Building a Community in Science and Mathematics

印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校（IUB）的核心科学系，包括天文学、生物学、化学、数学和物理学，正在合作实施一系列项目，以增加在生命、物理和数学科学领域获得学位的学生的数量、质量和多样性，以及在这些领域继续接受教育和职业的学生。该项目强调通过STEM学者社区为学生提供强大的同伴支持系统，强调协作和团队合作；与教师合作，项目目标与部门目标相结合；为学生提供多学科的体验，包括与其他STEM学科的教师和学生以及学术界以外的专业人士的联系；与大学多个服务单位合作，在适当的学习阶段指导学生；协助部门发展以研究为基础的教学方法，以提高学生的记忆力；并与布卢明顿地区的高科技雇主合作，提供实习机会。该计划的一个关键组成部分是为参与的学生提供大约120个奖学金。对项目影响和有效性的形成性和总结性评估指导项目实施，以实现留住和毕业STEM专业学生的项目目标。从该项目中吸取的经验教训正在与IUB的其他项目分享，并在国家和学科会议上进行介绍。通过保留大学STEM专业，并增加选择STEM专业的学生数量，该项目正在为美国科学劳动力的数量、多样性和准备做出贡献。

Core science departments at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), including Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, are partnering to implement a spectrum of programs to increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of students earning degrees in the life, physical, and mathematical sciences, and who pursue further education and careers in these fields. The program emphasizes a strong peer support system for students through a community of STEM scholars, emphasizing collaboration and teamwork; engages faculty, with project goals tied to departmental goals; provides a multidisciplinary experience for students, including connections to faculty and students in other STEM disciplines and to professionals outside of academia; engages multiple service units of the university to mentor students at appropriate stages in their learning; assists departments to develop research-based pedagogies that enhance retention; and partners with high-tech employers in the Bloomington area to provide internships. A key component of the program is an estimated 120 scholarships provided to participating students. Both formative and summative evaluations of the impact and effectiveness of the program guide program implementation to meet the program's goals to retain and graduate STEM majors. Lessons learned from this program are being shared with other IUB programs and through presentation at national and disciplinary meetings. By retaining college STEM majors and by increasing the pool of students who choose to start in a STEM major, this project is contributing to the numbers, diversity, and preparedness of the nation's science workforce.