SciMath III: A Program of the Academy of Math and Science

该项目向诺曼代尔社区学院的生物学、化学、物理学、地质学、真空和薄膜技术、计算机科学、计算机技术、工程学和数学副学士学位课程的全日制学生提供约95项奖学金。它建立在两个成功的CSEMS和S-STEM项目，其中奖学金计划超过了保留，转移，学者GPA和少数民族参与的目标。该项目提供了一个创新的模式，并评估其有效性，以支持STEM在社区大学的成功，特别是对代表性不足的少数民族和妇女。新计划，SciMath III，改编并结合了前两个计划的组成部分，这些计划有促进学生成功的记录，并开发了新的干预措施，以应对过去经历的挑战。该项目正在评估该模式与以往项目相比是否成功。该项目通过创建一个STEM奖学金模型，并提供可被其他机构效仿的STEM特定学生支持计划，为STEM教育做出贡献。 该模式不仅提供了一个机会，通过奖学金促进STEM参与，而且还展示了STEM具体支持计划在学生成功方面的有效性。该项目通过提供合格的STEM毕业生，使当地经济，特别是高科技产业受益。

The project awards approximately 95 scholarships to students enrolled full-time in biology, chemistry, physics, geology, vacuum and thin film technology, computer science, computer technology, engineering, and mathematics associate degree programs at Normandale Community College. It builds on two successful prior CSEMS and S-STEM projects in which the scholarship programs exceeded goals of retention, transfer, scholar GPA, and minority participation. This project provides an innovative model and evaluates its effectiveness for supporting STEM success in a community college, especially for underrepresented minorities and women. The new program, SciMath III, adapts and combines components from the previous two programs which have a record of fostering student success and develops new interventions to meet the challenges experienced in the past. The project is assessing the success of the model in comparison with previous projects. The project contributes to STEM education by creating a STEM scholarship model with a STEM specific student support program that can be emulated by other institutions. The model provides not only an opportunity for promoting STEM participation through scholarships but also demonstration of the effectiveness of STEM specific support programs in student success. The project benefits the local economy, especially the high-tech industry by providing qualified STEM graduates.