Iona DESIRE-Development of Excellence in Science through Intervention, Resilience, and Enrichment

该艾奥纳学院奖学金计划支持二十四（24）经济困难的学生与高学术能力，在干领域的奖学金，通过有针对性的，动手高中推广和招聘计划。STEM课程的目标学科包括化学和计算机科学。为了确保智力价值，该计划使用经过验证的高影响力的教育实践（HIEPs）来发展奖学金获得者的学术，专业，人际关系，人际关系和跨文化维度，以取得STEM的成功。这些学者将接触到提高学生保留率的HIEPs，并将受益于艾奥纳致力于干预，复原力和丰富的各种资源：量身定制的核心课程，跨学科的学术学习社区，科学生活和学习社区住宅，本科研究和体验式/服务学习。在专业发展方面，学者将通过科学职业研讨会和建立的科学校友网络提供工业实习和专业导师。该计划将作为同行机构的模式，以改善他们的计划，以支持和留住学生在干。 该计划的更广泛的影响确保了STEM劳动力需求得到解决，并产生了训练有素的STEM专业人员，他们愿意在研究生和专业水平上接受科学追求。高中合作伙伴关系将提供一个持久和可持续的管道，以识别和录取有经济需要的高素质学生。该计划将导致STEM学位的完成人数越来越多的代表性不足的学生，以及越来越多的代表性不足的高中生成为感兴趣的STEM职业。

The Iona College DESIRE program supports twenty-four (24) economically disadvantaged students with high academic aptitude, for scholarships in STEM fields, through targeted, hands-on high school outreach and recruitment programs. The STEM disciplines targeted by the DESIRE program include Chemistry and Computer Science. To ensure intellectual merit, the DESIRE Program uses proven high-impact educational practices (HIEPs) to develop the Academic, Professional, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Intercultural dimensions of scholarship recipients for success in STEM. These Scholars will be exposed to HIEPs that increase student retention, and will benefit from the various resources at Iona dedicated to intervention, resilience, and enrichment: tailored core courses, an interdisciplinary academic learning community, a science living and learning community residence, undergraduate research, and experiential/service learning. For professional development, the scholars will be offered industrial internships and professional mentors through Careers in Science seminars and established science alumni network. The DESIRE program will serve as a model for peer institutions for the improvement of their programs to support and retain students in STEM. The broader impacts of the program ensure that STEM workforce needs are addressed and highly trained STEM professionals willing to embrace scientific pursuits at the graduate and professional levels are produced. The high school partnership will provide an enduring and sustainable pipeline for identification and matriculation of high caliber students with financial need. The DESIRE program will lead to completion of STEM degrees by an increased number of underrepresented students, and an increased number of underrepresented high school students becoming interested in STEM careers.