Hornet Science Scholars Program

大黄蜂科学学者计划

• 批准号: 1644273
• 负责人: Jennifer Lundmark
• 金额: $ 96万
• 依托单位: University Enterprises, Incorporated
• 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: 2016-09-15 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644273&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Hornet; Science; Scholars; Program

Students who transfer from a community college to a four-year university in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree often face difficulty in the first year. This difficulty may be academic (adjusting to different expectations in the classroom) as well as social (finding friends and study partners, accessing resources, and feeling a sense of belonging within a larger campus environment). The combination of academic and social challenges is known as "transfer shock," and this is even more apparent when students face other barriers to success. This includes students who are the first in their family to attend college, or come from a low-income background. The Hornet Science Scholars program will ease the transition of high-achieving, low-income new transfer students by providing scholarships as well as the academic and social support needed to overcome transfer shock in the first year. Scholarship recipients will participate in four innovative pilot programs designed to promote the success of transfer students. The first is a "Transfer Ready Initiative" to improve advising and communication practices between local community colleges and Sacramento State, resulting in enhanced transfer preparation for all students, and assisting incoming students in knowing what to expect at the four-year university. The second pilot involves group scheduling of incoming Hornet Science Scholars within majors courses, so that they are clustered with students they know, who are also adjusting to the new environment. This practice will allow well-prepared Scholars to "fast track" through their remaining major requirements, speeding time to graduation. The third innovation puts into place proven academic support strategies (such as peer mentoring, peer-led team learning, and focused practice with study skills) to ensure immediate success in upper level courses and allow positive progression towards graduation. Such peer-facilitated programs encourage positive relationships between new transfers and continuing students. Finally, the fourth pilot features engagement with faculty mentors to prepare Scholars for immediate entry into science-related summer employment and research opportunities. This will include partnerships with the California Internship Network, which is based on the Sacramento State campus. The Hornet Science Scholars project will explore six research questions that will investigate how an integrated set of evidence-based strategies, along with creative curricular structures and connection to science-related summer engagement, will transform the success of low-income, high-achieving science transfer students. This project will advance knowledge of academic and support interventions that might ease "transfer shock," and will provide a more accurate understanding about the types of support essential to increasing retention and graduation rates of science students. Formative and summative evaluation will provide information on mid-course corrections to the leadership team. Sacramento State shares student demographics with the majority of the 23 campuses that make up the California State University system, and has a ready audience with whom to share outcomes and successes.

从社区学院转到四年制大学攻读学士学位的学生在第一年通常会遇到困难。这种困难可能是学业上的（适应课堂上不同的期望），也可能是社交上的（寻找朋友和学习伙伴，获取资源，以及在更大的校园环境中感受归属感）。学业和社会挑战的结合被称为“转学冲击”，当学生面临其他成功障碍时，这种冲击就更加明显了。这包括家庭中第一个上大学的学生，或者来自低收入家庭的学生。大黄蜂科学学者计划将通过提供奖学金以及在第一年克服转学冲击所需的学术和社会支持，缓解成绩优异、低收入的新转学学生的过渡。奖学金获得者将参加四个创新的试点项目，旨在促进转学生的成功。第一个是“转学准备计划”，旨在改善当地社区学院和萨克拉门托州立大学之间的咨询和沟通实践，从而加强所有学生的转学准备，并帮助即将入学的学生了解四年制大学的期望。第二个试点是在专业课程中对即将到来的大黄蜂科学学者进行分组安排，这样他们就可以和他们认识的学生聚集在一起，这些学生也在适应新环境。这种做法将使准备充分的学生能够“快速”完成剩余的专业要求，加快毕业的时间。第三个创新是实施行之有效的学术支持策略（如同伴指导、同伴领导的团队学习和集中学习技巧的实践），以确保在高级课程中取得直接成功，并为毕业提供积极的进展。这种同侪促进的项目鼓励新生和在读学生之间建立积极的关系。最后，第四个试点项目的特点是与教师导师合作，为学者们立即进入与科学相关的暑期就业和研究机会做好准备。这将包括与加州实习网络的合作，该网络位于萨克拉门托州立大学校园。大黄蜂科学学者项目将探索六个研究问题，这些问题将调查一套基于证据的综合策略，以及创造性的课程结构和与科学相关的暑期参与的联系，将如何改变低收入、高成就的科学转校生的成功。该项目将促进对可能缓解“转学冲击”的学术和支持干预措施的认识，并将更准确地了解对提高理科生的留校率和毕业率至关重要的支持类型。形成性和总结性评估将为领导团队提供关于中途修正的信息。萨克拉门托州立大学与构成加州州立大学系统的23个校区中的大多数校区共享学生人口统计数据，并且拥有现成的受众，可以与他们分享成果和成功。