Implementation Project: Trojan Center for Undergraduate Applied Research

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）提供支持，以设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生人数，并通过加强STEM教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。弗吉尼亚州立大学的这个项目旨在建立在以前成功的努力基础上，提高非裔美国学生在STEM学科的参与度。该项目的目标是显著提高STEM本科学生的招聘、留用和毕业率，并建立一个框架，以培养在科学、技术、工程和数学领域取得成功所需的技能和属性。该项目将利用循证、高影响力的教学实践来改善学生的学习和成果。活动包括：暑期工程学院，帮助高中生过渡到大学，工作影子计划，本科研究经验，学生参加地方和国家会议，建立先进数字制造系统实验室，以及出国留学经验。该项目将确定当地行业希望STEM学生在毕业时具备的能力，并研究影响大学STEM本科生坚持学习的因素。项目的有效性将由内部和外部咨询委员会以及一名评估人员提供建议和评估。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess 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 Virginia State University seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American students in STEM disciplines. The goal of this project is to significantly improve recruitment, retention and graduation rates for STEM undergraduate students, as well as to establish a framework for developing the skills and attributes needed for a successful career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The project will utilize evidence-based, high-impact pedagogical practices to improve student learning and outcomes. Activities include: the Summer Engineering Institute to help high school students transition to college, a job shadowing program, undergraduate research experiences, student participation in local and national conferences, the establishment of an Advanced Digital Manufacturing System Lab, and study abroad experiences. The project will identify the competencies that local industries desire STEM students to have upon graduation and study the factors that influence persistence in STEM undergraduate students at the university. The project will be advised and evaluated for effectiveness by internal and external advisory boards and an evaluator.