Scholars Program for Engineering College Students (SPECS): Motivate, Accelerate, Retain and Transfer Engineering Students

工程学院学生学者计划 (SPECS)：激励、加速、留住和转学工程专业学生

• 批准号: 1456035
• 负责人: Jo-Ann Panzardi
• 金额: $ 59.63万
• 依托单位: Cabrillo College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1456035&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholars; Program; Engineering; College; Students

There is an established need in the United States to increase the number of American scientists in the workforce. This NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project will award scholarships to help increase the number of students who complete associates degrees in engineering at Cabrillo College, transfer to 4-year institutions, and seek careers in STEM. As many as 84 scholars will participate in a three-year program, designed to immerse them in academic enrichment activities including participation in a learning community and a course meant to help them to develop strong professional identities through doing hands-on projects, interacting with local engineers, and touring local industry. The institution's STEM Center, will provide students with an abundance of resources including academic, career and financial aid advising, transfer assistance, mentorships, field trips, scholarship assistance, and study groups. The project will address three challenges that Cabrillo College students face while attempting to obtain a STEM degree (a) long time to transfer (four or more years), (b) lack of math preparation and subsequent inability to succeed in precalculus, and (c) the high cost of living in the area. The scholars will participate in the Math, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program facilitated through the STEM Center. MESA will provide students with intensive precalulus preparation and peer-lead Academic Excellence workshops in math, engineering, computer science, and physics for those students who pass precalculus. Formative evaluation will address student and mentor satisfaction (surveys), the viability of the students' educational plan, and academic progress. Summative evaluation will consist of an analysis of how well the project components align with successful attainment of the retention and graduation targets. Dissemination of the results of evaluation will be done through the annual MESA Leadership Retreat and the Research and Planning Group Strengthening Student Success conference (for California community college faculty and administrators) and help contribute to expanding the knowledge base regarding the circumstances under which programs of this type are successful.

在美国，增加美国科学家在劳动力中的人数是一个既定的需求。 这个NSF科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）项目将颁发奖学金，以帮助增加在Cabrillo学院完成工程副学士学位，转入4年制院校并在STEM中寻求职业的学生人数。 多达84名学者将参加为期三年的计划，旨在让他们沉浸在学术丰富活动中，包括参与学习社区和课程，旨在帮助他们通过动手项目，与当地工程师互动和参观当地工业来发展强大的专业身份。 该机构的STEM中心将为学生提供丰富的资源，包括学术，职业和经济援助咨询，转学援助，导师，实地考察，奖学金援助和学习小组。 该项目将解决卡布里洛学院学生在试图获得STEM学位时面临的三个挑战：（a）长时间转移（四年或更长时间），（B）缺乏数学准备，随后无法在precalculus中取得成功，以及（c）该地区生活成本高。 这些学者将参加通过STEM中心促进的数学，工程和科学成就（梅萨）计划。 梅萨将为学生提供密集的precalulus准备和同行领导的学术卓越研讨会在数学，工程，计算机科学和物理为那些通过precalculus的学生。 形成性评估将涉及学生和导师的满意度（调查），学生的教育计划的可行性，以及学术进步。 总结性评价将包括分析项目各组成部分与成功实现留用和毕业目标的一致程度。 评估结果的传播将通过每年的梅萨领导务虚会和研究和规划小组加强学生成功会议（为加州社区学院的教师和管理人员），并有助于扩大知识基础的情况下，这种类型的方案是成功的。