GEO-Scholar: Increasing Undergraduate Participation in the Geosciences

这个国家科学基金会（NSF）在科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）项目奖学金在南卡罗来纳州（USC）的大学将增加学生的数量与证明金融需要谁完成本科地球科学学位在地球，海洋和环境（SEOE）的学校。该计划将鼓励属于目前在地球科学中代表性不足的群体的个人和第一代大学生的申请。 除了开展外展活动和提供奖学金外，该项目还将采用建立在南加州大学现有成功项目基础上的循证项目实践。 这些做法包括夏季定向，数学技能的提高，和一个共同的课程计划。该计划将帮助学生坚持地学专业并及时毕业。为学业成绩优异的STEM学生提供奖学金，这些学生可能无法负担大学学费，这将增加STEM毕业生的数量，以满足国家、地区和地方行业的需求。南卡罗来纳州大学的GEO-Scholar项目将通过开发一个外展计划来增加学生对地球科学的接触，从而提高目标学生的兴趣、知识和表现。 每年奖学金将颁发给6至8名表现出经济需要的地球科学专业的学术天才学生。 该项目将通过增加新的课程和将对南加州大学现有课程的地球科学修改制度化来增加地球科学专业学生的招聘和保留。 学生支持服务将包括提高数学技能，在第一年参加一个共同的课程，并在夏季定向计划的重点。南加州大学的GEO-Scholars将通过与教师以及公共和私营部门合作，提供研究，实习和工作机会，进一步使参与者熟悉地球科学的职业机会，从而增加地球科学中准备充分和技术熟练的员工数量。评估和评价将提供深入了解学生奖学金，职业发展活动，教师指导和建议的保留好处。从项目评估数据中获得的经验教训和有效实践将广泛传播给STEM教育界，并有助于提高对成功学生奖学金和支持项目的属性和实践的广泛理解。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at the University of South Carolina (USC) will increase the number of students with demonstrated financial need who complete undergraduate geoscience degrees within the School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment (SEOE). The program will encourage applications from individuals belonging to groups currently underrepresented in the geosciences and from first generation college students. In addition to conducting outreach activities and providing scholarships, the project will employ evidenced-based program practices that are built upon existing successful programs at USC. These practices include a summer orientation, mathematics skills improvement, and a common course program. The program will help students to persist in geosciences majors and graduate in a timely manner. Providing scholarships to academically strong STEM students, who may not otherwise be able to afford college, will increase the number of STEM graduates prepared to fill the needs of national, regional, and local industries.The GEO-Scholar program at the University of South Carolina will increase student exposure to the geosciences by developing an outreach program that results in increased interest, knowledge, and performance from targeted students. Each year scholarships will be awarded to 6 to 8 academically talented students majoring in the geosciences who demonstrate financial need. The project will increase recruitment and retention of students majoring in the geosciences by adding new programs and institutionalizing geoscience modifications to programs that currently exist at USC. The student support services will include an emphasis on improving mathematics skills, participation in a common course during the first year, and a summer orientation program. GEO-Scholars at USC will increase the number of well-prepared and skilled employees in the geosciences by working with faculty and public and private sectors to provide research, internship, and work opportunities that further familiarize participants with career opportunities in the geosciences. Assessment and evaluation will provide insight into the retention benefits of student scholarships, career development activities, and faculty mentoring and advising. Lessons learned and effective practices that emerge from the program evaluation data will be disseminated widely to the STEM education community and help increase widespread understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs.