Louisiana Tech's S-STEM Scholarship Program

这一奖学金计划的目标是增加工程和科学课程的招生和留学生人数，从而增加准备进入STEM劳动力大军的毕业生人数。该项目特别关注那些表现出学术天赋和经济需求的新生。该项目的优点在于它利用了成熟的综合工程和科学课程，其中包括团队建设、协作学习和动手活动，以及新兴的生活和学习社区努力。一项特殊的新生充实计划在关键的大学一年级期间为学生提供进一步的支持。该项目预计80%的S-STEM学者将毕业于STEM学位。该项目的更广泛影响体现在预计将增加100多名STEM专业人员，如果没有支持，他们不可能成功完成STEM学位。该项目表明，向一群有重点的学生提供财政和学术支持可以提高他们获得STEM学位和进入劳动力大军的成功。此外，该项目预期其成功要素将成为适应和在其他机构实施的典范。

The goal of this scholarship program is to increase the recruitment and retention of students into courses of study in engineering and science, leading to an increase in the number of graduates prepared to enter the STEM workforce. The project is focusing particularly on incoming freshmen who demonstrate academic talent and financial need. The merit of the project lies in its leverage of a proven Integrated Engineering and Science Curriculum that includes team building, collaborative learning, and hands-on activities, as well as an emerging Living and Learning Community effort. A special Freshman Enrichment Program is providing further student support during the critical first year of college. The project expects eighty percent of its S-STEM scholars to graduate with a STEM degree. The broader impacts of the project are seen in the expected increase of over one hundred STEM professionals who would not have successfully completed a STEM degree without support. The project is demonstrating that providing financial and academic support to a focused cohort of students increases their success in obtaining STEM degrees and entering the workforce. Furthermore, the project expects its successful elements to serve as models for adaptation and implementation at other institutions.