Building a Community in Science and Mathematics

印第安纳大学布鲁明顿分校(IUB)的核心科学系，包括天文学、生物学、化学、数学和物理学，正在合作实施一系列计划，以提高获得生命、物理和数学科学学位并在这些领域继续教育和职业的学生的数量、质量和多样性。该计划强调通过STEM学者社区为学生提供强大的同行支持系统，强调合作和团队合作；吸引教职员工，项目目标与系目标挂钩；为学生提供多学科体验，包括与其他STEM学科的教职员工和学生以及与学术界以外的专业人员的联系；聘请大学的多个服务单位在学生学习的适当阶段指导他们；协助各系开发以研究为基础的教学方法，以增强留住学生的能力；并与布鲁明顿地区的高科技雇主合作提供实习机会。该计划的一个关键组成部分是向参与计划的学生提供约120个奖学金。对项目指南项目实施的影响和有效性进行形成性和总结性评估，以满足项目保留和毕业STEM专业的目标。从这一方案中吸取的经验教训正在与其他IUB方案分享，并通过在国家会议和纪律会议上的陈述加以分享。通过保留大学STEM专业，并通过增加选择STEM专业的学生池，该项目正在为国家科学劳动力的数量、多样性和准备工作做出贡献。

Core science departments at Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), including Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, are partnering to implement a spectrum of programs to increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of students earning degrees in the life, physical, and mathematical sciences, and who pursue further education and careers in these fields. The program emphasizes a strong peer support system for students through a community of STEM scholars, emphasizing collaboration and teamwork; engages faculty, with project goals tied to departmental goals; provides a multidisciplinary experience for students, including connections to faculty and students in other STEM disciplines and to professionals outside of academia; engages multiple service units of the university to mentor students at appropriate stages in their learning; assists departments to develop research-based pedagogies that enhance retention; and partners with high-tech employers in the Bloomington area to provide internships. A key component of the program is an estimated 120 scholarships provided to participating students. Both formative and summative evaluations of the impact and effectiveness of the program guide program implementation to meet the program's goals to retain and graduate STEM majors. Lessons learned from this program are being shared with other IUB programs and through presentation at national and disciplinary meetings. By retaining college STEM majors and by increasing the pool of students who choose to start in a STEM major, this project is contributing to the numbers, diversity, and preparedness of the nation's science workforce.