The M-STEM Academies at the University of Michigan: An Integrated Approach to Increase the Number and Diversity of Undergraduates in STEM Disciplines

密歇根大学（UM）的M-STEM学院为在科学领域具有高潜力的学生群体提供了一个全面的支持系统，这些学生在竞争激烈的研究型大学中传统上代表性不足或历史上不太成功。这项工作是基于全国认可的马里兰大学巴尔的摩县迈耶霍夫学者项目，并将目前的试点项目整合到马里兰大学文理学院的自然科学和数学系。该项目为学生过渡到UM提供了一个全面的桥梁项目，包括学术指导，发展研讨会和研究机会。智力优势：这种跨大学的努力，在这种规模的机构中是罕见的，涉及许多学术支持单位的合作，这些单位对所有学生的成功都有既得利益，并为澳大的长期制度转型奠定了基础。此外，拟议的评估（具有定义的对照组）有助于我们了解Meyerhoff模型对大型研究型大学STEM项目的一系列本科生的学生保留率，可移植性和可扩展性。更广泛的影响：该项目代表了一个有充分证据的模型，用于增加STEM学位毕业生的数量和学术资格。增加追求和完成STEM学位的学生的数量和多样性（附带的多元文化能力）也有助于为UM（及其他）的多个教育社区提供有价值的支持网络，并为STEM劳动力提供类似和必要的特征。

The M-STEM Academies at the University of Michigan (UM) is providing a holistic support system for cohorts of students with high potential in science that have been traditionally underrepresented or historically not as successful within a highly competitive research university. The effort is based on the nationally recognized Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and integrates a current pilot program into the natural science and mathematics departments in the liberal arts college at UM. The project provides students a comprehensive bridge program as students transition into UM, including academic coaching, development workshops, and research opportunities. Intellectual merit: This cross-university effort, rare for an institution of this size, involves collaboration of many academic support units that have a vested interest in success for all students and is laying the groundwork for a long-term institutional transformation at UM. In addition, the proposed evaluation (with a defined control group) contributes to our knowledge of student retention, portability, and scalability of the Meyerhoff model to a range of undergraduates in STEM programs at large research universities. Broader Impacts: The project represents a well-documented model that is used to increase the number and the academic qualifications of students graduating with STEM degrees. Increasing the number and diversity of students pursuing and completing STEM degrees (with accompanying multicultural competency) also serves to provide a valuable support network for multiple educational communities at UM (and beyond) and provides similar and needed traits to the STEM workforce.