Engineering Scholars Program: Fostering the Next Generation of STEM Leaders

这个“美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学项目奖学金（S-STEM）”项目由HBCU Prairie View a&m University （PVAMU）提供，将满足有才华的低收入学生在工程、计算机科学或技术专业攻读学士学位的财务、学术和职业需求。该项目将直接支持30名学生，其中一组15名学生从一年级开始，第二组15名学生从二年级开始。奖学金将有助于减轻许多少数民族学生面临的经济负担，有针对性的支持结构将有助于确保学生的成功。将采用多管齐下的策略，包括队伍建设、学术支持、专业发展、指导和学生个人咨询团队，以改善学生的学习，提高留校率和毕业率。与NSF S-STEM项目目标一致，该项目将增加大学和国家的努力，以增加少数民族学生获得STEM学位的人数，从而支持更多样化和更有能力的美国劳动力。该项目的一个基本目标是增加未被充分代表的少数民族学生在STEM领域获得本科学位的人数，并加强这些学生为多样化的STEM劳动力职业道路和研究生教育做好准备。一项调查学生动机、自我效能和STEM身份发展的研究将是该项目的一个组成部分。该研究将采用解释性叙事设计，并将涉及定性研究，重点关注项目参与者的活动和经历。研究结果将为成功帮助少数民族学生走上工程和其他STEM职业道路并在这些职业中蓬勃发展的干预措施提供见解。使用混合定量和定性方法的评估计划将衡量该计划的有效性及其对学生表现、毕业和保留努力的影响。该项目将产生切实的数据和结果，以支持这一学生群体的招聘、留用、劳动力多样化和扩大参与努力。该项目的主要成果将通过不同的场所广泛传播。

This "NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM)" project at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), an HBCU, will serve the financial, academic, and career needs of talented low income students pursuing bachelor degrees in engineering, computer science, or technology. The project will directly support 30 students with one cohort of 15 students beginning in year 1 and a second cohort of 15 students beginning in year 2. Scholarships will help ease the financial burdens that many minority students face, and targeted support structures will help ensure student success. A multi-pronged strategy consisting of cohort building, academic support, professional development, mentoring, and individual advisory teams for students will be used improve student learning and increase retention and graduation rates. Congruent with NSF S-STEM program goals, the project will add to the University's and national efforts to increase the number of minority students graduating with STEM degrees thus supporting a more diverse and competent United States workforce.A fundamental goal of the project is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who graduate with undergraduate degrees in STEM fields and to enhance the preparedness of these students for diverse STEM workforce career paths and graduate education. A research study examining student motivation, self-efficacy, and STEM identity development will be an integral component of the project. The research will utilize an interpretive narrative design and will involve qualitative studies focusing on the activities and experiences of program participants. Findings will provide insights into interventions that are successful in helping minority students navigate the path to engineering and other STEM careers and flourish in those careers. An evaluation plan using a mixed quantitative and qualitative methods approach will measure the effectiveness of the program and its impact on student performance and graduation and retention efforts. Tangible data and results will be generated from the project that support recruitment, retention, and workforce diversification and broadening participation efforts for this student demographic. Key outcomes of the project will be broadly disseminated through a variety of venues.