Southwest Georgia Scholarship Project for the Advancement of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics

该项目为生物科学、计算机科学、化学、环境科学、法医学、工程预科和数学专业的副学士和转校生提供奖学金。项目目标是在四个奖学金颁发年度内将这些领域的专业数量平均增加20%，并通过减轻奖学金获得者的经济负担，让他们更广泛地参与能够促进成功和留住人才的学术和支持活动。该项目所在的两年制大学是在其数学、工程和科学成就(MESA)计划以及其他为少数族裔服务的计划中成功支持结构的基础上建立起来的。正在从传统和非传统人口、MESA计划和地区高中招募学者，以便提前入学。与当地一所被指定为科学、数学和工程优秀中心的高中建立正式网络，并招收来自代表性不足群体的高比例学生，是招收学业有前途的高中生的主要机制。对成功招聘和留住STEM毕业生的因素进行评估，预计将扩大在设计方案时可借鉴的知识库，以增加STEM毕业生的数量和多样性。

This project is providing scholarships for associate and transfer students majoring in Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Forensic Science, Pre-Engineering, and Mathematics. Project goals are to increase the number of majors in these areas by an average of 20% over the four scholarship award years, and by relieving the financial burden on scholarship recipients, to allow them to have more extensive participation in academic and support activities that can foster success and retention. The two-year college in which the project is housed is building upon the successful support structures in its Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (MESA) program and other programs serving minorities. Scholars are being recruited from traditional and non-traditional populations, the MESA program, and area high schools for early enrollment. A formal network with a local high school that is a designated center of excellence for science, mathematics and engineering, and that enrolls a high percentage of students from underrepresented groups, is a major mechanism for recruitment of academically promising high school students. Evaluation of the factors contributing to success in recruitment and retention is expected to expand the knowledge base that can be drawn from in designing programs to increase the numbers and diversity of STEM graduates.