Teaming Engineering and Mathematics Students for the Future

为未来而合作的工程和数学学生

• 批准号: 1742017
• 负责人: Anitha Sarah Subburaj
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: West Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-15 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742017&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaming; Engineering; Mathematics; Students; Future

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.

增加STEM的入学人数应该反映国家的多样性。这就迫切需要确保经济上处于不利地位的第一代学生和追求STEM职业的第一代学生获得和支持。必须了解哪些干预措施最有效地支持这些学生。该项目将在五年内为进入西德克萨斯农工大学（WTAMU）的第一年和转学学生提供100个奖学金，作为工程或数学学生。它的目的是促进和确保工程和数学的学生从三个代表性不足和/或弱势群体的保留和毕业：（1）农村，经济上处于不利地位的学生;（2）少数民族学生;和（3）第一代大学生在这个西班牙裔服务机构。该项目将比较单独的财政支持的好处，接受支持，包括财政援助以及学术，社会和职业支持的好处。该项目还将确定对传统学习社区和同侪领导的团队学习（PLTL）模式的修改，以解决STEM学生代表性不足所面临的挑战。该项目的目标是培养训练有素的专业人员，他们愿意为国家劳动力的经济增长和竞争力做出贡献。该项目有三个目标：（1）增加低收入，学术天赋的学生在STEM领域攻读学位的招聘，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式，以及有助于理解这些实践如何影响招聘，保留和学生成功的战略;以及（3）促进课外PLTL和体验式学习活动的实施。该项目将从有大量少数民族和经济弱势群体的地区高中和合作社区学院招募学术天赋的学生。奖学金将减少或消除学生在攻读学位期间寻求就业的需要。 该计划将建立学习社区，并为具有类似教育轨迹的学生安排课程。社区将参与同行领导的团队学习，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。这将进一步提高在STEM和STEM职业生涯的持久性的可能性。学生群体的互动将鼓励思想交流。它还将促进对科学的相互依存和跨学科性质的认识。该项目的结果将为西班牙裔人口和其他代表性不足的群体增长的国家的高等教育提供者提供一个模型，以招募，保留和提高STEM领域本科生的学位获得率。