Factors for STEM Student Success: The Relative Influence of Self-Efficacy, Mentorship, Leadership, and Belonging

在NSF科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目的资助下，“STEM学生成功的因素”项目将支持犹他州大学表现出经济需求的高成就、低收入学生。在整个5年中，该项目将为攻读计算机科学（CS）学士学位的学生提供15个奖学金。沿着奖学金支持，该项目将为学生学者提供领导力培训，在夏季外展计划中担任领导角色，学生同伴支持，大学准备评估和教师指导，以提高保留率和成功率。该项目的主要方法将是形成三个五人一组的学生，他们将：1）评估他们的准备和他们自己的潜力感，2）在他们的大学生涯中提供准备和指导，3）通过领导和指导角色提供工具来转变他们的成就感。沿着为CS学生开发支持和指导结构，该项目将调查导致STEM学生成功的学术和课外因素。该项目的研究目标将包括了解促进学生成功和保留的社会认知因素。该项目还旨在确定学生的学术坚持和成功的心理，社会和文化驱动因素，包括传统上代表性不足的学生，主修CS。该项目旨在为追求CS的多样化学生提供新的保留和成功干预措施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With funding from the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program, the "Factors for STEM Student Success" project will support high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Utah. Throughout its 5 years, this project will fund 15 scholarships for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in Computer Science (CS). Along with scholarship support, the project will provide student scholars with leadership training, leadership roles in summer outreach programs, student peer support, college readiness assessment, and faculty mentoring with the goal of increasing retention and success rates.The project's primary approach will be to form three cohorts of five students who will be: 1) assessed on their preparation and their own sense of potential, 2) provided preparation and mentoring throughout their college career, and 3) given tools to transform their sense of accomplishment through leadership and mentoring roles. Along with developing support and mentoring structures for CS students, this project will investigate the academic and extracurricular factors that lead to STEM student success. The research goals for this project will include understanding the social cognitive factors that promote student success and retention. The project also seeks to identify psychological, social, and cultural drivers of academic persistence and success for students, including traditionally underrepresented students, majoring in CS. This project aims to yield new interventions for retention and success for a diverse set of students pursuing CS.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.