Cardinal Science Scholars: Enhancing Student Opportunities and Retention

基本科学学者：增加学生机会和保留率

• 批准号: 1259485
• 负责人: Joan Esson
• 金额: $ 62.91万
• 依托单位: Otterbein College
• 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: 2013-09-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259485&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cardinal; Science; Scholars; Enhancing; Student

The project at Otterbein College is providing scholarships and enhanced academic and co-curricular experiences to students majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Physics. Fourteen scholars, who entered as first-year students, are receiving four years of support and fourteen scholars are receiving two years of support following their transfer to Otterbein after completing a 2-year program at a regional community college. Scholars, selected based on both previous academic experience, and an on-campus interview, are participating in an active learning community whose components include a three day-long summer immersion experience, programming with the Center for Career Planning, residence in a living-learning house, a focused seminar program, and a mentoring triad which includes a peer, a faculty member, and a STEM professional. All S-STEM scholars are eligible for a paid summer research experience as an explicit part of the program designed to help students maintain an interest in STEM fields, improve the likelihood they will earn higher GPAs and persist in the major. The project, through its recruiting strategies with local high schools, is leading to greater retention in STEM majors and access to STEM careers for students from groups traditionally underrepresented in chemistry, particularly first-generation college students.

Otterbein College的该项目为生物化学和分子生物学，化学，计算机科学，数学或物理专业的学生提供奖学金和增强的学术和课外经验。 14名学者，谁进入作为一年级学生，正在接受四年的支持和14名学者正在接受两年的支持后，他们转移到奥特拜因完成2年的计划在一个地区社区学院。 学者，根据以前的学术经验和校园面试选择，参加一个积极的学习社区，其组成部分包括为期三天的暑期沉浸式体验，与职业规划中心编程，居住在生活学习的房子，重点研讨会计划，以及包括同行，教师和STEM专业人员的指导三人组。 所有S-STEM学者都有资格获得带薪暑期研究经验，作为该计划的一个明确部分，旨在帮助学生保持对STEM领域的兴趣，提高他们获得更高GPA的可能性并坚持该专业。 该项目通过其与当地高中的招聘战略，正在为传统上在化学领域代表性不足的群体的学生，特别是第一代大学生，带来更多的STEM专业保留和进入STEM职业的机会。