Scholarships and Support Services to Increase Student Success in STEM

奖学金和支持服务可提高学生在 STEM 方面的成功

• 批准号: 1833559
• 负责人: Melanie Osterhouse
• 金额: $ 95.32万
• 依托单位: College of Southern Maryland
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833559&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Support; Services; Increase; Student

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the College of Southern Maryland. This project aims to award a total of 96 scholarships to at least 52 academically talented STEM students with financial need. The project plans to implement and study practices shown by research to be effective. In this way, the project will contribute to understanding about recruitment, retention, student success, academic/career pathways, transfer, and degree attainment in STEM fields. The project aims to: 1) implement undergraduate research experiences in the community college and studying whether these experiences increase student satisfaction with the program and retention; 2) measure students' perspectives about persistence, and its relationship to campus climate and students? sense of belonging; and 3) contribute to the growing body of knowledge about community college students' experiences and success in STEM fields.In addition to scholarships, the project will provide students with a continuum of support services aimed at increasing retention and assisting graduates in transitioning to further education or employment at one of the regions? private sector companies, military installations, and government agencies. Targeted programs include Applied Sciences and Technology, Biological Technology, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Information Services Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, and Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Project objectives include: 1) increasing enrollment by capitalizing on extensive K-16 STEM activity in the region; 2) improving student registration through advising and program pathways to encourage retention; 3) increasing student retention through community-building, biweekly cohort contact, mentoring, tutoring, undergraduate research, a summer bridge program, and enrichment experiences; 4) expanding and streamlining articulation to facilitate transfer to four-year institutions; and 5) engaging employers in recruiting, mentoring, and providing work-based enrichment experiences.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.

NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金 (S-STEM) 计划将支持有经济需求的成绩优异、低收入学生在南马里兰学院的保留和毕业。该项目旨在向至少 52 名有经济需要的学术才华横溢的 STEM 学生提供总共 96 份奖学金。该项目计划实施和研究经研究证明有效的实践。 通过这种方式，该项目将有助于了解 STEM 领域的招聘、保留、学生成功、学术/职业道路、转学和学位获得。该项目旨在：1）在社区学院实施本科生研究经验，并研究这些经验是否能提高学生对项目的满意度和保留率； 2）衡量学生对坚持的看法，及其与校园氛围和学生的关系？归属感； 3) 为不断增长的关于社区学院学生在 STEM 领域的经验和成功的知识体系做出贡献。除了奖学金之外，该项目还将为学生提供一系列支持服务，旨在提高保留率并协助毕业生过渡到某个地区继续教育或就业？私营部门公司、军事设施和政府机构。目标课程包括应用科学与技术、生物技术、计算机信息系统、计算机科学、工程学、工程技术、信息服务技术、信息系统、网络安全以及数学和物理科学。项目目标包括： 1) 通过利用该地区广泛的 K-16 STEM 活动来提高入学率； 2) 通过建议和计划途径改善学生注册，以鼓励保留； 3) 通过社区建设、每两周一次的队列接触、辅导、辅导、本科生研究、暑期桥梁项目和丰富经验来提高学生保留率； 4）扩大和简化衔接，以方便转入四年制院校； 5) 让雇主参与招聘、指导和提供基于工作的丰富经验。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。