Implementation Grant Academic Enhancement of the STEM College at Johnson C. Smith University

约翰逊·C·史密斯大学是一所历史悠久的私立黑人学院，位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市。该大学招收1500名全日制学生，其中约300人被宣布为科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业。在新成立的STEM学院内，该大学授予生物、化学、普通科学、数学、数学教育、计算机科学/信息系统、计算机工程和信息系统工程等理科学士学位。约翰逊C.史密斯大学提议在之前HBCU-UP项目的成功基础上再接再厉。这一题为“加强约翰逊·C·史密斯大学STEM学院的学术能力”的项目增加了在最初实施项目期间从“经验教训”中产生的新的、令人兴奋的活动所产生的可持续影响的承诺。这些活动包括建立教师/学生本科生研究社区，旨在修订、丰富和创建变革性的STEM课程和计划；与STEM相关行业、研究中心、实验室和其他高等教育机构建立和发展教师/学生合作与伙伴关系；在教育学和学科具体发展方面为STEM教师提供“市场驱动的重新装备”机会；以及提高STEM学生的保留率、毕业率和向研究生学习和/或STEM工作场所的关键过渡。

Johnson C. Smith University is a private historically-black college located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The university enrolls 1500 full-time students, of which approximately 300 are declared science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors. Within the newly established STEM College, the university awards Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Computer Science/Information Systems, Computer Engineering, and Information Systems Engineering.Johnson C. Smith University proposes to build on the successes of the previous HBCU-UP project. This project entitled "Academic Enhancement of the STEM College at Johnson C. Smith University" adds the promise of sustainable impacts from new and exciting activities arising from "lessons learned" during the initial implementation project. These activities include establishing a Faculty/Student Undergraduate Research Community designed to revise, enrich and create transformative STEM courses and programs; establishing and developing faculty/student collaborations and partnerships with STEM related industries, research centers, laboratories and other higher education institutions; providing STEM faculty "Market-Driven Re-Tooling" opportunities in pedagogy and discipline specific development; and enhancing STEM student retention, graduation and critical transitioning to graduate studies and/or the STEM workplace.