Sustainability for Livelihood, Values, and the Environment

Solver(我们生命、价值、环境和资源的可持续性)项目为26名学业上有天赋、经济上有困难的转学或正在崛起的生物、地质、化学、数学、物理、工程或计算机科学专业的大三学生提供两年期奖学金。该计划的总体目标是提高获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域学士学位的学生的质量和多样性，重点是招收、保留和毕业西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生。该计划为学者提供经济、学术、个人和专业方面的支持。它使用了六种相互关联的做法，已被证明可以提高学生在STEM专业人员基本学习成果方面的坚持性和成就：围绕可持续发展、学者之间共同的智力经验、多样性学习、本科生研究机会、学术服务学习和实习等问题组织的学习社区。这些实践与强有力的学生支持相结合，包括有针对性的招聘和申请援助、社区和家庭参与、个性化的学术咨询、教师和同行指导、辅导、职业发展和领导力培训。智力优势：该计划基于已被证明在促进STEM学生留校、学业卓越和职业准备方面非常有效的教育实践。根据已发表的STEM教育研究，这些做法代表了所有学生的最佳做法，但对代表性不足的少数群体尤其有效。正在收集关于求解器学者和一组STEM学生的定量和定性数据，以评估每一次练习的影响。此外，所有学者都有机会通过独立的研究项目为STEM知识库做出贡献。Broader影响：Solver计划旨在通过建立针对西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生的实践，增加STEM专业的数量和多样性。求解者奖学金项目，包括学术服务学习、研究或实习，旨在对当地社区产生直接、积极的影响。该计划正在加强大学与当地拉美裔和美国原住民社区之间的联系；培训教师导师，了解文化反应和学生支持服务；并通过校园范围的活动，使大学社区总体上更具包容性和对地区多样性的认识。所有这些活动都加强了该大学在未来增加STEM毕业生数量和多样性的能力。

The SOLVER (Sustainability for our Lives, Values, Environment, and Resources) project is offering two year scholarships to 26 academically talented, financially needy transfer or rising junior students majoring in biology, geology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, engineering, or computer science. The overall objective of the program is to increase the quality and diversity of students graduating with baccalaureate degrees in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, and graduation of Hispanic and Native American students. The program is providing scholars with financial, academic, personal, and professional support. It is using six interrelated practices that have been shown to increase both student persistence and achievement on essential learning outcomes for STEM professionals: a learning community organized around the issue of sustainability, common intellectual experiences among scholars, diversity learning, undergraduate research opportunities, academic service learning, and internships. These practices are being coupled with strong student support, including targeted recruiting and application assistance, community and family involvement, individualized academic counseling, faculty and peer mentoring, tutoring, career development, and leadership training.Intellectual Merit: This program is based on educational practices that have been shown to be exceptionally effective in promoting retention, academic excellence, and career preparation in STEM students. Based on published STEM education research, these represent best practices for all students, but are particularly powerful for underrepresented minorities. Quantitative and qualitative data on SOLVER scholars and a control group of STEM students are being gathered to assess the impact of each practice. In addition, all scholars have the opportunity to contribute to the STEM knowledge base through independent research projects.Broader Impacts:The SOLVER program is designed to increase the number and diversity of STEM majors by instituting practices that target Hispanic and Native American students. SOLVER scholar projects, involving academic service learning, research, or internships, are designed to have direct, positive impacts on local communities. The program is strengthening the ties between the university and the local Hispanic and Native American communities; training faculty mentors in cultural responsiveness and student support services; and making the university community generally more inclusive and aware of regional diversity through campus wide events. All of these activities build the capacity of the university to increase the number and diversity of STEM graduates into the future.