Overcoming the Challenges to the Science Education of a Liberal Arts College for Economically Disadvantaged Students

克服文理学院经济困难学生科学教育的挑战

• 批准号: 1643763
• 负责人: Louis Liotta
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Stonehill College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2023-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643763&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Overcoming; Challenges; Science; Education; Liberal

The significance of this NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) project at Stonehill College is its contribution to the success of a larger and more diverse population of STEM students which thereby supports a more effective STEM workforce, particularly in southeastern Massachusetts. The effort targets academically-talented students who face economic and academic barriers to completing their STEM degrees. This S-STEM project is supporting 30 students from two populations: 1) first-year Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Neuroscience, Environmental Science and Biochemistry majors entering their sophomore year and 2) Community College students entering Stonehill as juniors in the same STEM majors.The scope of the work involves six key recruitment and retention strategies: 1) scholarship support; 2) improved admissions and transfer processes for STEM community college students; 3) early research experiences that provide access to faculty mentors and hands-on research techniques at critical undergraduate moments; 4) enhanced mentoring, tutoring and advising, in particular using a "community of practice" model that allows students to maintain close connections during their time on campus; 5) early exposure to science professionals from similar backgrounds and career preparation; and 6) faculty training through a faculty learning community focused on successful teaching and mentoring of underrepresented students. This project is serving as a model illustrating how private liberal arts colleges can collaborate with community colleges to improve transfer access and illustrating how financial support, research opportunities, cohort building, career guidance and personal mentoring can assure that underrepresented students graduate with STEM degrees. Best practices will be shared through local and national professional conferences, publication in educational journals, a workshop and a webinar.

Stonehill College的STEM（S-STEM）项目的NSF奖学金的重要性在于其对更大，更多样化的STEM学生群体的成功做出了贡献，从而支持了更有效的STEM劳动力，特别是在马萨诸塞州东南部。这项工作的目标是那些在完成STEM学位方面面临经济和学术障碍的学术天才学生。这个S-STEM项目支持来自两个群体的30名学生：1）进入大二的生物学，化学，物理，神经科学，环境科学和生物化学专业的一年级学生和2）进入Stonehill的社区学院学生作为相同STEM专业的大三学生。工作范围涉及六个关键的招聘和保留策略：1）奖学金支持; 2）改善STEM社区大学学生的入学和转学流程; 3）早期研究经验，在关键的本科时刻提供教师导师和实践研究技术; 4）加强辅导、辅导和咨询，特别是使用“实践社区”模式，使学生在校园期间保持密切联系; 5）早期接触来自类似背景和职业准备的科学专业人士; 6）通过教师学习社区进行教师培训，重点是成功教学和指导代表性不足的学生。 这个项目是作为一个模型，说明如何私立文理学院可以与社区学院合作，以提高转移访问，并说明如何财政支持，研究机会，队列建设，职业指导和个人指导可以确保代表性不足的学生毕业与STEM学位。 最佳做法将通过地方和国家专业会议、在教育期刊上发表、讲习班和网络研讨会来分享。

项目成果

Faculty Learning at the Individual and Group Level: A Multi-Year Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Science FLC Focused on Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring

教师个人和团体层面的学习：对跨学科科学 FLC 的多年分析，重点关注包容性教学和指导

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of college science teaching
• 作者: Hirst, R.;Anderson, K.;Packard, B.;Liotta, L.;Bleakley, B.;Lombardi, P.;Burkholder, K.
• 通讯作者: Burkholder, K.