Supporting College and Career Education through Student Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SuCCESS in STEM)

佩里西比州立社区学院的“通过科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学生奖学金支持大学和职业教育（SuCCESS in STEM）”项目将在2.5年内为24名非传统学生提供每年高达8500美元的奖学金。该项目将增加经济困难的非传统学生参与田纳西州东部高需求STEM地区的高等教育机会。将设计和实施支持服务，以确保学者成功完成副学士学位，并准备在毕业后进入劳动力市场或转入四年制大学。通过有针对性的策略，如实习、指导和与当地行业建立伙伴关系的帮助下的影子，获得现实世界的经验，将支持学者成功过渡到就业或继续接受高等教育。将收集定量和定性数据，用于形成性和总结性评估，以衡量该计划的总体影响。学生的成功率和毕业率将在被要求使用这些支持服务的学者和自愿使用这些服务的学生之间进行比较。研究将集中在支持留住学者的支持服务和干预措施的有效性上，特别是关注如何提高STEM学科中资源不足的非传统学生的成功。这项研究的结果将传播到高等教育学术界，并将为在两年制大学环境中招募和留住STEM学科资源不足的学生提供干预策略指导，如奖学金计划、队列、补充指导和体验式学习。

The "Supporting College and Career Education through Student Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SuCCESS in STEM)" project at Pellissippi State Community College will support 24 nontraditional students with scholarships up to $8,500 per year over 2.5 years. The project will increase the participation of financially-disadvantaged, nontraditional students in post-secondary opportunities in high-demand STEM areas in East Tennessee. Support services will be designed and implemented to ensure that scholars successfully complete an associate degree and are prepared to either enter the workforce or transfer to a four-year institution upon graduation. Real-world experiences through targeted strategies such as internships, mentoring, and shadowing with assistance of established partnerships with local industry will support the successful transition of scholars into either employment or continuing post-secondary education.Quantitative and qualitative data will be collected for both a formative and summative evaluation that will measure the overall impact of the program. A comparison of student success and graduation rates will be performed between scholars who are required to use these support services versus students who voluntarily use these services. Research will focus on the efficacy of support services and interventions that support the retention of scholars, specifically focusing on improving the success of under-resourced, nontraditional students in STEM disciplines. The results of this study will be disseminated to the higher education academic community and will provide guidance on intervention strategies such as scholarship programs, cohorts, supplemental instruction, and experiential learning for recruiting and retaining under-resourced students in STEM disciplines in a two-year college environment.