Increasing the Access and Success of Scholars in Mathematics and Computer Science at a Hispanic Serving Institution

增加西班牙裔服务机构数学和计算机科学学者的机会和成功

• 批准号: 2221234
• 负责人: Moise Koffi
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: CUNY Hostos Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2028-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221234&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Access; Success; Scholars; Mathematics

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Hostos Community College – CUNY, a two-year Hispanic-serving institution in the South Bronx, NY. Over its 6-year duration, this project will provide scholarships to 35 undergraduate students who are pursuing Associate’s degrees in Mathematics or Computer Science. First year students will receive up to three years of scholarship support and transfer students will receive up to two-year scholarships. The project intends to increase student persistence in STEM fields by providing scholars with effective supporting activities. The project will also support curriculum revisions to improve first-year student retention in STEM. This project team plans to investigate the effects of psychosocial factors on student motivation, self-confidence, and perseverance. This project has the potential to advance understanding of the impact of financial assistance coupled with flexible online resources for degree attainment and career-enhancing certifications for students in STEM. As Hostos Community College has a large population of underrepresented students, this project has the potential to broaden participation in STEM fields and to learn how mentoring, online resources, and individual development plans can support retention and graduation of underrepresented students.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. There are three specific aims: (1) increase the access and success of students by providing financial assistance; (2) engage participants in online resources to improve students' learning and academic performance; and (3) offer professional certifications for scholars’ career readiness. The proposed supporting activities include mentoring, tutorial support in mathematics and computer science, service learning through co-curricular activities leading to certification in S-STEM fields, career readiness, internship and networking opportunities with STEM professionals, and participation in discipline-specific conferences. The project team plans to investigate how the scholars develop confidence and learning proficiency after participating in professional development workshops and conferences. This project will be evaluated using surveys throughout the project. Results will be disseminated through professional development workshops, conference proceedings, journal publication, and a project website. 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.

该项目将支持纽约市立大学奥斯托斯社区学院（纽约市立大学，一所位于纽约州南布朗克斯的两年制西班牙裔服务机构）保留和毕业有经济需要的成绩优异、低收入的学生，从而满足国家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。该项目为期 6 年，将为 35 名攻读数学或计算机科学副学士学位的本科生提供奖学金。第一年学生将获得最多三年的奖学金支持，转学生将获得最多两年的奖学金。该项目旨在通过为学者提供有效的支持活动来提高学生在 STEM 领域的毅力。该项目还将支持课程修订，以提高一年级学生在 STEM 中的保留率。该项目团队计划调查心理社会因素对学生动机、自信和毅力的影响。该项目有潜力加深对经济援助以及灵活的在线资源对 STEM 学生获得学位和职业提升认证的影响的了解。由于奥斯托斯社区学院拥有大量未被充分代表的学生，该项目有潜力扩大对 STEM 领域的参与，并了解指导、在线资源和个人发展计划如何支持未被充分代表的学生的保留和毕业。该项目的总体目标是提高有经济需求的低收入、成绩优异的本科生完成 STEM 学位。有三个具体目标：（1）通过提供经济援助来增加学生的入学机会和成功； (2) 让参与者参与在线资源，以提高学生的学习和学业成绩； (3)为学者的职业准备提供专业认证。拟议的支持活动包括数学和计算机科学方面的指导、辅导支持、通过课外活动进行服务学习以获取 S-STEM 领域的认证、职业准备、与 STEM 专业人员的实习和交流机会以及参加特定学科会议。项目团队计划调查学者们在参加专业发展研讨会和会议后如何增强信心和学习能力。该项目将通过整个项目的调查进行评估。结果将通过专业发展研讨会、会议记录、期刊出版和项目网站传播。该项目由 NSF 科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加具有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生获得 STEM 领域学位的数量。它还旨在改善未来 STEM 工作者的教育，并产生有关低收入学生的学业成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。