ACE Implementation Project: The DREAM STEM Project-Advancing Research, Academics, and Entrepreneurship in STEM Student Success

历史黑人学院和大学-本科课程(HBCU-UP)中的实现卓越竞争(ACE)实施项目为雄心勃勃、具有潜在变革性的活动提供支持，这些活动有望在HBCU的本科STEM教育方面取得重大进展。ACE项目通过增加智力和基于证据的资源来促进STEM教育和研究，为STEM学生创造了更多不同的成功途径。北卡罗来纳中央大学的梦想STEM ACE项目旨在通过推进研究、教学和STEM创业来改善STEM学习环境和学生学习成果。该项目的重点是培养有竞争力、适应能力强的STEM专业人员，他们具有强烈的科学家身份和领导新STEM经济的技能。这一重大的范式转变将有助于学生在入学过程中保持兴趣，并培养他们在STEM和STEM职业商业化方面的创新和工作能力。Dream STEM ACE项目寻求整合多种战略，如积极主动的建议、学术支持服务、微积分和物理训练营、学习助理和同伴辅导，以及为学生和教师提供指导。STEM技能发展与创业的整合旨在帮助学生将自己视为经济格局的创新者和贡献者。通过设计机会进行创新包括研究、发现和创新暑期学院(RDI)、基于课程的本科生研究体验(CURE)和基于问题的学习(PBL)整合。科学创新学者称号将表彰那些致力于在高级水平上发展创业思维的学生。该项目寻求增加3+2双学位课程，包括科学和工程课程，提升该地区和全国的STEM创业精神，并通过学习圈增加教职员工的STEM教育研究。STEM教育研究项目将调查参与DREAM ACE计划提供的不同掌握体验的STEM学生对学业成绩的影响差异。该项目代表了一种创新和全面的方法，以提高HBCU STEM学生的保留率、完成率和更高的学位获得率。该项目可能对学生、教师、机构、行业合作伙伴和地区经济产生深远影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support for ambitious, potentially transformative activities that have the promise of significant advances in undergraduate STEM education at HBCUs. ACE projects create more and varied pathways to success for STEM students by increasing intellectual and evidence-based resources that advance STEM education and research. The DREAM STEM ACE project at North Carolina Central University seeks to enhance STEM learning environments and student learning outcomes through advancing research, instruction, and STEM entrepreneurship. The project focuses on developing competitive, adaptable STEM professionals with strong identities as scientists and skills in leading the new STEM economy. This significant paradigm shift will help sustain student’s interest through matriculation and build their ability to innovate and work in commercializing STEM and STEM careers. The DREAM STEM ACE project seeks to integrate multiple strategies such as proactive advising, academic support services, calculus and physics bootcamps, learning assistants and peer tutoring, and mentoring for both students and faculty. The integration of STEM skill development and entrepreneurship is designed to help students see themselves as innovators and contributors to the economic landscape. Innovation through design opportunities include research, discovery, and innovation summer institutes (RDI), course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), and problem-based learning (PBL) integration. A Science Innovation Scholar designation will identify those students committed to developing entrepreneurial thinking at an advanced level. The project seeks to grow 3+2 dual degree offerings to include Science and Engineering programs, elevate STEM entrepreneurship in the region and nationally, and increase STEM education research among faculty through learning circles. A STEM education research project will investigate the differences in effect on academic outcomes of STEM students who participate in the different mastery experiences offered by the DREAM ACE Program. The project represents an innovative and holistic approach to increasing retention, completion, and higher degree attainment for HBCU STEM students. This project has potential for far-reaching impacts to students, faculty, the institution, industry partners, and the regional economy.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.