The Presidential Scholars Project

总统学者项目正在增加高成就，但经济困难，学生获得科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学位的数量。每年，该计划都在招募高中和当前STEM学生作为全日制STEM专业。这些学生正在攻读生物学、化学、计算机科学、环境科学、数学或工程学的副学士学位。目标是增加在完成副学士学位后进入劳动力市场或转入大学的学生人数。项目目标包括：（1）招募合格的学者，（2）保留学者利用标题III资助的保留活动，和（3）确保学者的目标实现赚取副学士学位和（a）确保职业安置与大学职业安置办公室的支持，或（B）在学院转学中心的支持下攻读学士学位。该项目的智力价值在于学者们有机会接触到教师和雇主在STEM经验丰富，接触学者与教师谁在数学建模，数值分析和科学计算机编程，疾病，生态学和食品科学的传播领域进行研究。该项目的更广泛的影响体现在：（1）主要是少数民族学生在STEM领域的进步;（2）利用HBCU Title III资助的保留活动;（3）项目传播;（4）由于STEM学位专业人员的增加而使社区受益。

The Presidential Scholars Project is increasing the number of high achieving, but financially needy, students earning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees. Each year the program is recruiting high school and current STEM students as full-time STEM majors. These students are pursuing associate degrees in biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, mathematics, or engineering. The goal is to increase the numbers of students who enter the workforce or transfer to a university following completion of an associate degree. Project objectives include: (1) recruiting eligible scholars, (2) retaining scholars utilizing Title III-funded retention activities, and (3) ensuring scholar goal attainment of earning an associate degree and either (a) securing a career placement with support from the College Career Placement Office, or (b) pursuing a baccalaureate degree with support of the College Transfer Center.The intellectual merit of the project lies in the exposure scholars have to faculty and employers rich in STEM experience and the contact scholars have with faculty who conduct research in the areas of mathematical modeling, numerical analysis and scientific computer programming, spread of disease, ecology, and food science. The broader impact of this project is realized in the (1) advancement of students who are primarily ethnic minorities in STEM fields; (2) utilization of HBCU Title III-funded retention activities; (3) project dissemination; and (4) benefit to the community due to the increase of STEM-degreed professionals.