SC Graduate Steps to STEM

该项目为南卡罗来纳大学(USC)STEM领域--生物、地质、海洋科学、数学、统计学、物理和天文学--的新研究生提供奖学金，作为一种入学激励措施，以缓解资金限制，同时也为参与的研究员提供支持机制。这些奖学金的目标学生是南卡罗来纳州LSAMP和TRIO项目的本科生以及南卡罗来纳州LSAMP和TRIO项目的本科生。归根结底，该项目的目标是让拥有STEM领域硕士学位的研究员要么进入劳动力大军，获得更多的收入、知识和社会贡献潜力，要么在他们选择的STEM领域继续攻读博士学位。该项目基于已被证明在留住科学和数学研究生课程并引导他们攻读博士学位方面有效的做法，包括：(A)通过辅导、适当的课程和教学经验纠正研究员本科教育中的不足；(B)帮助研究员在南加州大学和其他研究社区的同行和教职员工之间建立关系，使学生有明确的职业目标和帮助他们实现目标的支持系统；(C)从南加州大学和其他四年制院校的本科科学课程平稳过渡到南加州大学的科学和数学研究生课程；以及(D)参与南加州大学未来教师准备计划，以进一步鼓励和准备研究员从事包括教学、研究和服务在内的学术职业。

The "SC Graduate Steps to STEM" project provides scholarships for new graduate students in STEM fields - Biology, Geology, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics and Physics and Astronomy - at the University of South Carolina (USC) as an enrollment incentive and to ease financial constraints while also providing support mechanisms to participating fellows. Targeted students for these scholarships are graduates of the "SC STEPs to STEM" program, most of whom transferred to USC as juniors and are often non-traditional students, as well as undergraduates in South Carolina LSAMP and TRIO programs. Ultimately, the goal of this project is that fellows graduate with a Master's degree in a STEM field to either enter the workforce with increased earning, knowledge and social contribution potential, or to continue doctoral studies in the STEM field of their choice. The project is based on practices that have been shown to be effective in retaining students in science and mathematics graduate programs and leading them to doctoral programs, and include: (a) correcting deficiencies in the fellows' undergraduate education through tutorials, appropriate coursework and teaching experience; (b) helping fellows establish relationships among peers and faculty at USC and elsewhere in the research community so that the students have well-defined career goals and a support system that helps them achieve their goals; (c) providing a smooth transition from undergraduate science programs at USC and other 4-year institutions to graduate programs in Science and Mathematics at USC; and (d) participating in the USC Preparing Future Faculty program to further encourage and prepare fellows for academic careers that encompass teaching, research and service.