Scots Science Scholars (S3)

苏格兰科学学者计划(S^3)是一个为期四年的计划，旨在提高田纳西州玛丽维尔学院STEM专业的未被充分代表的学生和第一代学生的保留率和毕业率。该计划包括三个重要组成部分，旨在留住STEM领域的学生直到毕业。(1)暑期桥牌项目以数学内容协调实验室工作，强调发现学习，为学生准备大学水平的STEM工作做好准备。(2)专业一年级课程旨在通过STEM学科的共同课程为学生建立社区并提供学术支持。特别是，迎新课程包括在大学水平的STEM课程、实地考察和与STEM学科相关的客座演讲中取得成功的战略。(3)研究/领导经验从第一年开始，通过体验教育和顶石高级学习项目与玛丽维尔学院的核心课程相结合。学员通过为即将入学的S^3学员充当导师、代言人和榜样来培养领导技能。该计划揭示了这些努力对留住STEM专业中代表不足的群体的学生的影响，该学院是一所以白人为主的小型文理学院。它还阐明了衔接项目和本科生研究与大型大学类似项目的学生参与者获得的额外关注和指导分开的重大影响，因为这些是玛丽维尔学院对所有学生的体验的一部分。S^3告知其他小型文理学院也有类似项目的实施。

The Scots Science Scholars (S^3) program is a four-year program designed to increase retention and graduation rates of underrepresented and first generation students in STEM majors at Maryville College in Tennessee. The program includes three vital components designed to retain students in STEM fields to graduation. (1) The summer bridge program coordinates lab work with mathematical content and emphasizes discovery learning to prepare students for college-level STEM work. (2) The specialized first-year curriculum is designed to build community and provide academic support for the students through common coursework in STEM disciplines. In particular, the orientation course includes strategies for success in college level STEM courses, field trips and guest speakers related to STEM disciplines. (3) The research/leadership experience begins in the first year and is integrated with the Maryville College core curriculum through experiential education and the capstone senior study project. Student participants build leadership skills by acting as mentors, spokespersons and role models for incoming S^3 students. This program reveals the impact of such efforts on retention of students from underrepresented groups in STEM majors at a small, liberal arts college with a majority white population. It also clarifies the significant effects of a bridge program and undergraduate research separate from the extra attention and mentoring student participants receive in similar programs at large universities, since these are part of the Maryville College experience for all students. S^3 informs the implementation of similar programs at other small liberal arts colleges.