STEM Success through Scholarships, Support and Service (S-5)

通过奖学金、支持和服务实现STEM成功（S-5）项目将满足国家对科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）跨学科领域受过良好教育的科学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。位于杰克逊维尔的佛罗里达州立大学将向至少30名具有独特低收入学术天赋的学生（17名兼职学生，13名全职学生）颁发奖学金，这些学生正在攻读计算机信息技术、工程技术、生物技术、数据科学、环境科学技术的副学士学位，以及STEM领域的副学士学位，这些学位可以转到四年制STEM学位。在先前国家科学基金会支持的基础上，该项目将提供一个学生课程和课外支持系统，包括教师指导、学生团队、参与服务学习活动的机会、补充指导（在线学习技巧和STEM内容教程）、教职员工的严格指导、本科研究和行业实习机会、与专业人士的交流、通过与FSCJ职业和实习中心合作发展职业发展，支持从2年制项目转到4年制项目，并以校友项目的形式提供毕业后支持。强大的双招生计划与中学提供大学学分。该计划的目标是(1)为至少30名表现出经济需求和学术天赋的学生提供奖学金；(2)实施基于证据的战略，通过服务学习经验、STEM实习/本科研究经验、转学服务和补充教学资源来支持学生的学术和职业道路。虽然所有符合资格标准的学生都有机会申请奖学金和参与项目活动，但招聘将侧重于来自STEM学科历史上代表性不足的群体的STEM学生，包括第一代学生、退伍军人、少数族裔和女性。根据研究和实践文献，采用混合方法，项目团队将调查以下问题：•补充教学对保留、完成、转学和学位获得的影响是什么？•完成在线学习辅导如何影响自我效能感？•职业意识活动如何影响学术和职业道路的选择？•服务学习组件如何影响课程完成和项目保留？该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The STEM Success through Scholarships, Support and Service (S-5) project will address the national need for well-educated scientists, engineers, and technicians in interdisciplinary fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Florida State College at Jacksonville will award scholarships to at least 30 unique low-income academically talented students (17 part-time; 13 full time) who are pursuing associate degrees in computer information technology, engineering technology, biotechnology, data science, environmental science technology and Associates of Arts degrees in STEM that lead to transfer to a four-year degree in STEM. Building on prior National Science Foundation support, the project will provide a system of student curricular and co-curricular supports that include faculty mentoring, student cohorts, opportunities to participate in service learning activities, supplemental instruction (on-line study skills and STEM content tutorials), rigorous guidance from faculty and staff, undergraduate research and industry internship opportunities, networking with professionals, career develop through partnering with the FSCJ Career and Internship Center, support for transfer from a 2-year program to a 4-year program in STEM, and post-graduation support in the form of an alumni program. A strong dual enrollment program with secondary schools provides college credit. The goals of the program are to (1) provide scholarships to at least 30 students who demonstrate financial need and who are academically talented and (2) implement evidence-based strategies to support student academic and career pathways through service-learning experiences, STEM internships/undergraduate research experiences, transfer services, and supplemental instructional resources. While all students who meet eligibility criteria will be provided an opportunity to apply for scholarships and participation in project activities, recruitment will focus on STEM students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines, including first-generation students, veterans, racial minorities and women. Drawing upon the research and practice literature and taking a mixed methods approach, the project team will investigate the following questions:• What is the impact of supplemental instruction on retention, completion, transfer and degree attainment?• How does completion of online study tutorials affect self efficacy?• How do career awareness activities impact choice of academic and career pathways?• How does the service learning component affect course completion and program retention?The project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, 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.