Improving the Quality of STEM Education and Research at Oakwood College (STEMER)

奥克伍德学院成立于1896年，是阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔的一所历史悠久的黑人四年制私立文理学院。通过HBCU-UP计划，奥克伍德旨在实施提高学生入学率和毕业率的活动，并加强新生的准备和意识。总体目标是增加奥克伍德为成功完成STEM研究生课程或成功进入STEM劳动力市场所准备的学生人数。旨在实现这些目标的活动包括加强征聘；夏季桥梁丰富计划；学术丰富，指导和建议；研究生院的规划和准备；还有一个周末学院辅导班。加强招聘将包括网络和其他电子宣传，以及更多传统的传单和出席大学和毕业典礼。为了实现这一目标，将有一个人专门为STEM专业招聘。夏季桥梁丰富课程将针对高三学生，重点是为数学的成功做准备，以及介绍研究活动。对初高中学生的援助也将采取周末学院辅导计划的形式，特别是针对三所辍学率高的地方学校的学生。奥克伍德大学STEM专业的本科生将获得更多的建议和指导、同伴辅导、本科生研究经历和其他旨在提高本科教育质量的课外活动。强化辅导将利用一种工具，为探索学生如何思考、学习和交流提供指导。计划的一系列活动应该会对准备进入奥克伍德学院学习STEM专业的学生人数，以及完成STEM专业的学生准备研究生学习或STEM劳动力的人数产生积极影响。

Oakwood College, founded in 1896, is a Historically Black, four year private liberal arts institution in Huntsville Alabama. Through the HBCU-UP program, Oakwood aims to implement activities to increase the enrollment and graduation rates of students, as well as strengthen the preparation and awareness of incoming students. An overall goal is to increase the number of students prepared by Oakwood for successful completion of STEM graduate programs or successful entry into the STEM workforce.The activities designed to achieve these goals include enhanced recruitment; a summer bridge enrichment program; academic enrichment, mentoring and advising; graduate school planning and preparation; and a weekend academy tutorial program.Enhanced recruitment will involve web and other electronic outreach, as well as more traditional flyers and attendance at college and graduation functions. In order to achieve this, there will be a person dedicated to recruitment for STEM majors. The summer bridge enrichment program will be aimed at high school seniors and will focus on preparation for success in mathematics, as well as an introduction to research activities. Outreach to middle and high school students will also take the form of a Weekend Academy Tutorial Program, especially aimed at students at three local schools with high drop out rates. Undergraduate Oakwood students majoring in STEM will have enhanced advising and mentoring, peer tutoring, undergraduate research experience, and other extra-curricular activities aimed at strengthening the quality of the undergraduate education experience. Enhanced advisement will utilize a tool that offer guidance for exploring how students think, learn and communicate.The series of activities planned should positively impact the number of students entering Oakwood College prepared to major in STEM, and the number of students completing STEM majors prepared for graduate study or the STEM workforce.