Undergraduate Scholarships for Education Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management (USE4WRM)

环境工程和水资源管理卓越教育本科生奖学金（USE4WRM）

• 批准号: 1565049
• 负责人: Ramanitharan Kandiah
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Central State University
• 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: 2016-05-15 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1565049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Scholarships; Education; Excellence; Environmental

The Undergraduate Scholarships for Education Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management (USE4WRM) project will provide scholarships to the academically talented and low-income Water Resources Management (WRM) and Environmental Engineering (ENE) undergraduate students at Central State University (CSU). The USE4WRM project will utilize targeted enrollment of academically prepared students to improve retention and graduation rates. The project aims to address the wide gap in enrollment of high school graduates into college in the STEM fields between low-income and underrepresented communities and the general population. Traditionally CSU has attracted large numbers of underrepresented minorities and the program will lead to the matriculation of a more diversified set of graduates in environmental sciences.The USE4WRM program will recruit 14 high school students into the ENE and WRM programs in two cohorts. Scholars will receive scholarships, mentoring, advising, tutoring and personal development services for four years. Under the guidance of faculty, each cohort will form a learning community in which curricular and experimental learning experiences through internships are shared. Academic performance indicators of the cohorts and the scholar surveys will be used in program assessment. An external evaluator team will evaluate the success of the program and will utilize data mining techniques to analyze academic performance indicators of the cohorts and responses from the surveys by students and faculty mentors. The research team will use this data to answer the research questions, "Are the support systems planned, fully effective for the average profile of the student in the program?" and "Are there differences in the use of support systems based on the gender of the student?" Results from this research will generate evidence regarding the efficacy of existing recruitment and retention techniques. Knowledge gained within the ENE and WRM programs will be extended and applicable to other STEM fields.

环境工程与水资源管理本科卓越教育奖学金（USE4WRM）项目将为中央州立大学（CSU）具有学术天赋和低收入的水资源管理（WRM）和环境工程（ENE）本科生提供奖学金。USE4WRM项目将有针对性地招收有学术准备的学生，以提高留校率和毕业率。该项目旨在解决低收入和代表性不足的社区与普通人群在高中毕业生进入STEM领域大学方面的巨大差距。传统上，科罗拉多州立大学吸引了大量未被充分代表的少数民族，该项目将为环境科学专业的毕业生提供更多元化的入学资格。USE4WRM计划将招募14名高中生参加ENE和WRM计划，分为两组。奖学金获得者将获得为期四年的奖学金、指导、咨询、辅导和个人发展服务。在教师的指导下，每个队列将形成一个学习社区，通过实习分享课程和实验学习经验。项目评估将采用研究小组的学业成绩指标和学者调查结果。一个外部评估团队将评估该项目的成功与否，并利用数据挖掘技术分析学生的学业表现指标以及学生和教师导师的调查反馈。研究团队将使用这些数据来回答研究问题，“支持系统是否对项目中学生的平均情况完全有效？”和“根据学生的性别，支持系统的使用是否存在差异？”这项研究的结果将为现有招聘和保留技术的有效性提供证据。在ENE和WRM项目中获得的知识将扩展并适用于其他STEM领域。