FOCUS: Fostering Opportunities for Community, Understanding, and Success in STEM

重点：为 STEM 领域的社区、理解和成功创造机会

• 批准号: 1643998
• 负责人: Mark Jensen
• 金额: $ 96万
• 依托单位: Concordia College at Moorhead
• 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: 2017-03-01 至 2023-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1643998&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FOCUS; Fostering; Opportunities; Community; Understanding

Concordia University at Moorhead will develop Fostering Opportunities for Community, Understanding, and Success (FOCUS), a project that will expand the STEM workforce by developing and implementing strategies that attract, prepare, and retain academically talented, low-income students into STEM careers. Specific objectives of the program are to develop (1) culturally targeted recruiting strategies to attract a broad range of eligible applicants, (2) academic and social support systems focused on retaining students and allowing them to flourish, and (3) vocational experiences that will prepare students for post-graduation success. The FOCUS project will develop scalable strategies for recruiting, preparing, and retaining academically talented, low-income students for careers in STEM. Two cohorts of 12 students will be supported by scholarships and integrated high-impact learning practices such as first-year seminars, learning communities, writing-intensive courses, research, and service learning. Students will be supported by academic services, faculty mentors, and peer mentors. Recruiting strategies will be targeted toward talented students from new American families. Professional preparation will highlight four-year career development programs that integrate awareness of opportunities with research positions, job shadowing, professional STEM mentorships, and paid internships. Knowledge-generating activities will address how the integration of high-impact learning practices and other supporting activities affect student success in STEM both at the university and beyond, and the conditions under which such treatments are effective.

穆尔黑德康考迪亚大学将开展“促进社区、理解和成功机会”(FOCUS) 项目，该项目将通过制定和实施吸引、准备和留住有学术才华的低收入学生进入 STEM 职业的战略来扩大 STEM 劳动力队伍。该计划的具体目标是制定（1）针对文化的招聘策略，以吸引广泛的合格申请者，（2）专注于留住学生并让他们蓬勃发展的学术和社会支持系统，以及（3）为学生毕业后成功做好准备的职业经验。 FOCUS 项目将制定可扩展的战略，用于招募、准备和留住有学术才华的低收入学生从事 STEM 职业。两批 12 名学生将获得奖学金和综合高影响力学习实践的支持，例如第一年研讨会、学习社区、写作强化课程、研究和服务学习。学生将得到学术服务、教师导师和同伴导师的支持。招生策略将针对来自美国新家庭的有才华的学生。专业准备将重点强调四年的职业发展计划，将机​​会意识与研究职位、工作见习、专业 STEM 指导和带薪实习结合起来。知识生成活动将解决高影响力学习实践和其他支持活动的整合如何影响学生在大学内外 STEM 方面的成功，以及此类治疗有效的条件。