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

新泽西学院是一所公立大学，主要是本科生、住校生和综合性高等教育机构，它正在改善经济困难学生的入学机会，并正在增加这些学生的成功，这些学生正在寻求生物或化学学士学位，并计划进入研究生院或进入STEM劳动力大军。在前一个奖项的经验和成果的基础上，Persistence计划包括一个明确的申请程序(包括必要的面试)、同行和教职员工指导、辅导、迷你桥梁组件和职业发展规划。在这个为期5年的项目中，34名独特的个人获得了奖学金支持，其中包括两组新生、五名大二或五名大三学生各一名，以及6名大四学生(仅在第一个项目年)。该项目正在提高来自代表不足群体的学生的留校率和毕业率，方法是深思熟虑地解决来自表现不佳的高中的有才华和上进心的学生带来的学业劣势。此外，坚持是为了让精心挑选的学生有必要的时间和学术支持来提高基本技能，从而缩小人为获得的成绩差距。该项目正在为学生记录和传播有效的同伴和教师导师战略，正在增加师生互动，正在改善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。经过精心设计，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。

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.