Curriculum Reform and Laboratory Enhancement For Science Technology, Engineering and the Mathematics

通过历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）与NSF的支持，莫尔豪斯学院将提高他们的科学，技术，工程和数学教学和推广计划的质量，作为一种手段，以增加参与国家的干劳动力。项目目标包括（1）增加STEM毕业生的数量;（2）增加进入研究生院从事研究职业的STEM毕业生的数量;以及（3）增加STEM专业在研究生院和STEM劳动力中的成功。项目的组成部分包括全面的课程改革和实验室加强，扩大本科生的研究经验和提高学生的准备和成功的研究生院。 课程改进包括高中学生暑期课程;生物学，化学，计算机科学，数学，物理学和心理学的看门人课程的改革;以及将技术和新教学法注入STEM课程和实验室。 本科生的研究机会将通过亚特兰大本科生研究联盟得到加强。该项目的智力价值包括课程改革和实验室增强研究，旨在为学生提供追求STEM研究事业所需的技能和知识。研究工作将产生有价值的信息有关的关键技能的指导计划应解决的关键问题和多样性在促进学生success.Broader的影响，这个项目包括有效的本科研究和教育增强亚特兰大本科研究联盟的机构成员之间的做法传播的作用。

With NSF support through the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), Morehouse College will enhance the quality of their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics instructional and outreach programs as a means to increase participation in the Nation's STEM workforce. Project objectives include (1) increasing the number of STEM graduates; (2) increasing the number of STEM graduates who enter graduate school in pursuit of research careers; and, (3) increasing the success of STEM majors in graduate school and the STEM workforce. Project components include comprehensive curriculum reform and laboratory enhancement, expansion of undergraduate research experience and enhancement of students' preparation for and success in graduate school. Curriculum enhancements include a summer program for High School students; reform of the gatekeeper courses in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics and psychology; and, the infusion of technology and new pedagogy into STEM courses and laboratories. Undergraduate research opportunities will be enhanced through the Atlanta Undergraduate Research Alliance. The intellectual merit of this project includes research in curriculum reform and laboratory enhancement designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge needed to pursue STEM research careers. Research efforts will yield valuable information regarding key questions concerning the critical skills a mentoring program should address and the role of diversity in furthering student success.Broader impacts of this project include the dissemination of effective undergraduate research and educational enhancement practices among institutional members of the Atlanta Undergraduate Research Alliance.