Scots Science Scholars (S3)

苏格兰科学学者（S^3）计划是一项为期四年的计划，旨在提高田纳西州玛丽维尔学院STEM专业代表性不足和第一代学生的保留率和毕业率。该计划包括三个重要组成部分，旨在留住学生在STEM领域毕业。(1)夏桥计划协调实验室工作与数学内容，并强调发现学习，为学生准备大学水平的STEM工作。(2)专业的第一年课程旨在建立社区，并通过STEM学科的共同课程为学生提供学术支持。 特别是，定向课程包括在大学水平的STEM课程，实地考察和与STEM学科相关的演讲嘉宾成功的策略。(3)研究/领导经验在第一年开始，并通过体验式教育和顶点高级学习项目与玛丽维尔学院的核心课程相结合。 学生参与者通过充当即将到来的S^3学生的导师，发言人和榜样来培养领导技能。该计划揭示了这些努力对一所白色人口占多数的小型文理学院STEM专业代表性不足群体的学生保留的影响。 它还澄清了桥梁计划和本科研究的显著影响，与大型大学类似计划中的额外关注和指导学生参与者分开，因为这些都是玛丽维尔学院所有学生体验的一部分。 S^3通知其他小型文理学院实施类似计划。

The Scots Science Scholars (S^3) program is a four-year program designed to increase retention and graduation rates of underrepresented and first generation students in STEM majors at Maryville College in Tennessee. The program includes three vital components designed to retain students in STEM fields to graduation. (1) The summer bridge program coordinates lab work with mathematical content and emphasizes discovery learning to prepare students for college-level STEM work. (2) The specialized first-year curriculum is designed to build community and provide academic support for the students through common coursework in STEM disciplines. In particular, the orientation course includes strategies for success in college level STEM courses, field trips and guest speakers related to STEM disciplines. (3) The research/leadership experience begins in the first year and is integrated with the Maryville College core curriculum through experiential education and the capstone senior study project. Student participants build leadership skills by acting as mentors, spokespersons and role models for incoming S^3 students. This program reveals the impact of such efforts on retention of students from underrepresented groups in STEM majors at a small, liberal arts college with a majority white population. It also clarifies the significant effects of a bridge program and undergraduate research separate from the extra attention and mentoring student participants receive in similar programs at large universities, since these are part of the Maryville College experience for all students. S^3 informs the implementation of similar programs at other small liberal arts colleges.