Collaborative Research: Student Pathways in Engineering and Computing for Transfer Success

合作研究：工程和计算领域学生成功转学的途径

基本信息

批准号：
1834081
负责人：
Mary Kurz
金额：
$ 427.71万
依托单位：
Clemson University
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：
2019-04-01 至 2025-03-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834081&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research Student Pathways Engineering

项目摘要

A national challenge in STEM education is the low graduation rate of engineering students who transfer from community colleges to four-year institutions. One driver of this low success rate is the insufficient preparation of community college students for the differences they will face at the four-year institution. In addition, the four-year institution often lacks social and academic support to help bridge this gap. This project aims to increase the success of engineering and computer science students who transfer to Clemson University from Spartanburg Community College or Trident Community College, or from any of the 16 technical colleges in South Carolina. Over a five-year period, 316 students will receive scholarships of up to four years, to support their successful transfer and attainment of a bachelor's degrees in engineering or computing from Clemson University. In addition to the scholarship support, the project includes evidence-based mentorship and cohort building activities that support transfer student success. The project features an innovative Ph.D. student traineeship that links Clemson graduate students with community college faculty and students. The graduate students will receive training in teaching, mentoring, and education research, and work closely with the scholarship students both at the community colleges, and after the students transfer to Clemson. It is expected that the project will contribute to the quality and diversity of the national STEM workforce and increase understanding of what works to support success of transfer students.In addition to providing scholarships to low-income, academically high-achieving transfer students, this project addresses well-known hurdles for transfer students by implementing and assessing a cohort mentoring model based on evidence-based strategies including communities of practice and cognitive mentorship. The program elements are designed to support transfer student enculturation in the university, as well as degree completion and placement in the industrial workforce. The program will recruit and train ten Clemson STEM PhD students for careers in academia by engaging them in immersive experiences in teaching, mentoring, and applied educational research. This training will include a residency at the community college sites where they will: 1) co-teach engineering courses with community college faculty; 2) develop and lead a cohort of low-income community college students in a project-based Creative Inquiry course that will be a focus of applied educational research; and 3) return to Clemson with the developed cohort, thus helping to bridge the institutional gap. The program will conduct rigorous internal and external educational assessment and program evaluation to identify key indicators of student success and to provide information that can be used to improve STEM education at other institutions. Results from this work will be broadly disseminated through digital outlets (e.g., e-newsletters; listservs), presentations at national conferences, and publications in peer-reviewed and trade journals to reach audiences ranging from higher education to low-income students with aspirations of excellence. This project is funded by the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income, academically high-achieving students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

STEM教育的全国性挑战是从社区大学转移到四年制机构的工程专业学生的低毕业率。这种较低成功率的驱动力是，他们在四年制机构将面临的差异的社区大学生准备不足。此外，四年制机构通常缺乏社会和学术支持来帮助弥合这一差距。该项目旨在提高从斯巴达堡社区学院或三叉戟社区学院或南卡罗来纳州的16个技术学院中的任何一家工程学和计算机科学专业的学生的成功。在五年的时间里，有316名学生将获得长达四年的奖学金，以支持他们从克莱姆森大学（Clemson University）获得工程或计算学士学位的成功转移和获得学士学位。除了奖学金支持外，该项目还包括基于证据的指导和队列建设活动，以支持转移学生成功。该项目具有创新的博士学位。将克莱姆森研究生与社区大学教师和学生联系起来的学生实习。研究生将接受教学，指导和教育研究的培训，并与社区学院的奖学金专业的学生紧密合作，并在学生转学到克莱姆森之后。预计该项目将有助于国家STEM劳动力的质量和多样性，并增加对支持转学学生成功的工作的理解。除了向低收入，学术上高成就的转学学生提供奖学金外，该项目还针对基于证据的指导学生的转移学生的知名障碍，以实施和评估基于循证的培训模型，包括基于基于证据的策略和COMPORITIONS CONSITISS INTIVENTISS of CONCONTISS of CONSITISS of CONCONTORS的策略。该计划元素旨在支持大学的转学学生培养，以及工业劳动力的学位和学位。该计划将招募和培训十名克莱姆森茎博士生在学术界的职业，通过从事沉浸式教学，指导和应用教育研究的经验，从而从事学术界的职业。这项培训将包括在社区大学遗址的居留权：1）与社区大学教师共同讲授工程课程； 2）在基于项目的创意探究课程中发展并领导一群低收入社区大学生，这将是应用教育研究的重点； 3）带有发达的队列返回克莱姆森，从而有助于弥合机构差距。该计划将进行严格的内部和外部教育评估和计划评估，以确定学生成功的关键指标，并提供可用于改善其他机构的STEM教育的信息。这项工作的结果将通过数字渠道（例如电子通讯；列表服务），国家会议的演讲以及同行评审的出版物和贸易期刊来广泛传播，以吸引从高等教育到具有卓越愿望的低收入学生的受众。该项目由科学，技术，工程和数学计划的NSF奖学金资助，该计划旨在增加具有证明经济需求的低收入，学术上高成绩的学生的数量，他们在STEM领域获得学位。它还旨在改善未来科学家，工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业以及学术/职业途径提供知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过使用该基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来评估CRITERIA的评估。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（6）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Using Design-based Research Methods to Scale in an Expanding Intervention

使用基于设计的研究方法来扩大干预范围

DOI：
发表时间：
2021
期刊：
ASEE Annual Conference proceedings
影响因子：
0
作者：
Boyer, D. M.;& Duncan, L. A.
通讯作者：
& Duncan, L. A.

Facilitating a year-long research course sequence for undergraduate transfer students within a NSF S-STEM scholarship program

在 NSF S-STEM 奖学金计划中为本科转学生提供为期一年的研究课程序列

DOI：
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
ASEE Annual Conference proceedings
影响因子：
0
作者：
Shen, J.;McDonald, L.;Kennedy, M.
通讯作者：
Kennedy, M.

The Anisotropic Yield Surface of Cellular Materials

多孔材料的各向异性屈服面

DOI：
10.1007/s11837-021-05033-x
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
JOM
影响因子：
2.6
作者：
Conway, Kaitlynn M.;Romanick, Zachary;Cook, Lea M.;Morales, Luis A.;Despeaux, Jonathan D.;Ridlehuber, Marcus L.;Fingar, Christian;Doctor, Daquan;Nikhare, Chetan P.;Pataky, Garrett J.
通讯作者：
Pataky, Garrett J.

Initiating a graduate teaching fellow program to support undergraduates transferring into engineering and computing programs

启动研究生教学研究员计划，以支持本科生转入工程和计算机课程

DOI：
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
ASEE Annual Conference proceedings
影响因子：
0
作者：
Kennedy, M.;Kitchens, C.;Santaniello, J.;Davenport, S.;Conway, K.;Ferriell, W.
通讯作者：
Ferriell, W.

Addressing Recruitment Issues with Potential Transfer Students from State Technical Colleges

解决州立技术学院潜在转学生的招聘问题