Investing in the Future by Increasing Diversity in the STEM Graduates at Penn State Harrisburg

通过增加宾夕法尼亚州立大学哈里斯堡分校 STEM 毕业生的多样性来投资未来

• 批准号: 1154516
• 负责人: Sedig Agili
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2018-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1154516&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investing; Future; Increasing; Diversity; STEM

This project is to provide 78 one-year scholarships in Engineering and Technology (Civil, Electrical, Environmental and Mechanical), Mathematics, Computer Science, and Life Sciences at Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg. Scholarships will be awarded based on academic achievement, financial need, and interest in STEM fields. To ensure the success of the scholarship recipients, the project will implement additional services and processes including improved early progress report, a new bridge-mathematics course, mentoring by STEM working professionals and peer mentoring through a STEM scholarship club. To attract students to the program, the project plans to enhance the pipeline by helping high schools to create Engineering, Mathematics, and Science clubs. The project intends to leverage the University's Office of Development to sustain its effort over time. The project results will be communicated through conference presentations, papers and website dissemination to targeted audiences. The project will help to improve educational opportunities for students, to increase the retention and graduation rates, and to produce well-educated and skilled employees in technical areas of national need.

该项目将在宾夕法尼亚州立大学哈里斯堡分校提供78个为期一年的工程与技术(土木、电气、环境和机械)、数学、计算机科学和生命科学方面的奖学金。奖学金将根据学术成就、经济需要和对STEM领域的兴趣而颁发。为了确保奖学金获得者的成功，该项目将实施更多的服务和程序，包括改进的早期进度报告、新的桥梁数学课程、STEM在职专业人员的指导以及通过STEM奖学金俱乐部进行的同行指导。为了吸引学生参加该项目，该项目计划通过帮助高中创建工程、数学和科学俱乐部来加强管道。该项目打算利用该大学的发展办公室，随着时间的推移继续努力。项目成果将通过会议报告、论文和网站传播给目标受众。该项目将有助于改善学生的教育机会，提高留校率和毕业率，并在国家需要的技术领域培养受过良好教育和技能的雇员。