Financial and Academic Supports for Talented Students to Promote Equitable Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

为优秀学生提供经济和学术支持，促进公平参与科学、技术、工程和数学

• 批准号: 2130542
• 负责人: Renuka Prabhakar
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: Everett Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-15 至 2027-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2130542&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Financial; Academic; Supports; Talented; Students

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of academically talented, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Everett Community College. Over its six-year duration, this project will provide scholarships to approximately 60 unique students who are pursuing an associate’s degree in biology, computer science, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, geology, mathematics and or physics. Scholars will build community through regular gatherings and will explore opportunities through project-based learning opportunities, a “transfer roundtable” seminar series, and visits to industry partners. Central to the projects efforts is a purposeful offering of faculty and staff development along with alumni, peer and faculty mentorship of scholars. The project will also design Academic Excellence Workshops (AEWs) to support student outcomes in early physics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering courses. Already in place to support students in mathematics courses, AEWs are 1-credit seminars where scholars will be able to gain extra additional exposure to particularly challenging topics in parallel with an associated class. Each of the project components will be adapted or newly designed by a diverse team of faculty and staff to support increased retention, completion and transfer rates of talented, low-income community college STEM students. Faculty and staff will engage in professional development designed to promote collaboration and build a shared understanding of scholars’ experiences, strengths and needs. Professional development will be organized each year around a theme selected to encourage deeper consideration of how the project might promote equity through curriculum design, enhanced advising practices, and other community-building activities. This shared experience will allow participating faculty and staff to refine and strengthen key sources of academic, social and professional support. In addition, career exposure through engagement with community partners, professional development workshops and activities will give talented STEM students the skills and support necessary to succeed in a demanding curriculum and draw them into the excitement of science rooted in equitable participation for all. Courses, program elements, and support services created or modified for the purpose of this program will be carefully evaluated to assess their impact on student recruitment, learning, and either transfer to a 4-year institution or placement in the workforce. This program will further investigate how impactful an equity-infused student experience is on a student’s trajectory in STEM and life choices. This 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.

该项目将通过支持有学术天赋、有经济需要的低收入家庭学生在埃弗雷特社区学院（Everett Community College）的留校和毕业，满足全国对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。在为期六年的时间里，该项目将为大约60名攻读生物学、计算机科学、化学、工程、环境科学、地质学、数学和/或物理学副学士学位的独特学生提供奖学金。学者们将通过定期聚会建立社区，并通过基于项目的学习机会、“转移圆桌”系列研讨会以及访问行业合作伙伴来探索机会。项目努力的核心是有目的的提供教职员工发展以及校友，同行和学者的教师指导。该项目还将设计学术卓越研讨会（AEWs），以支持学生在早期物理、化学、生物、计算机科学和工程课程中的成果。为了支持学生学习数学课程，AEWs是一种1学分的研讨会，学者们将能够在与相关课程并行的情况下获得额外的接触特别具有挑战性的主题的机会。每个项目的组成部分都将由一个多元化的教职员工团队进行调整或重新设计，以支持提高有才华的低收入社区大学STEM学生的保留率、结业率和转学率。教职员工将参与旨在促进合作和建立对学者的经验、优势和需求的共同理解的专业发展。每年将围绕选定的主题组织专业发展，以鼓励更深入地考虑该项目如何通过课程设计、加强咨询实践和其他社区建设活动促进公平。这种共享的经验将使参与的教职员工能够完善和加强学术、社会和专业支持的主要来源。此外，通过与社区合作伙伴、专业发展研讨会和活动进行职业接触，将为有才华的STEM学生提供在高要求课程中取得成功所需的技能和支持，并将他们吸引到基于所有人公平参与的科学兴奋中。为本项目创建或修改的课程、项目要素和支持服务将被仔细评估，以评估其对学生招聘、学习、转入四年制大学或就业的影响。该项目将进一步研究充满公平的学生经历对学生在STEM和生活选择方面的影响。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，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。