Targeted Infusion Project: Strengthening Articulation and Transfer Collaboration (SATC) for Undergraduate STEM Education at FVSU

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。Fort Valley州立大学的项目旨在提高格鲁吉亚STEM学生从两年制到四年制院校的转学率，并提高这一学生群体的STEM学士学位水平。这些活动包括机构、项目和个人层面的干预，以确保整个校园的一致性和协调，直接惠及学生。该项目旨在通过利用佐治亚大学系统和佐治亚技术学院系统之间的联合倡议“佐治亚大学衔接协议”来减少转移障碍。该项目的目标将通过实施本科生合作转学途径项目来实现，并有意针对少数民族学生群体、退伍军人和/或非传统学生的招生策略，以促进普通科学教育课程的无缝转学，并在转学发生之前就开始为转学学生提供学术支持。学生的成功将通过强化STEM教育课程、一系列精心设计的暑期工作坊、本科生研究经历以及在研究会议上与同行和其他科学家进行科学交流来实现。学生还将在新的和高需求的STEM领域获得建议和职业指导。预计这些活动将促进职业发展，使本科生为研究生学习或专业STEM职业做好更好的准备。此外，参与的教师将接受专业发展培训，以磨练他们的指导和教学技能。该项目的成功实施可以作为高等教育领域的典范，因为它研究了其计划战略对历史上被忽视的从2到4年制项目入学的STEM学生群体的影响。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。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Fort Valley State University seeks to increase STEM students’ transfer rate from a two-year to a four-year institutions in Georgia and enhance STEM bachelor’s degree attainment among this student population. The activities include institutional, program and individual level interventions to ensure alignment and coordination across campus for the direct benefit students. The project aims to reduce barriers to transfer by leveraging a joint initiative, “The Complete College Georgia Articulation Agreement” between the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia. This project goal will be achieved by implementing a collaborative transfer pathway program for undergraduates, with intentional recruitment strategies targeting minorities student populations, veterans, and/or non-traditional students, to promote the seamless transfer of general science education courses and begin academic support for transfer students even before the transfer occurs. Student success will be achieved through an enhanced STEM education curriculum, a series of well-designed summer workshops, undergraduate research experiences and scientific exchange with peers and other scientists at research conferences. Students will also receive advisement and career guidance in new and high-demand STEM fields. It is anticipated that these activities will facilitate career development, resulting in undergraduates who are better prepared for graduate studies or professional STEM careers. In addition, participating faculty will receive professional development training to hone their mentoring and pedagogical skills. The successful implementation of this project can serve as a model within the higher education landscape, as it examines the impact of its programmatic strategy on an historically overlooked population of STEM students that matriculate from two- to four-year programs.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.