加在STEM学科攻读研究生和/或职业的学生人数。为实现这一目标，S-STEM计划包括四个主要项目组成部分：(1)招收STEM学科的学生；(2)有组织的补充教学和教师指导制度；(3)充分利用基于网络的学生预警系统（SEAS），最大限度地发挥教师建议的影响；(4)定期为STEM学生举办社区建设活动。通过一系列策略，该项目提供了一个有效的模式，以减少经济困难学生的流失和提高毕业率，特别是在公立城市机构的STEM项目中，代表性不足的少数民族。