The M-STEM Academies at the University of Michigan: An Integrated Approach to Increase the Number and Diversity of Undergraduates in STEM Disciplines

密歇根大学（UM）的M-STEM学院正在为具有高科学潜力的学生群体提供全面的支持系统，这些学生在传统上代表性不足或历史上在竞争激烈的研究型大学中并不成功。 这项工作是基于国家认可的迈耶霍夫学者计划在马里兰州巴尔的摩县大学，并整合了目前的试点计划到自然科学和数学系在文科学院在UM。 该项目为学生提供了一个全面的桥梁计划，学生过渡到UM，包括学术辅导，发展研讨会和研究机会。 智力优点：这种跨大学的努力，这种规模的机构罕见，涉及许多学术支持单位的合作，这些单位对所有学生的成功都有既得利益，并为UM的长期体制转型奠定了基础。 此外，拟议的评估（与一个定义的控制组）有助于我们的学生保留，便携性和可扩展性的迈耶霍夫模型的一系列本科生在大型研究型大学的STEM项目的知识。 更广泛的影响：该项目是一个有据可查的模型，用于增加STEM学位毕业生的数量和学历。 增加追求和完成STEM学位的学生的数量和多样性（伴随着多元文化能力）也有助于为UM（及其他）的多个教育社区提供宝贵的支持网络，并为STEM劳动力提供类似和所需的特征。

The M-STEM Academies at the University of Michigan (UM) is providing a holistic support system for cohorts of students with high potential in science that have been traditionally underrepresented or historically not as successful within a highly competitive research university. The effort is based on the nationally recognized Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and integrates a current pilot program into the natural science and mathematics departments in the liberal arts college at UM. The project provides students a comprehensive bridge program as students transition into UM, including academic coaching, development workshops, and research opportunities. Intellectual merit: This cross-university effort, rare for an institution of this size, involves collaboration of many academic support units that have a vested interest in success for all students and is laying the groundwork for a long-term institutional transformation at UM. In addition, the proposed evaluation (with a defined control group) contributes to our knowledge of student retention, portability, and scalability of the Meyerhoff model to a range of undergraduates in STEM programs at large research universities. Broader Impacts: The project represents a well-documented model that is used to increase the number and the academic qualifications of students graduating with STEM degrees. Increasing the number and diversity of students pursuing and completing STEM degrees (with accompanying multicultural competency) also serves to provide a valuable support network for multiple educational communities at UM (and beyond) and provides similar and needed traits to the STEM workforce.