PERSIST 2.0 in Biology and Chemistry (Program to Enhance Retention of Students In Science Trajectories in Biology and Chemistry)

生物学和化学领域的 PERSIST 2.0（提高学生对生物学和化学科学轨迹的保留率的计划）

• 批准号: 1259762
• 负责人: Benny Chan
• 金额: $ 63.56万
• 依托单位: The College of New Jersey
• 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: 2013-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259762&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PERSIST; 2.0; Biology; Chemistry; Program

The College of New Jersey, a public, primarily undergraduate, residential, comprehensive institution of higher education, is improving access to, and is increasing success of, financially-needy students who seeking a bachelor's degree in Biology or Chemistry with plans go to graduate school or enter the STEM workforce. Building on experiences and outcomes from a prior award, the PERSIST program includes a well-defined application process (with a required interview), peer and faculty mentoring, tutoring, mini-bridge component, and career development programming. Over the 5-year project, 34 unique individuals are receiving scholarship support including two cohorts of freshmen, one cohort each of five sophomores or five juniors, as well as 6 seniors (for just the first project year). The project is increasing the retention and graduation rates of students from underrepresented groups by thoughtfully addressing academic disadvantages that otherwise talented and motivated students from low-performing high schools bring with them. In addition, PERSIST is designed to allow carefully chosen students, the time and academic support necessary to improve basic skills, leading to a reduction in an artificially acquired achievement gap. The project is documenting and disseminating effective peer and faculty mentor strategies for students, is increasing student-faculty interactions, is improving the effective use of math and science tutoring, and is sharing, through presentations and publications, the findings. By deliberate design, PERSIST practices are having a halo effect and are benefitting far more students than just those who receive scholarships.

新泽西学院是一所公立、主要是本科、住宿、综合性高等教育机构，正在改善寻求生物或化学学士学位、计划进入研究生院或进入 STEM 劳动力市场的经济困难学生的入学机会，并提高他们的成功率。 PERSIST 计划以先前奖项的经验和成果为基础，包括明确的申请流程（需要面试）、同行和教师指导、辅导、迷你桥组件和职业发展规划。 在这个为期 5 年的项目中，有 34 名独特的个人获得了奖学金支持，其中包括两组新生、一组五名大二学生或五名大三学生，以及六名大四学生（仅在项目的第一个年）。 该项目通过深思熟虑地解决来自表现不佳高中的才华横溢、积极进取的学生带来的学术劣势，提高来自代表性不足群体的学生的保留率和毕业率。 此外，PERSIST 旨在为精心挑选的学生提供提高基本技能所需的时间和学术支持，从而缩小人为获得的成绩差距。 该项目正在记录和传播有效的学生同伴和教师指导策略，增加学生与教师的互动，提高数学和科学辅导的有效使用，并通过演示和出版物分享研究结果。 通过深思熟虑的设计，“坚持”实践正在产生光环效应，使更多的学生受益，而不仅仅是那些获得奖学金的学生。