Increasing the Participation of First-generation and Underrepresented Students in the Sciences

增加第一代和代表性不足的学生对科学的参与

• 批准号: 1356204
• 负责人: Joanna Joyner-Matos
• 金额: $ 59.29万
• 依托单位: Eastern Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-04-15 至 2020-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1356204&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Participation; First; generation; Underrepresented

This project is supporting cohorts of upper division undergraduates at Eastern Washington University (EWU) who demonstrate academic potential, motivation for STEM, and financial need. Guiding objectives are: 1) to improve educational opportunities in the STEM disciplines by annually awarding scholarships to nine students; 2) to increase degree achievement by providing increased faculty mentoring and access to specialized student support services; 3) to build capacity in institutional practices that increase the retention of STEM students and of first generation and/or underrepresented minority students; and 4) to create and maintain community partnerships that increase EWU's visibility and generate training and employment opportunities for the students. Notable project implementation components include mentoring, financial support, and enrichment activities designed to increase academic integration, motivation, identification with STEM, and retention to graduation. Students are recruited from three majors: Biology, Biochemistry, and Environmental Science which allows for: (1) an exploration of the interdisciplinary nature of STEM on the part of the cohort of scholarship recipients and (2) better matching of regional workforce needs with agency/industry partners. Encouragement of diversity in the STEM workforce is promoted through a combined incentive and support program to help recruit students, many of whom are first-generation college attendees and/or members of underrepresented groups in STEM. Finally, the project offers multiple mentoring experiences through cohort-building enrichment activities that include professional development, career planning, information literacy and civic engagement.

该项目支持东部华盛顿大学（EWU）的高年级本科生群体，他们表现出学术潜力，STEM动机和经济需求。指导目标是：1）通过每年向9名学生颁发奖学金来改善STEM学科的教育机会; 2）通过提供更多的教师指导和获得专业学生支持服务来提高学位成绩; 3）建立机构实践能力，提高STEM学生和第一代和/或代表性不足的少数民族学生的保留率;和4）创建和维护社区伙伴关系，提高EWU的知名度，并为学生创造培训和就业机会。 值得注意的项目实施组成部分包括指导，财政支持和丰富的活动，旨在提高学术整合，动机，与STEM的认同，并保留到毕业。学生从三个专业招募：生物学，生物化学和环境科学，允许：（1）对奖学金获得者队列的一部分STEM的跨学科性质的探索和（2）更好地匹配区域劳动力需求与机构/行业合作伙伴。 通过综合激励和支持计划来促进STEM劳动力的多样性，以帮助招募学生，其中许多人是第一代大学生和/或STEM代表性不足的群体的成员。最后，该项目通过包括专业发展、职业规划、信息素养和公民参与在内的群体建设丰富活动，提供多种辅导经验。