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生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，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。该项目在堡谷州立大学旨在提高干学生的转移率从两年制到四年制院校在格鲁吉亚和提高干学士学位的实现在这一学生群体。这些活动包括机构，计划和个人层面的干预措施，以确保整个校园的对齐和协调，为学生的直接利益。该项目旨在通过利用格鲁吉亚大学系统和格鲁吉亚技术学院系统之间的联合倡议“完整的格鲁吉亚学院衔接协议”，减少转学障碍。该项目的目标将通过实施本科生的合作转移途径计划来实现，针对少数民族学生群体，退伍军人和/或非传统学生的有意招聘策略，以促进普通科学教育课程的无缝转移，并在转移发生之前就开始开始为转学生提供学术支持。学生的成功将通过加强STEM教育课程，一系列精心设计的夏季研讨会，本科生研究经验以及与同行和其他科学家在研究会议上进行科学交流来实现。学生还将在新的和高需求的STEM领域获得就业和职业指导。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一个典范，因为它考察了其计划战略对历史上被忽视的STEM学生群体的影响，这些学生从两年到四年的课程中入学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。

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.