STEM Talent Expansion Program

马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校（UMBC）与巴尔的摩县社区学院（CCBC）合作，正在试行一系列举措，以增加学生数量，特别是那些来自代表性不足的群体的学生，在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）的成熟或新兴领域攻读和获得副学士学位或学士学位。这项试点研究的主要目标是确定这些倡议的有效性。正在审查下列倡议：我们正在通过一个试点项目，提高高中学生对STEM领域的兴趣。在这个试点项目中，90名高年级的UMBC机械和化学工程专业的学生分成小组，访问10所高中，向学生介绍物理、化学、生物、数学或使用工程应用的技术概念。（每年约有540名学生。）2. 与部分干预或不干预相比，我们正在确定为期两周的夏季桥梁项目、奖学金项目和实习项目在STEM项目的学生入学和保留方面的相对有效性。3. 我们正在加强UMBC和CCBC之间目前的非正式联盟安排，以增加STEM项目的衔接，学生转学，以及在CCBC与科技相关公司建立正式的实习项目。对这些活动的评估应该提供有价值的见解，了解经济和学术支持成分对长期保留STEM领域所有学生的重要性，特别强调代表性不足的学生。该项目涉及来自三个校区（卡顿斯维尔，邓多克和埃塞克斯）的10名UMBC教师和7名CCBC教师。该项目由一个顾问委员会指导，该委员会由参与校园的学术官员和参与私营公司的代表组成：at&t， FMC公司，Becton Dickinson和Northrop Grumman。试点完成后，将提供以下要素以支持可持续发展：-为期两周的STEM暑期桥梁项目的课程资源。-来自CCBC和UMBC的18名教职员工的合作体验。- CCBC的实习项目，这是以前没有的。-额外的知识，以了解学术和财务干预的价值，以及它们如何独立和互动地使非特殊学生受益。-在UMBC和CCBC的STEM领域，增加学生的入学率，保留率和毕业率，特别是代表性不足的女性和少数民族。

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in partnership with the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) is piloting a series of initiatives to increase the number of students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, pursuing and receiving associate or baccalaureate degrees in established or emerging fields within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The primary objective of this pilot study is to identify the effectiveness of these initiatives. The following initiatives are being examined: 1. We are creating an increased interest in STEM fields among high school students through a pilot program in which 90 upper level UMBC mechanical and chemical engineering students, divided into teams, are visiting ten high schools to introduce students to physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, or technology concepts using engineering applications. (This is reaching approximately 540 students annually.) 2. We are identifying the relative effectiveness of a two-week summer bridge program, a scholarship program, and an internship program on student enrollment and retention in STEM programs compared to partial or no intervention. 3. We are enhancing the current informal consortium arrangement between UMBC and CCBC to increase STEM program articulation, student transfer, and the development of a formalized internship program at CCBC with science and technology-related companies. An evaluation of these activities should provide valuable insights into the importance of economic and academic support components in the long-term retention of all students in STEM areas, with a special emphasis on underrepresented students. The project involves 10 UMBC faculty and 7 CCBC faculty from each of its three campuses (Catonsville, Dundalk and Essex) The project is under the guidance of an advisory board composed of academic officers from the participating campuses and representatives from participating private firms: AT&T, FMC Corporation, Becton Dickinson, and Northrop Grumman. Upon completion of the pilot, the following elements will be in place to support sustainability: - Curriculum resources for a two-week STEM summer bridge program. - A collaborative experience involving 18 faculty and staff from CCBC and UMBC. - An internship program at CCBC where there had not been one before. - Additional knowledge to appreciate the value of academic and financial intervention and how they independently and interactively benefit non-exceptional students. - An increased enrollment, retention, and graduation of students, and particularly underrepresented women and minorities, in STEM areas at UMBC and CCBC.