Siena Heights: Applying Psychological Constructs and Student Supports to Improve the Education of Students in STEM

锡耶纳高地：运用心理构建和学生支持来改善学生的 STEM 教育

• 批准号: 2221384
• 负责人: Jun Tsuji
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: Siena Heights University
• 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=2221384&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Siena; Heights; Applying; Psychological; Constructs

Applying Psychological Constructs and Student Supports to Improve the Education of Students in STEM (SHAPE STEM) 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 Siena Heights University(SHU). Siena Heights University, located in southeastern Michigan, is a small, private, coeducational university. Over its five-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to 30 unique full-time undergraduate students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in biology, chemistry, environmental science, cybersecurity, data analytics, mathematics, and environmental and general engineering. First-year students will receive up to four-years of scholarship support. The project aims to increase student persistence in STEM fields by linking scholarships with a holistic approach that uniquely integrates a four-year comprehensive research experience and positive psychology practices with other STEM supports to reduce stress and improve emotional wellbeing. The project aims to improve students’ STEM identity and exposure to career paths by providing access to STEM professionals through alumni mentorships, internships, and career panels. This project has the potential to broaden participation in STEM fields by providing increased emotional supports, cohort building, and career awareness to improve the retention and graduation rates for SHU’s large number of Pell-eligible and first-generation students.The overall goal of the project is to increase degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates in STEM fields with demonstrated financial need. Many students enter their first year unaware of degree options. This project will capitalize on Sienna Heights University’s strong environmental research and education programs to address the gap in incoming students’ knowledge of career opportunities to support the substantial employment opportunities for the environmental workforce and national needs in environmental research. The objectives of the grant include: 1) incorporating positive psychology skills of gratitude, mindfulness, and wellbeing and engaging students in personal psychological interventions to help them build social resources and better connect with their peers, 2) expanding directed social networking and mentoring, and 3) developing a coordinated series of professional development activities that will help students build a STEM identity. The program integrates multiple strategies over the students’ college careers, allowing the research team to track outcomes longitudinally, evaluating the impacts of elements used in different class years. The project has the potential to produce diverse STEM graduates who can contribute to workforce needs and apply their knowledge of environmental stewardship in their occupations to help address environmental problems that disproportionately impact low-income communities. Results of this project will be made available through participation in regional and national conferences and publication in peer reviewed journals. 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.

应用心理结构和学生支持，以改善学生在干（形状干）的教育将有助于国家需要受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员通过支持高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，证明经济需要在锡耶纳高地大学（SHU）。锡耶纳高地大学位于密歇根州东南部，是一所小型的私立男女同校大学。该项目将在五年的期限内为30名攻读生物学、化学、环境科学、网络安全、数据分析、数学以及环境和通用工程学士学位的独特全日制本科生提供奖学金。一年级学生将获得长达四年的奖学金支持。该项目旨在通过将奖学金与整体方法相结合来提高学生在STEM领域的坚持性，该方法将四年的综合研究经验和积极心理学实践与其他STEM支持相结合，以减轻压力并改善情绪健康。该项目旨在通过校友指导、实习和职业小组提供接触STEM专业人员的机会，提高学生的STEM身份和职业道路。该项目有可能通过提供更多的情感支持，队列建设和职业意识来扩大STEM领域的参与，以提高SHU大量符合佩尔资格的第一代学生的保留率和毕业率。该项目的总体目标是提高低收入，高成就本科生在STEM领域的学位完成率，并证明经济需要。许多学生进入他们的第一年不知道学位的选择。该项目将利用西耶娜高地大学强大的环境研究和教育计划，以解决入学学生对职业机会的认识上的差距，以支持环境劳动力的大量就业机会和国家在环境研究方面的需求。该补助金的目标包括：1）将感恩，正念和幸福的积极心理学技能融入学生个人心理干预，以帮助他们建立社会资源并更好地与同龄人联系，2）扩大定向社交网络和指导，以及3）开发一系列协调的专业发展活动，帮助学生建立STEM身份。该计划在学生的大学生涯中整合了多种策略，使研究团队能够纵向跟踪结果，评估不同学年使用的元素的影响。该项目有可能产生多样化的STEM毕业生，他们可以为劳动力需求做出贡献，并将他们的环境管理知识应用于他们的职业，以帮助解决对低收入社区造成不成比例影响的环境问题。该项目的成果将通过参加区域和国家会议以及在同行评审的期刊上发表来提供。该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，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。