Planning Project for: Preparing Undergraduates in STEM Holistically (PUSH)

历史黑人学院和大学本科课程(HBCU-UP)为战略的设计、实施和评估提供支持，这些战略可以导致全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。Tougaloo学院的这个项目旨在为“从整体上培养STEM本科生(PUSH)”奠定基础。该项目的目标是建立一种多层次的方法，让教职员工和学生参与进来，最终目标是开发一种模式，利用强大的学术环境来加强该机构的STEM教育。该项目的具体目标是：增加STEM本科专业的学生入学人数，特别强调物理科学；通过基于证据的教学策略和课程重新设计来提高核心课程的留存率；以及与合作学校密西西比州立大学和布朗大学开发双学位工程课程，从而获得本科生和研究生学位。该项目将以正在进行的评估为指导。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provides support for the design, implementation, and assessment of strategies that can lead to comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Tougaloo College seeks to establish the foundation for "Preparing Undergraduates in STEM Holistically (PUSH)". The goal of the project is to establish a multi-layered approach that engages faculty and students with the ultimate goal of developing a model for utilizing a strong academic environment to strengthen STEM education at the institution.The specific aims of the project are to: increase student enrollment in STEM undergraduate majors, with a special emphasis in the Physical Sciences; improve retention in core courses with evidence-based teaching strategies and course redesign; and develop a dual-degree engineering curriculum with partner schools Mississippi State University and Brown University, leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees. The project will be guided by an on-going evaluation.