Strengthening Pathways to the Baccalaureate for STEM Scholars from a Predominantly 2-Year Campus

北佐治亚大学（UNG）通过名为“加强两年制大学STEM学者获得学士学位的途径”的项目，将通过招聘、指导和支持有学术天赋但经济困难的学生，并与雇主合作，促进STEM劳动力的安置，努力增加科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力。该项目将重点关注在UNG盖恩斯维尔校区注册的学生，该校区具有传统两年制大学的使命，并转到UNG达洛内加校区的学士学位STEM课程，并寻求提高两个校区的学生保留率和毕业率。该项目将支持全日制学生攻读生物科学（医学或其他临床领域除外）、物理科学（包括物理、化学和材料科学）、数学科学和与上述学科相关的技术领域的副学士或学士学位。在预期的更广泛的影响中，为学生提供提高学术和劳动力竞争力的技能，增加教师参与指导学生，促进组织实践的永久变化，以提供鼓励和支持多样性的环境，并增加STEM劳动力的经济多样性。该项目将实现四个主要目标：(1)通过每年颁发24个竞争性奖学金，改善经济困难学生的教育机会；(2)通过加强组织文化和实践，创造支持性环境，提高学生对学位的保留率；(3)通过提供教师指导、同伴指导、学术研讨会、辅导、预警系统、咨询、学科活动、本科生研究体验和参加专业会议等方式，完善学生支持计划；(4)通过与行业合作伙伴实施该项目，增加STEM劳动力中受过良好教育的熟练员工的数量，这些合作伙伴将提供STEM职业的客座讲师、实地考察、特别活动以及实习和安置机会。该计划将通过创新地整合学生支持和安置，促进有效实践的知识，帮助学生从传统的两年制院校（美国发展最快的教育水平）中追求STEM职业。

The University of North Georgia (UNG), through the project entitled "Strengthening Pathways to the Baccalaureate for STEM Scholars from a Predominantly 2-Year Campus" will strive to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by recruiting, mentoring, and supporting academically talented but financially needy students through degree completion and partnering with employers to facilitate placement in the STEM workforce. The project will focus on students who enroll at UNG's Gainesville Campus, which has a mission of that of a traditional 2-year institution, and who transfer to baccalaureate STEM programs at UNG's Dahlonega Campus, and also seek to improve student retention and graduation rates on both campuses. The project will support full time students in programs leading to associate or baccalaureate degrees in biological sciences (except medicine or other clinical fields), physical sciences (including physics, chemistry and materials science), mathematical sciences, and technology areas associated with the aforementioned disciplines. Among the intended broader impacts are providing students with skills to improve academic and workforce competitiveness, increasing faculty involvement in mentoring students, fostering permanent changes in organizational practices to provide an environment that encourages and supports diversity, and increasing the economic diversity of the STEM workforce.The project will achieve four key objectives: (1) improve educational opportunities for financially needy students by awarding 24 competitive scholarships annually, (2) increase retention of students to degree achievement by creating supportive environments through enhancements in organizational culture and practices; (3) improve student support programs by providing faculty mentoring, peer mentoring, academic workshops, tutoring, an early alert system, counseling, disciplinary activities, undergraduate research experiences, and participation in professional meetings; and (4) increase the number of well-educated, skilled employees in the STEM workforce by implementing the project with industry partners, who will provide guest lecturers, site visits, special activities and internship and placement opportunities in STEM occupations. The initiative will advance knowledge of effective practices that prepare students to pursue STEM careers from traditional 2-year institutions, the nation's fastest growing educational level, by innovatively integrating student support and placement.