Increasing Access to the Biological Sciences

“增加对生物科学的访问”项目将支持14名有学术天赋、经济困难的学生在多米尼加布劳维尔学院完成生物科学学士学位。此外，该项目将提供各种经过验证的资源，以确保学生的成功并降低STEM专业的流失率。通过实施这个项目，学院、地区高中和该地区的工业部门之间将建立一种独特的伙伴关系。通过这种合作，该项目将扩大学生、家长和教师对这些领域就业机会的认识。减少获得学位的时间，同时将学者置于各种研究环境中，也将对多米尼加学院招收其他有才华的学生产生积极影响。预计该项目将在学生、教师和整个社区中促进科学系文化的变化。该项目将资助两批学生，第一年有六名学生，第二年有八名学生，每年最高可达10,000美元。这种支持的直接结果将是在四年内成功完成生物学本科学位的学生人数增加，并增加进入STEM职业的学生人数。该项目的技术优点依赖于强大的学术和社会结构和活动，以加强学生群体并促进他们的成功。这些机会包括成为高中学生实验室导师的培训机会，参与活跃的研究项目以及与学院的工业合作伙伴一起实习的机会。学者将得到来自多明尼加学院众多部门的团队成员的支持，他们完全致力于学生的成功。进度将通过调查来确定，这些调查确定了可能有助于或阻碍学生完成学位的问题。一个跟踪系统将被用来协调教师在所有参与者课堂上的表现。项目活动旨在提高学生在创造性、逻辑性和独立思考、沟通、分析、组装、综合和展示科学知识方面的技能。将组织各种活动和活动，在学者之间建立一个学习社区，包括非学者，以促进生物项目内文化的变化。该项目还为多米尼加学院和工业界之间的智力合作提供了机会，同时提供了高质量的生物科学教育。评估这些不同活动的效力将有助于扩大关于这类奖学金项目成功的情况的知识库。

The Increasing Access to the Biological Sciences project will support 14 academically talented, financially challenged students to complete a baccalaureate degree in the Biological Sciences at Dominican College of Blauvelt. In addition, this project will provide a variety of resources proven to ensure student success and reduce attrition rates among STEM majors. A unique partnership between the College, area high schools, and the region's industrial sectors will be fostered through the implementation of this project. Through this cooperation, the project will expand awareness of the career opportunities in these fields among students, parents, and teachers. Decreasing the time to degree, while simultaneously placing scholars in a variety of research environments, will also have a positive impact on recruitment of other talented students to Dominican College. It is expected that the project will catalyze change in the culture of the Science Department among both the students, faculty, and community-at-large. The project will fund two cohorts, the first year comprised of six students, the second comprised of eight students, for up to $10,000 each year. The direct results of this support will be an increase in the number of students who successfully complete their undergraduate degree in Biology in four years, and increase the number of students entering STEM careers.The technical merit of the project relies on the strong academic and social structures and activities available to strengthen student cohorts and foster their success. These include opportunities for training to be laboratory mentors for high school students, participation in active research projects and internships with the college's industrial partners. Scholars will be supported by team members from numerous departments at Dominican College who are fully dedicated to student success. Progress will be determined using surveys which identify issues that could help or hinder a student's chances of completing their degree. A tracking system will be utilized to coordinate among faculty regarding performance in all of the participants' classes. The project activities are expected to promote skills in creative, logical and independent thinking, communication, analysis, and assembling, synthesizing and presenting scientific knowledge. Various events and activities will be organized to create a learning community among the scholars, with inclusion of non-scholars, to foster a change in the culture within the Biology program. The project also provides opportunities for intellectual collaboration between Dominican College and industry, while providing a high quality education in the Biological Sciences. Assessment of the efficacy of these different activities will help contribute to expanding the knowledge base regarding the circumstances under which scholarship projects of this type are successful.