Scholarships and Programming to Increase Graduation, Retention, and Self-efficacy of Low-income STEM Students

旨在提高低收入 STEM 学生毕业率、保留率和自我效能的奖学金和项目

• 批准号: 2221477
• 负责人: Mark Byrne
• 金额: $ 64.83万
• 依托单位: Spring Hill College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-15 至 2029-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221477&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Programming; Increase; Graduation; Retention

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 Spring Hill College. Spring Hill College (SHC) is located in Mobile, AL, a county in which 29% live below the poverty level and a state in which 24% of students are proficient in science and only 22% are proficient in mathematics. Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to 10 unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in biology, mathematics, or pre-engineering. First year students in biology and mathematics will receive up to four years of scholarship support. First year pre-engineering students will receive up to three years of scholarship support, the total expected time at SHC. Scholars will (1) participate in a Living Learning Community; (2) engage in common coursework in core STEM courses; (3) participate in a first-year seminar; (4) receive faculty mentoring; (5) engage in service-learning activities; (6) participate in research and internship opportunities; and (7) attend an annual career seminar. The project is informed by the needs of the local community and should help broaden participation in STEM in the Gulf Coast region. The program will advance the understanding of how financial support for biology, math, and pre-engineering majors—combined with additional curricular and co-curricular activities—impacts students’ sense of self-efficacy as scientists.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. The Reflection, Engagement, Action, and Learning STEM (REAL-STEM) program 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. The project will investigate the conditions under which improved student learning occurs as well as the effectiveness of the project interventions in improving students’ self-efficacy in STEM. By developing lessons and workshops on self-efficacy, Spring Hill will elevate the value of STEM careers and build a new pipeline of highly capable STEM professionals in the Gulf Coast region and nationally. 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.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.

该项目将通过支持受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需求，通过支持在Spring Hill College中表现出具有财务需求的高分，低收入学生的保留和毕业。 Spring Hill College（SHC）位于阿拉巴马州莫比尔的县，该县的贫困水平低于贫困水平，其中24％的学生精通科学，只有22％的学生精通数学。在六年的持续时间内，该项目将为10名独特的全日制学生提供奖学金，这些学生正在攻读生物学，数学或预设计学士学位。生物学和数学领域的一年级学生将获得多达四年的奖学金支持。第一年的预工程学生将获得最多三年的奖学金支持，这是SHC的总预期时间。学者将（1）参加一个活生生的学习社区； （2）在核心茎课程中进行共同的课程； （3）参加第一年半决赛； （4）接受教师指导； （5）从事服务学习活动； （6）参与研究和实习机会； （7）参加年度职业半决赛。当地社区的需求为该项目提供了信息，应有助于扩大墨西哥湾沿岸地区STEM的参与。该计划将促进对生物学，数学和工程前专业的财务支持如何与其他现代和课外活动相结合的方式，这影响了学生作为科学家的自我效能感。该项目的总体目的是增加低收入，高收入，高级学位，不足以证明的财务需求。反思，参与，行动和学习STEM（现实STEM）计划旨在改善未来STEM工人的教育，并为低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业以及学术/职业途径提供知识。该项目将调查改善学生学习的条件以及项目干预措施在改善学生在STEM中的自我效能方面的有效性。通过开发有关自我效能的课程和讲习班，Spring Hill将提高STEM职业的价值，并在墨西哥湾沿岸地区和全国范围内建立一条新型的STEM专业人士。该项目由NSF在科学，技术，工程和数学计划方面的奖学金提供资金，该计划旨在增加具有证明财务需求的低收入学术才华学生的数量，这些学生在STEM领域获得了学位。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的crietia criperia criperia crigitia criperia criperia crigitia criperia criperia criperia均被认为是宝贵的支持。