Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP)

德克萨斯州南部大学科学和技术增强计划(STEP)将实施各种战略，以增加非裔美国人和女性化学、数学和物理毕业生的数量。这些活动将包括1)招收和挽留学生；2)教师在教学和学术成就方面的发展；3)利用资讯科技进行课程改革和丰富课程内容。这些努力将集中在积极招收成绩优异的学生、通过在看门人课程中设置补充课程来解决和消除学业障碍，以及创造以学生为中心的卓越和高期望文化。学院的发展将确保适当地整合技术。该项目将帮助教师使用Blackboard，确保技术与在线教学的完全整合，并增加从事研究机会和监督本科生研究的STEM教师人数。Tsu将与其他机构合作进行这项工作。课程改革将包括将基于网络的技术和计算方法纳入STEM专业的课程。该项目将涉及来自生物、化学、计算机科学、工程技术、数学和物理的教职员工。

Texas Southern University Science and Technology Enhancement Program (STEP) will implement various strategies in order to increase the number of African Americans and female graduates in chemistry, mathematics and physics. The activities will include 1)student recruitment and retention, 2) faculty development in teaching and scholarly achievement and 3) curricular reform and enrichment through the use of information technology.The TSU STEP recruitment efforts has as its goal an increase in the graduation rate. The efforts will focus on aggressively recruiting high achieving students, addressing and removing academic barriers through supplemental curriculum programming in gatekeeper courses and creating a student-centered culture of excellence and high expectations.Faculty development will ensure appropriate integration of technology. The project will treain faculty in the use of Blackboard, ensure full integration of technology and on-line instruction and increase the number of STEM faculty members who engage in research opportunities and in the supervision of undergraduate research. TSU will partner with other institutions in this effort.Curriculum reform will include the incorporation of web-based technology and computational methods as n integral part of the curricula for STEM majors. The project will involve faculty from Biology, Chemistry, Computer Scinece, Engineering Technologies, Mathematics and Physics.