Collaborative Research: The Washington STate Academic RedShirt (STARS) in Engineering Program

合作研究：华盛顿州学术红衫军 (STARS) 工程项目

• 批准号: 1317349
• 负责人: KIRK REINKENS
• 金额: $ 70万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 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: 2013-06-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1317349&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Washington; STate; Academic

This project is being supported under a special funding focus for STEP, "Graduate 10K+," an activity of the National Science Foundation, supported in part by donations from the Intel Foundation and the GE Foundation, to stimulate comprehensive action at universities and colleges to help increase the annual number of new B.S. graduates in engineering and computer science by 10,000 over the next decade.The University of Washington (UW) and Washington State University (WSU) are collaborating in an activity to develop and implement the Washington State Academic RedShirt (STARS) program to increase the retention rates of economically and educationally disadvantaged students who are incoming freshmen in engineering through a first-year curriculum that prepares these talented and highly motivated students for pre-engineering coursework. The STARS program is providing access to engineering degrees for 64 students per year from low-income (as defined by Pell Grant eligibility) and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds (as defined by high schools in Washington State with 50% or more of the students on free or reduced priced lunch). The project's goal is to increase the number of economically and educationally disadvantaged students graduating with engineering degrees from WSU and UW by 225 annually. The intellectual merit of this project lies in the innovative and focused program based on effective evidence-based interventions to improve the success of first-year engineering students. The STARS program is adapted from the successful GoldShirt program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. STARS is strengthening the students' academic preparation and learning skills, connecting the students to a supportive academic and social community, providing personal and effective academic advising and counseling, building a clear and compelling understanding of the engineering profession, and providing significant financial support. During the students' first year at WSU and UW, they are receiving intensive support for developing the academic and learning skills required to be successful in engineering through interventions such as a first-year academic preparation curriculum and residential living-learning communities. During the second year, STARS students are continuing to be actively supported as they transition to a standard pre-engineering curriculum. The STARS program is expected to significantly increase student retention to the upper division, allowing STARS students to complete engineering degrees. The project's broader impacts are being realized in the comprehensive and coordinated interventions that increase the number of minority and economically disadvantaged students pursuing, succeeding, and earning degrees in engineering. This activity, along with the ongoing activities focused on supporting community college and transfer students in STEM, presents a model for statewide collaboration across universities and community colleges to increase the retention and graduation rates in STEM. Moreover, robust strategies and strong relationships with existing programs for recruiting underrepresented minorities, women, and economically disadvantaged students are being leveraged to recruit STARS candidates.

这个项目是在STEP的特别资助重点下得到支持的，这是国家科学基金会的一项活动，部分得到了英特尔基金会和GE基金会的捐款支持，为了促进大学和学院的全面行动，帮助在未来十年内将每年工程和计算机科学学士毕业生的数量增加10,000人。华盛顿大学(UW)和华盛顿州立大学(WSU)正在合作一项活动，开发和实施华盛顿州学术红衫(STAR)计划，通过一年级课程提高经济和教育困难的工程学新生的保留率，为这些才华横溢、积极进取的学生进行工程前课程工作做准备。STAR计划每年为的低收入学生(定义为佩尔助学金资格)和教育条件较差的学生(定义为华盛顿州的高中，50%或更多的学生免费或降价午餐)提供获得工程学学位的机会。该项目的目标是每年增加225名在经济和教育上处于不利地位的学生从西德克萨斯大学和威斯康星大学获得工程学学位。该项目的智力价值在于基于有效的循证干预的创新和专注的项目，以提高一年级工科学生的成功。STARS项目改编自科罗拉多大学博尔德分校成功的金发项目。STARS正在加强学生的学术准备和学习技能，将学生与支持性的学术和社会社区联系起来，提供个人和有效的学术咨询和咨询，建立对工程专业的清晰和令人信服的理解，并提供重要的经济支持。在威斯康星州立大学和威斯康星州大学的第一年，学生们得到了密集的支持，通过一年级学业准备课程和寄宿生活学习社区等干预措施，培养在工程学方面取得成功所需的学术和学习技能。在第二年，STARS学生继续得到积极的支持，因为他们正在过渡到标准的工程学前课程。STARS计划预计将显著增加学生进入高级班的保留率，使STARS学生能够完成工程学学位。该项目的更广泛影响正在通过全面和协调的干预措施实现，这些干预措施增加了少数族裔和经济困难学生攻读、成功和赚取工程学学位的人数。这项活动与正在进行的以支持STEM社区学院和转校生为重点的活动一起，为全州范围内大学和社区学院之间的合作提供了一个模式，以提高STEM的留校率和毕业率。此外，在招收代表性不足的少数族裔、女性和经济困难学生方面，正在利用强有力的战略和与现有计划的牢固关系来招募明星候选人。