Retaining and Inspiring students in Science and Engineering (RISE)

留住和激励科学与工程专业的学生 (RISE)

• 批准号: 1742463
• 负责人: Deborah Herrington
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Grand Valley State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742463&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Retaining; Inspiring; students; Science; Engineering

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the Retaining and Inspiring Students in Science and Engineering (RISE) program at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) will create a set of progressively increasing four-year scholarships for at least 50 low-income, academically talented students who have identified an interest in pursuing a science or engineering major. RISE will immerse scholarship recipients in a cohort with faculty mentors to provide a robust support network and experiential learning opportunities, including summer research and internships, which have been shown to improve retention and graduation rates through disciplinary socialization. As participation in research experiences has been shown to increase interest in pursuing graduate degrees, particularly for underrepresented and low-income students, RISE can help address the lack of diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs. Through an in-depth evaluation, the RISE program will investigate structures of the program that help support student retention and graduation as well as career paths for scholars; student perceptions of the value of various elements of the RISE program (cohort, extracurricular experiences, co-curricular activities, and research/internship experiences); and the barriers to graduation for this group of academically talented, low-income students. Additionally, the project will study the (1) impact of experiential learning. (2) impact of repeated experiences (co-op) vs. single experience (summer internship), (3) role of experiential learning experience in socialization of students into STEM disciplines and careers and transfer from college to the workplace, and (4) ease of transfer of community college students into STEM programs at the university.The project builds on a prior successful S-STEM program by incorporating additional evidence-based curricular and extracurricular student supports including early engagement with faculty mentors, expanding research-based experiential learning opportunities in STEM disciplines, and extending the successful GVSU paid industry co-op/internship experiential learning model in engineering and computing to all sciences. Required co-curricular seminars and extracurricular activities will assist RISE scholars in investigating the breadth of career opportunities in science and engineering and prepare them for research, co-op, or internship experiences, which will help them make informed decisions about their career paths. A new Introduction to Research course, analogous to the Co-op Preparation course currently part of the engineering curriculum, will be developed as part of this program and will continue to be taught after the program ends. The project team will collaborate with area community colleges (CC) with 25 total scholarships designated for students transferring from Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC), Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and Ottawa Intermediate School District (OAISD)/Muskegon Community College (MCC) early college program. CC students selected as potential RISE Scholars will dual enroll in a 1-credit prep course and engage in experiential learning opportunities during the summer before they transfer to GVSU. Faculty at the community colleges will participate as mentors.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.

在国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划的资助下，大谷州立大学(GVSU)的留住和激励科学与工程学生(RISE)计划将为至少50名已确定有兴趣攻读科学或工程专业的低收入、有学术天赋的学生创建一套递增的四年制奖学金。Rise将使奖学金获得者与教师导师一起沉浸在队列中，以提供强大的支持网络和体验式学习机会，包括暑期研究和实习，这些已被证明通过学科社会化提高了留校率和毕业率。由于参与研究经验已被证明增加了攻读研究生学位的兴趣，特别是对代表性不足和低收入学生来说，RISE有助于解决科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)课程缺乏多样性的问题。通过深入的评估，RISE计划将调查有助于支持学生留校和毕业的计划结构以及学者的职业道路；学生对RISE计划各种要素(队列、课外经历、共同课程活动和研究/实习经验)的价值的看法；以及这群有学术天赋的低收入学生毕业的障碍。此外，该项目将研究(1)体验式学习的影响。(2)重复体验(Co-op)与单一体验(暑期实习)的影响，(3)体验学习体验在学生融入STEM学科和职业以及从大学转到工作中的作用，以及(4)社区大学生更容易进入大学的STEM项目。该项目建立在之前成功的S-STEM项目的基础上，通过纳入额外的循证课程和课外学生支持，包括与教师导师的早期接触，扩大STEM学科基于研究的体验式学习机会，以及将成功的乔治华盛顿州立大学付费行业合作/实习体验学习模式推广到所有工程和计算科学。必要的合作课程研讨会和课外活动将帮助RISE学者调查科学和工程领域的职业机会的广度，并为他们的研究、合作或实习经历做好准备，这将帮助他们对自己的职业道路做出明智的决定。一个新的研究入门课程，类似于目前作为工程课程一部分的Co-op准备课程，将作为该计划的一部分开发，并将在该计划结束后继续教授。项目团队将与地区社区学院(CC)合作，为从大急流社区学院(GRCC)、密歇根西北学院(NMC)和渥太华中级学区(OAISD)/马斯基贡社区学院(MCC)早期大学项目转学的学生提供总计25个奖学金。被选为潜在RISE奖学金的CC学生将在转到GVSU之前，在暑假期间同时注册一个1学分的预科课程，并参与体验式学习机会。社区学院的教师将作为导师参加。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。