Mentoring Students to Success in STEM Fields

指导学生在 STEM 领域取得成功

• 批准号: 1564787
• 负责人: Kara Beauchamp
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Cornell College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1564787&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mentoring; Students; Success; STEM; Fields

The "Mentoring Students to Success in STEM Fields" project at Cornell College will increase access to a rigorous education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields for students with the intellectual ability to have successful careers in and make contributions to STEM fields, but who would otherwise not be able to access such an education because of financial constraints. The program will provide scholarships of up to $10,000 per year for 18 students whose full financial need for attendance at Cornell College has not been met. Scholarship recipients will participate in special programming, which includes living on a Science, Technology, and Mathematics Interest Living and Learning Community residence hall floor in their freshman year, career and graduate school preparation and planning during their sophomore and junior years, and travel to local and national scientific meetings. Faculty mentors will work with the STEM Scholars throughout their time at Cornell, to help the Scholars navigate challenges and take advantage of opportunities.This project will assess the effectiveness of curriculum-based living-learning communities at small liberal arts colleges in improving retention, graduation, and career success in STEM fields. Specifically, this project will investigate the efficacy of nine model practices for retaining students from underrepresented populations in STEM fields and whether or not these practices also improve retention for all low income students. The impact of the activities and programming on retention and graduation in STEM fields will be evaluated during the project and at its culmination, providing direction for improving the program while it is in operation as well as providing a final picture of the program's success. In addition, STEM faculty members will explore research-based teaching methods, and the biology department will evaluate Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in its introductory courses, increasing the diversity of CURE models and contributing to the understanding of the impact of CURE courses on students' development as scientists.

康奈尔大学的“指导学生在STEM领域取得成功”项目将增加学生在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域接受严格教育的机会，这些学生具有在STEM领域取得成功并做出贡献的智力能力，但如果不这样做，他们将因为资金限制而无法接受此类教育。该计划将为18名未满足考上康奈尔学院全部经济需求的学生提供每年最高1万美元的奖学金。奖学金获得者将参加特别计划，其中包括在大一生活在科学、技术和数学兴趣生活和学习社区宿舍大厅楼层，在大二和大三期间为职业和研究生院做准备和规划，以及前往当地和全国科学会议。教师导师将在他们在康奈尔大学的整个时间里与STEM学者们合作，帮助他们应对挑战并利用机会。这个项目将评估小型文科大学基于课程的生活学习社区在提高STEM领域的留存、毕业和职业成功方面的有效性。具体地说，该项目将调查九种示范做法在留住STEM领域来自代表性不足人群的学生方面的有效性，以及这些做法是否也改善了所有低收入学生的留住情况。将在项目期间和项目结束时评估活动和方案对STEM领域留住和毕业的影响，为在方案运行期间改进方案提供方向，并提供方案成功的最终图景。此外，STEM教职员工将探索研究型教学方法，生物系将在其入门课程中评估以课程为基础的本科生研究经验(CURE)，增加治愈模式的多样性，并有助于了解CURE课程对学生作为科学家的发展的影响。