Motivating Engineers to Achieve (META)

该圣安东尼奥学院（SAC）激励工程师实现（Meta）奖学金在科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）计划是提供奖学金和支持服务，以有才华的工程专业学生谁证明经济需要。该计划正在提高保留率，及时完成副学士学位，并转移到这些SAC工程学生的四年制院校。因此，该项目正在增加劳动力中受过良好教育和熟练的工程师人数，以满足该地区对石油，材料，海洋和采矿工程专业人员日益增长的需求，以支持德克萨斯州的石油和天然气工业。由于SAC是一个为西班牙裔服务的机构，Meta计划也增加了授予这个历史上代表性不足的群体的学生的工程学位数量。Meta的总体目标是提高SAC工程专业获得学位的学生的数量和质量，使这些学生能够进入工程劳动力市场，或继续他们在工程或相关领域的正规教育。除了每年向有经济需要的学术才华的工程专业学生颁发20个奖学金外，Meta还通过提供示范学术支持服务和旨在使工程专业相互及其学科参与的队列建设活动来实现其目标。主要的支持活动包括通过夏季通用工程（EDGE）暑期项目的夏季早期发展招聘和过渡举措高中生;机会工作在学生主导，教师指导的本科研究;专用空间的研究，支持服务和学生互动;和机会，让学生通过现场参观，嘉宾演讲和实习了解工程职业。计划评估，其中包括学者的参与，看法和成果的文件，是推进知识和了解有关的财政，学术和社会支持对低收入工程专业学生的成功的影响。

The San Antonio College (SAC) Motivating Engineers to Achieve (META) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program is providing scholarships and support services to talented engineering students who demonstrate financial need. The program is enhancing retention rates, timely associate's degree completion and transfer to four-year institutions for these SAC engineering students. Thus, the project is increasing the numbers of well-educated and skilled engineers in the workforce, addressing the growing regional need for petroleum, materials, marine and mining engineering professionals to support the Texas oil and gas industry. Because SAC is an Hispanic-Serving Institution, the META program is also increasing the number of engineering degrees awarded to students from this historically-underrepresented group.META's overarching goal is to enhance the quantity and quality of SAC engineering majors who earn degrees, enabling these students to enter the engineering workforce, or continue their formal education in engineering or related fields. In addition to awarding 20 scholarships per year to academically-talented engineering students with financial need, META is accomplishing its goals by providing model academic support services and cohort-building activities that are designed to engage engineering majors with each other and their discipline. Key support activities include recruitment and transition initiatives through the summer Early Development of General Engineering (EDGE) summer program for high school students; opportunities to work on student-led, faculty-guided undergraduate research; dedicated spaces for study, support services and student interaction; and opportunities for students to learn about engineering careers through site visits, guest speakers and internships. Program evaluation, which includes documentation of scholar participation, perceptions, and outcomes, is advancing knowledge and understanding regarding the effects of financial, academic, and social supports on low-income engineering student success.