Building STEM Student Success at Fisk University

实施项目为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施和评估战略提供支持，这些战略可导致全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM的教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。菲斯克大学的这个项目旨在为培养STEM学生的成功奠定基础。该项目的目标是培养学生在为研究生院和职业生涯做更具竞争力的准备后，以持久的方式贡献新知识。作为该项目的一部分，该项目的活动包括：通过对普通生物学和大学代数课程的补充指导，增加学生更深入的学习和成功过渡到高级课程；增加学生在与生物科学相关的定量和计算方法方面的信心和能力；以及增加STEM学科中教员指导的本科生研究机会，通过有意将定量和计算整合到课程和教员研究合作中来保证。这些活动和战略是以证据为基础的，并将为该机构进一步努力加强STEM本科教育提供参考。

Implementation projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, and assess strategies that can lead to comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Fisk University seeks to establish the foundation for building STEM student success. The goal of the project is to prepare students to contribute in an enduring way to new knowledge as a result of more competitive preparation for graduate school and careers.Activities that are part of this project are: increasing students' deeper learning and successful transition to advanced courses by supplementary instruction into General Biology and College Algebra courses; increasing student confidence and competence in quantitative and computational approaches related to the biological sciences; and increasing enriched faculty-mentored undergraduate research opportunities across the STEM disciplines assured by intentional quantitative and computational integration into courses and faculty research collaborations. The activities and strategies are evidence-based and will inform further efforts by the institution to strengthen STEM undergraduate education.