Edmonds Community College STEM Scholarships (EdSTEM$)

该项目每年为45名低收入、有教育天赋和处境不利的STEM学生提供5,000美元的奖学金，持续他们在该学院的教育期间。埃德蒙兹社区学院STEM奖学金(EdSTEM$)项目提供一整套学生支持服务，包括队列会议和社交网络、教师导师和顾问、两学分队列课程、学习室和在线辅导、强化数学干预、职业探索和准备、转学准备、服务学习和本科生研究，以及创建电子文件夹。参加的学科包括生物、化学、计算机信息系统、计算机科学、工程、环境科学、数学和物理。EdSTEM$项目是建立在CSEMS早期的奖学金项目基础上的。该项目通过来自所有STEM学科的教员、学院的研究办公室、经济援助办公室和就业中心的积极参与，与学院的MESA和TRIO SSS计划的协调，以及所有地区高中和学区的公平和成就家长咨询委员会的参与，得到了加强。EdSTEM$的创新之处在于，支持部分针对每个学者的学术成功和水平进行了量身定做，同时建立和保持了队列经验。新的或有风险的学者从他们的导师、同龄人和其他大学资源获得及时和密集的学术和个人支持。转学或准备工作的学者有资格参加一系列在服务学习或本科生研究方面具有高度影响力和领导力的活动，这些活动使他们在转学到大学或工作后具有竞争优势。评价和考核方案严谨，既有定量要素，也有定性要素。形成性的发现使项目团队能够对不可预见的问题做出反应，总结性的发现提供了对项目及其组成部分在提高学生成功方面的有效性的明确和深入的理解。更广泛的影响EdSTEM$项目小组包括一个具体目标，即招募代表不足和残疾的申请者，使这些人占合格奖学金申请者池的50%。项目小组得到了MESA方案主任和残疾学生多元文化事务和服务办公室的帮助。所有五所地区高中都在协助项目小组招收不同类型的学生，并在高中举办家庭之夜，以提供信息和帮助完成奖学金申请。评估报告和重点小组是让教职员工和行政部门参与对科学和数学部课程和支助服务产生影响的讨论和行动的基础。项目结果进一步加深了STEM学术界对如何支持低收入、代表性不足的STEM学生的理解，并通过项目网站和在区域和国家会议上的陈述广泛传播。

The project is supporting 45 low-income, educationally talented and disadvantaged STEM students with $5,000 scholarship each year for the duration of their education at the college. The Edmonds Community College STEM Scholarship (EdSTEM$) project provides a suite of student support services including cohort meetings and social networking, faculty mentors and advisors, 2-credit cohort classes, study rooms and online tutoring, intensive mathematics interventions, career exploration and preparation, transfer preparation, service learning and undergraduate research, and the creation of an e-portfolio. Disciplines represented include biology, chemistry, computer information systems, computer science, engineering, environmental science, mathematics and physics.Intellectual Merit The EdSTEM$ project is building on earlier CSEMS scholarship projects. The project is strengthened through the active participation of faculty from all STEM disciplines, the college's research office, financial aid office and career center, the coordination with the college's MESA and TRiO SSS programs and the participation of all area high schools and the school district's Equity and Achievement parent advisory committee. EdSTEM$ is creative in that support components have been tailored to the academic success and level of each scholar while at the same time building and maintaining a cohort experience. New or at risk scholars receive timely and intensive support both academically and personally from their mentors, peers, and other college resources. Transfer or work-ready scholars are eligible for a range of high impact and leadership activities in service learning or undergraduate research that give them a competitive edge upon transfer to college or work. The evaluation and assessment plan is rigorous, including both quantitative and qualitative elements. Formative findings allow the project team to be responsive to unforeseen issues, and summative findings provide a clear and deep understanding of the effectiveness of the project and its components in improving student success. Broader Impacts The EdSTEM$ project team has included a specific objective of recruiting underrepresented and disabled applicants such that this population makes up 50% of the eligible scholarship applicant pool. The project team has enlisted the help of the directors of the MESA program and offices of Multicultural Affairs and Services for Students with Disabilities. All five area high schools are assisting the project team in recruiting diverse students and holding family nights at the high schools to provide information and assistance in completing the scholarship application. Assessment reports and focus groups serve as a basis for engaging the faculty and administration in discussions and actions affecting the curriculum and support services of the Science and Mathematics Division. Project findings further the STEM academic community's understanding of how to support low-income, underrepresented STEM students and are broadly disseminated through the project website and presentations at regional and national meetings.