Implementation Grant: Coaching for Academic and Professional Success (CAPS) in STEM

实施项目题为-辅导学术和专业成功干-建立在规划补助金，并有振兴科学，技术，工程和数学（干）教育的目标在弗吉尼亚联合大学和显着增加成功竞争进入研究生课程和/或干劳动力的毕业生数量。该项目的主要目标是在未来五年内将所有STEM学科的招聘，保留和毕业率提高至少50%，同时保持学生毕业后成功所需的学术严谨性。三个战略举措旨在实现这些目标：（1）建立STEM暑期研究所，提高新生的大学准备;（2）在STEM课程中实施高影响力的教育实践，以及（3）建立STEM教练团队。虽然在这个项目中实施的策略将改善弗吉尼亚联合大学的STEM教育，但预计它们在其他小型文科院校也同样有效，并且这个项目可以作为全国性的模式。该项目强调了本科STEM课程，高中，研究生院和STEM毕业生雇主之间密切关系的重要性，因此，将加强这些合作伙伴的使命。

The implementation project entitled - Coaching for Academic and Professional Success in STEM - builds on a planning grant and has the goals to reinvigorate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education at the Virginia Union University and significantly increase the number of graduates that compete successfully for admission into graduate programs and/or the STEM workforce. The main objectives of this project are to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates in all STEM disciplines by at least 50% within the next five years while maintaining the academic rigor that is required for student success after graduation. Three strategic initiatives are designed to meet the objectives: (1) the establishment of a STEM Summer Institute that improves the preparedness of rising freshmen for college; (2) the implementation of high-impact educational practices across the STEM curricula, and (3) the establishment of a STEM Coaching Team. While the strategies implemented in this project will improve STEM education at Virginia Union University, it is anticipated that they will be equally effective at other small liberal arts institutions and that this project can serve as a national model. The project emphasizes the importance of close relationships between undergraduate STEM programs, high schools, graduate institutions, and employers of STEM graduates, and, consequently, will enhance the mission of each of these partners.