Critical MaSS: Math and Science Scholars

Critical MaSS：数学和科学学者

• 批准号: 1258987
• 负责人: Jennifer Withington
• 金额: $ 61.25万
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Oneonta
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-03-15 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1258987&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Critical; MaSS; Math; Science; Scholars

The Scholars Program at SUNY Oneonta is supporting two 12-scholar cohorts, each for 4 years, with scholarships of up to $5,400 per year. Scholars are in the fields of Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics, Physics & Astronomy, or Environmental Science. The project, based on a careful review of the literature, is meeting its specific objectives of (i) reducing the student-loan debt load at the time of graduation, (ii) improving educational outcomes for academically qualified STEM majors by leveraging existing support programs; (iii) providing new team-building activities, information science education opportunities, multidisciplinary educational experiences, and close student-faculty mentoring; (iv) encouraging undergraduate research and/or professional travel through financial incentives; and (v) enhancing opportunities for scholars to secure STEM-focused internships, careers, or opportunities for STEM graduate studies. The project is continuing to evaluate scholar progress, satisfaction, and achievement, through 24 months post-graduation and is working both on institutionalizing program facets as well as disseminating findings. Scholars, including those recruited via the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) or the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) are experiencing a student-focused environment, (supported by a multidisciplinary team of STEM educators) including S-STEM-specific freshman and senior courses as well as traditional academic and support services, all designed to foster scholar success. Scholars are being challenged to think critically and to synthesize knowledge from across the STEM disciplines in answering questions about science and its impacts on society. The project is enabling students, who would otherwise have significant barriers to overcome, to graduate and to then enter STEM careers or continue in advanced degree programs.

纽约州立大学奥尼奥尼塔分校的学者计划支持两个12人奖学金群体，每个群体为期4年，每年的奖学金最高可达5,400美元。学者在生物学、化学与生物化学、地球与大气科学、数学、计算机科学与统计学、物理与天文学或环境科学等领域。该项目在仔细查阅文献的基础上，正在实现其具体目标：(I)减少毕业时的助学贷款负担；(Ii)通过利用现有的支持计划，改善学术合格的STEM专业的教育结果；(Iii)提供新的团队建设活动、信息科学教育机会、多学科教育经验和密切的师生指导；(Iv)通过经济激励鼓励本科生研究和/或职业旅行；以及(V)增加学者获得以STEM为重点的实习、职业或STEM研究生学习的机会。该项目在毕业后24个月内继续评估学者的进步、满意度和成就，并在制度化项目方面以及传播研究结果方面开展工作。学者，包括那些通过教育机会计划(EOP)或大学助学移民计划(CAMP)招募的学者，正在经历一个以学生为中心的环境(由STEM教育工作者组成的多学科团队支持)，包括针对S STEM的大一和大四课程以及传统的学术和支持服务，所有这些都旨在培养学者的成功。在回答有关科学及其对社会的影响的问题时，学者们面临着批判性思考和综合来自STEM各学科的知识的挑战。该项目使原本需要克服重大障碍的学生能够毕业，然后进入STEM职业生涯或继续攻读高级学位课程。