MCTC STEM Scholars

该项目将在四年期间向攻读科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）两年制学位的学术上有天赋、经济上处于不利地位的学生颁发50份奖学金。该项目的智力价值在于其重点是使奖学金获得者能够坚持完成其副学士学位并转入四年制大学。每位学者与教师顾问/导师一起制定个性化的成功计划。奖学金数额是量身定制的，允许受助人减少他们的贷款包和/或工作时间，以便在严格的课程中完成全部课程。具体的支持服务和丰富活动旨在提高学业上的成功，并有助于形成一个队列社区。这些包括第一年的大学入学指导课程、学习技巧以及在当地和地区行业的实习经历，这些都有助于增加奖学金获得者在STEM领域从事职业的机会。该项目更广泛的影响体现在它强调实现更高的留校率和转学率，使学术上有天赋的学生有可能全日制入学，工作时间更短。该项目还努力吸引传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的学生。

This project is awarding fifty scholarships over a four-year period to academically talented, financially disadvantaged students who are pursuing a two-year degree in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The project's intellectual merit lies in its focus on enabling the scholarship recipients to persist through completion of their Associate's degree and transfer to a four-year institution. Each scholar works with a faculty advisor/mentor to develop an individualized success plan. The scholarship amounts are tailored to allow recipients to reduce either their loan package and/or work hours so as to pursue a full course load in a rigorous curriculum. Specific support services and enrichment activities are intended to increase academic success and contribute to the formation of a cohort community. These include a first-year college orientation course, study skills, and internship experiences in local and regional industries contribute to increase the opportunity for the scholarship recipients to pursue careers in STEM fields. The broader impacts of the project are felt through its emphasis on achieving higher retention and transfer rates, by making it possible for academically talented students to enroll full-time and work fewer hours. The project is also striving to attract students who have traditionally been underrepresented in their participation in STEM disciplines.