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学生提供奖学金。该项目的目标是在四个奖学金年度内，将这些专业的人数平均增加20%，并减轻奖学金获得者的经济负担，使他们能够更广泛地参与学术和支持活动，以促进成功和保留。该项目所在的两年制学院是建立在其数学、工程和科学成就（MESA）计划和其他为少数民族服务的计划的成功支持结构之上的。学者们从传统和非传统人群、MESA项目和地区高中中招募，以便提前入学。与一所指定为科学、数学和工程优秀中心的当地高中建立正式的网络，并从代表性不足的群体中招收高比例的学生，这是招收学术上有前途的高中生的主要机制。对成功招聘和留住人才的因素进行评估，有望扩大设计项目的知识库，从而增加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.