Scholarships for Developing Excellence in Engineering and Physics (DEEP)

通过发展卓越工程和物理(DEP)学者项目，佐治亚大学(UGA)的一个教职员工和管理人员团队正在增加获得工程和/或物理学士学位的有学术天赋、有经济需求的学生数量。为此，该项目向攻读农业、生物化学、生物、计算机系统和环境工程和/或物理学位的学生提供17个奖学金。认识到国家需要培养在物理和工程方面都有强大背景的学生，以及行业中正在出现的合并这两个学科的趋势，该项目团队正在为一个跨学科的工程物理证书提供严格的、15学分的课程，并鼓励奖学金学生完成。通过增加进入这些专业的机会，该项目正在帮助满足地区和国家的STEM劳动力需求。此外，为了扩大参与，正在积极招募STEM中代表性不足的群体(女性、第一代、非裔美国人和西班牙裔)的学生。该项目的技术特点遵循以下目标：(A)通过促进学生群体之间的学习社区，提供学术和社会支持，从而留住专业；(B)通过与STEM教员建立合作，让学生参与最先进的STEM研究和设计项目；以及(C)通过利用UGA与工业界和政府的高科技雇主之间的伙伴关系，创造实习和其他学习机会。通过评估和评估产生的数据预计将支持这样的理论，即通过一个全面的学术和社会支持计划，可以实现STEM领域学生的高留存率。形成性项目评估是检查每个项目组成部分是否有助于学生成功、管理团队的有效性以及招生策略的影响。总结性项目评估侧重于项目是否达到了其目标，即增加准备充分的专业学生数量，并最终在选定的领域毕业。该项目成果的传播预计将为在STEM招聘和保留方面实施循证做法提供一个模式。项目组还计划在STEM教学研究所(由UGA主办的一个区域会议)上介绍其工作，并通过国家教与学一体化中心介绍其工作。项目成果包括总结性评价的结果和为工程和物理跨学科证书编制的课程材料。

Through the Developing Excellence in Engineering and Physics (DEEP) Scholars project a team of faculty and administrators at the University of Georgia (UGA) is increasing the number of academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn a baccalaureate degree in engineering and/or physics. To this end the project is providing seventeen scholarships to students pursuing degrees in agricultural, biochemical, biological, computer systems and environmental engineering and/or physics. Recognizing the national need to prepare students who have strong backgrounds in both physics and engineering along with the emerging trend in industry to merge the two disciplines, the project team is offering a rigorous, 15-credit hour curriculum for an Interdisciplinary Certificate in Engineering Physics which scholarship students are encouraged to complete. By making possible increased access to these majors, the project is helping to meet regional and national STEM workforce needs. In addition, to broaden participation, students from groups which are under-represented in STEM (women, 1st generation, African American, and Hispanic) are being actively recruited.Technical features of the project are guided by the following objectives: (a) to provide academic and social support that leads to retention in the major through facilitating learning communities among student cohorts, (b) to engage students in state-of-the art STEM research and design projects by establishing collaborations with STEM faculty, and (c) to create internships and other learning opportunities by leveraging partnerships between UGA and engineering and hi-tech employers in both industry and government. Data generated through assessment and evaluation is expected to support the rationale that high retention of students in STEM fields is achievable through a comprehensive program of academic and social support. Formative project evaluation is examining whether or not each project component contributes to student success, the effectiveness of the management team, and the impact of recruitment strategies. Summative project evaluation focuses on the whether or not the project is meeting its goal to increase the number of well-prepared students majoring and ultimately graduating in the selected fields. Dissemination of the project results is expected to provide a model for implementation of evidence-based practices in STEM recruitment and retention. The project team also plans to present its work at the Institute on STEM Teaching and Learning (a regional meeting hosted by UGA) and through the national Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning. Project deliverables include results of summative evaluation and the course materials developed for the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Engineering and Physics.