Teaming Engineering and Mathematics Students for the Future

越来越多的STEM专业学生应该反映出美国的多样性。这就迫切需要确保经济弱势和第一代追求STEM职业的学生获得机会和支持。必须了解哪些干预措施最有效地支持这些学生。该项目将在五年内向进入西德克萨斯a&m大学（WTAMU）攻读工程或数学专业的一年级和转学生颁发100份奖学金。它旨在促进和确保来自三个代表性不足和/或弱势群体的工程和数学学生的保留和毕业：(1)农村，经济弱势的学生；(2)少数民族学生；(3)西班牙裔服务机构的第一代大学生。这个项目将比较单独的经济支持的好处和接受支持的好处，包括经济援助以及学术、社会和职业支持。该项目还将确定对传统学习社区和同伴领导的团队学习（PLTL）模式的修改，以解决STEM中代表性不足的学生面临的挑战。该项目的目标是培养训练有素的专业人员，他们准备为经济增长和国家劳动力的竞争力做出贡献。该项目有三个目标：(1)增加在STEM领域攻读学位的低收入、有学术天赋的学生的招聘、保留、学生成功和毕业；(2)适应、实施和研究有效的循证实践模型，以及有助于理解这些实践如何影响招生、留用和学生成功的策略；(3)有助于实施课外PLTL和体验式学习活动。该项目将从地区高中招收有学术才能的学生，并与拥有大量少数民族和经济弱势人口的社区大学合作。奖学金将减少或消除学生在攻读学位时寻找工作的需要。该计划将建立学习社区，并为具有相似教育轨迹的学生安排学习日程。这些社区将参与以同伴为主导的团队学习、体验式学习、劳动力接触和职业咨询，以促进社会和学术上的成功。这将进一步提高坚持STEM和STEM职业的可能性。学生群体的互动将鼓励思想的交流。它还将促进对科学的相互依存和跨学科性质的认识。该项目的结果将为全国经历西班牙裔人口增长和其他代表性不足群体的州的高等教育提供者提供一个模式，以招募、留住和提高STEM领域本科生的学位。

Increasing enrollments in STEM should reflect the nation's diversity. This creates a compelling need to ensure access and support to economically-disadvantaged and first generation students pursuing STEM careers. It is imperative to understand which interventions most effectively support these students. This project will award 100 scholarships over five years to first year and transfer students entering West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) as engineering or mathematics students. It is designed to promote and ensure the retention and graduation of engineering and mathematics students from three underrepresented and/or disadvantaged populations: (1) rural, economically-disadvantaged students; (2) minority students; and (3) first-generation college students at this Hispanic Serving Institution. This project will compare the benefit of financial support alone to the benefit of receiving support that includes financial assistance as well as academic, social, and career support. The project will also identify the modifications to traditional learning communities and Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) models required to address the challenges facing underrepresented students in STEM. The goal of this project is to develop well-trained professionals who are ready to contribute to the economic growth and competitiveness of the nation's work force. The project has three objectives: (1) increase the recruitment, retention, student success, and graduation of low-income, academically talented students pursuing degrees in STEM fields; (2) adapt, implement, and study models of effective evidence-based practices, and strategies that contribute to understanding of how these practices affect recruitment, retention, and student success; and (3) contribute to the implementation of co-curricular PLTL and Experiential Learning activities. The project will recruit academically talented students from regional high schools and partnering community colleges with large minority and economically disadvantaged populations. Scholarships will reduce or eliminate the need for students to seek employment while pursuing their degrees. The program will establish learning communities and block scheduling for students with similar educational trajectories. The communities will be involved in peer-led team learning, experiential learning, workforce exposure, and career counseling to foster social and academic success. This will further enhance the likelihood of persistence in STEM and STEM careers. The interaction of student cohorts will encourage the exchange of ideas. It will also foster appreciation of the interdependence and interdisciplinary nature of the sciences. Results from the project will provide a model for higher education providers in states across the nation experiencing growth in the Hispanic population and other underrepresented groups to recruit, retain, and increase degree attainment of undergraduate students in STEM fields.