Emerging STEM Scholars

坦普尔大学的“新兴STEM学者”项目将通过为48-60名学习生物、生物化学或化学专业的有学术天赋和经济困难的学生提供为期四年的直接学术支持来解决STEM的留存和成功问题。学生将在大一期间报名参加该项目，这是他们最有可能遇到学业困难和换专业的时候。该计划将利用现有的学术支持结构，并将在坦普尔的第一个科学学习社区将学生与特定的计划内容联系起来。一个三级指导计划(本科生同行、研究生和教职员工)将为学者从进入学院到毕业的学术生涯提供支持。学者们将有机会接触到行业科学家和科学职业信息，这些信息将补充学术支持和研究机会。该项目将基于丁托的留学生理论，强调结构性支持以及基于内容和教学的支持。将收集数据来确定什么是最好的，什么类型的学生，什么时候。该项目进行的研究将是横向和纵向的，并将被设计来测试计划元素的个人和累积贡献。这项研究还将分析随着时间的推移发生的任何影响大小的衰减。四个数据来源将提供一张学术“地图”，用来确定保持四年制学位的成功进展所需的模式。由此产生的知识将被用作坦普尔大学和其他大学机构改革的基础。

The "Emerging STEM Scholars" program at Temple University will address STEM retention and success by providing direct academic support for four years to 48 - 60 academically talented and economically disadvantaged students majoring in biology, biochemistry, or chemistry. Students will be enrolled in the program during their freshman year, when they are most likely to encounter academic difficulties and change majors. The program will utilize existing academic support structures and will connect students with specific program content in Temple's first science learning community. A three tiered mentoring program (undergraduate peers, graduate students, and faculty) will provide support to scholars over their academic career from entry into the institution to graduation. Scholars will be given access to industry scientists and science career information that will complement academic support and research opportunities.The project will be based on Tinto's theory of student retention emphasizing both structural supports and content-based and pedagogical supports. Data will be collected to determine what "works" the best, with what type of student, and when. Research conducted by this project will be both cross-sectional and longitudinal, and will be designed to test the individual and cumulative contributions of the program elements. The study will also analyze any effect size decay that occurs over time. Four data sources will provide an academic "map" that will be used to identify patterns that are needed to maintain successful progress to an on-time four-year degree. The resulting knowledge will be used as the basis for institutional transformation at Temple and other universities.