Creating Opportunities for Students in Science (COMPASS) Scholarship Program

通过这个项目，北卡罗来纳州彭布罗克大学（UNCP）正在招收生物学、生物技术、环境科学或化学专业的本科生。 在强有力的机构支持下，该项目旨在通过加强UNCP学术和学生支持计划之间的联系，同时加强UNCP与行业和当地雇主的联系，对UNCP的STEM计划产生持续影响。 项目活动的技术实施在学生大二期间开始，当表现出经济需求的学术人才学生群体获得奖学金时，目标是增加获得STEM BS学位的学生人数，并推进STEM职业或研究生课程。 为了实现其目标，该项目由三个核心战略指导：（1）建立一个学者社区，（2）与现有UNCP资源密切协调计划支持活动，以及（3）专注于STEM职业准备。该项目为学生提供增强的学术支持和职业准备服务，其中包括强化辅导，辅导/补充指导，科学和职业讲习班和研讨会。 职业导向的活动都是灵活设计的，以满足学生的需要。 严格的数据收集与评估评估这些干预措施的有效性，以满足UNCP学生的独特需求，并取得成功的学生成果。这些数据有助于建立一个成就模型，可以在UNCP和姐妹机构的其他STEM学科中复制。

Through this project, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) is recruiting undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Biotechnology, Environmental Science, or Chemistry. With strong institutional support, the project seeks to make a sustained impact on STEM programs at UNCP by strengthening connections among UNCP's academic and student support programs, while also reinforcing UNCP's connections with industry and local employers. The technical implementation of project activities begins during students' sophomore year, when academically-talented cohorts of students who demonstrate financial need receive scholarships, with the goal of increasing the number of students earning STEM BS degrees and advancing to STEM careers or graduate programs. To achieve its objectives, the project is guided by three core strategies: (1) building a community of scholars, (2) close coordination of program support activities with existing UNCP resources, and (3) a focus on STEM career preparation. The project provides students with enhanced academic support and career preparation services, which include intensive mentoring, tutoring/supplemental instruction, scientific and career workshops, and seminars. Career-oriented activities are all flexibly-designed to meet the needs of the students. Rigorous data collection with assessment evaluates the effectiveness of these interventions in meeting the unique needs of UNCP students and to achieve successful student outcomes. Such data is helping to establish a model for achievement that can be replicated in other STEM disciplines at UNCP and sister UNC institutions.