Implementation Project: Improving Minority Participation and Completion through STEM at Dillard University- IMPACTS at DU

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，以通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育和研究来增加学生数量和提高他们的准备质量。迪拉德大学的这一实施项目提供了一个多层次的方法，以拓宽非裔美国学生在STEM专业取得成功的机会。该项目的重点是留住和毕业STEM领域的学生，并为他们进入研究生院或劳动力市场做好准备。该项目由持续的评估以及内部和外部咨询委员会提供指导和信息。该项目的目标是：增加Dillard申请STEM专业的学生数量，并通过刻意增加和监测学生的课程进度，增加每年保留的学生数量；通过课程重新设计和技术注入的课程工作，改善STEM专业的准备工作；以及加强Dillard的研究和劳动力发展努力，并进一步为本科STEM学生发展研究经验。为了实现这些目标，该项目将利用创新战略招收有STEM兴趣的高中生；提供一个桥梁计划，帮助有STEM专业抱负的新生入学；重新设计入门课程并加强现有学生的支持，以留住STEM专业；为STEM教职员工和学生提供研究和劳动力发展机会。这些全面的方法将为那些关注招收、留住和为下一步培养本科生STEM专业的小型学院和大学展示一个可靠的绩效模式。该奖项反映了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。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Dillard University provides a multilayered approach to broaden opportunities for African-American students to succeed in STEM majors. The focus of the project is on retaining and graduating students in STEM fields and preparing them for graduate school or the workforce. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation, as well as by internal and external advisory committees.The project has the goals to: increase the number of students applying to Dillard with STEM as their intended majors, and increase the number of students retained year-to-year through deliberate on-ramping and monitoring of students' course progression; improve preparation of STEM majors through curriculum redesign and technology-infused coursework; and strengthen Dillard's research and workforce development efforts and further develop research experiences for undergraduate STEM students. To achieve these goals, the project will utilize innovative strategies to recruit high school students with STEM interests; provide a bridge program to on-ramp incoming freshman students with STEM major aspirations; redesign gateway courses and enhance existing student supports to retain STEM majors; and provide research and workforce development opportunities for both STEM faculty and students. These holistic approaches will demonstrate a reliable performance model for small colleges and universities that are concerned about recruiting, retaining, and preparing undergraduate STEM majors for the next step.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.