STEM Scholars Connect: Coupling Need-based Merit Scholarships with Community Connections to Increase Enrollment and Degree Completion Rates of STEM Students

STEM 学者联系：将基于需求的优异奖学金与社区联系相结合，以提高 STEM 学生的入学率和学位完成率

• 批准号: 1259441
• 负责人: Maryann Page
• 金额: $ 59.9万
• 依托单位: SUNY Onondaga Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-10-01 至 2018-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259441&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEM; Scholars; Connect; Coupling; Need

STEM Scholars Connect is a comprehensive program that leverages strong partnerships with regional employers, transfer institutions, the local school district and community-based organizations with S-STEM scholarships and academic support services. STEM Scholars Connect is providing up to 60 academically talented and economically disadvantaged STEM Scholars with financial support that allows them to pursue STEM education full-time and enrichment activities that are designed to increase their rates of completing associate degrees in STEM fields.Intellectual Merit: The STEM Scholars Connect project is addressing the national imperative to recruit and retain undergraduates in STEM disciplines. This is accomplished by implementing best practices, such as peer mentoring and cohort-building activities, providing opportunities to engage in research, offering scholastic support services that include a first-year STEMinar and interacting with industry professionals to explore STEM career pathways. The STEM Scholars Connect project provides a model for other community colleges to adapt and implement to increase graduation rates of students pursuing STEM majors.Broader Impacts: By encouraging the participation of underrepresented groups, displaced workers, refugees and financially disadvantaged students, the STEM Scholars Connect project increases access to educational and professional opportunities for diverse students, thereby diversifying the STEM workforce. Dissemination of lessons learned from this project will inform better strategies for broadening the participation of underserved and underprivileged students in STEM disciplines.

STEM奖学金项目是一个综合性项目，通过S-STEM奖学金和学术支持服务，与当地雇主、转学机构、当地学区和社区组织建立了牢固的合作伙伴关系。STEM Scholars Connect为多达60名有学术天赋和经济条件较差的STEM学者提供财政支持，使他们能够继续STEM教育全日制和丰富活动，旨在提高他们在STEM领域完成副学位的比率。智力优势：STEM学者联系项目正在解决国家迫切需要在STEM学科招收和留住本科生的问题。这是通过实施最佳做法来实现的，例如同行指导和队列建设活动，提供从事研究的机会，提供学术支持服务，包括第一年STEMinar，以及与行业专业人员互动，探索STEM职业道路。STEM学者连接项目为其他社区大学提供了一个调整和实施的模式，以提高攻读STEM专业的学生的毕业率。广泛的影响：通过鼓励代表性不足的群体、流离失所的工人、难民和经济困难的学生参与，STEM学者连接项目增加了不同学生获得教育和专业机会的机会，从而使STEM劳动力多样化。传播从该项目中吸取的经验教训将有助于制定更好的战略，扩大服务不足和贫困学生参与STEM学科的范围。