Scholarship Program in Science and Mathematics: Supporting the Academic Achievements of Disadvantaged Students

肯纳索州立大学(KSU)通过其名为“科学和数学奖学金计划：支持弱势学生的学业成就”的项目，将在五年内为50名学生提供奖学金。奖学金获得者将是主修生物化学、生物、生物技术、化学、计算机科学和数学的全日制学生。更广泛的影响在于该项目能够通过该项目的跨学科和队列性质来增强学生的学习体验；吸引和留住学术上有天赋的、代表性不足的或第一代大学生；减少奖学金获得者的贷款方案和工作时间，允许他们追求完整的课程负担和严格的课程；减少项目参与者完成学位所需的时间；并加强地方、地区和国家持续经济增长所需的技术和科学劳动力。与预期的更广泛影响密切相关，该项目的目标是：(1)改善招收更多高中生进入科罗拉多州立大学STEM学科的努力；(2)增加有学术天赋但有经济困难的学生参加、保留和完成某一学科的本科学位；(3)提供机会吸引更多在学术上有才华、代表性不足的学生(少数族裔和女性)或第一代学生；(4)增加参加STEM研究生课程的学生人数，并帮助学生毕业后进入职场；以及(5)通过参加STEM相关的队列、辅导和研究活动、实习和会议演讲，扩大学生的学术经验。实施计划包括事实证明可以改善学生成绩的活动，如有针对性的第一年研讨会、战略性课程安排、辅导、建议、指导、研讨会以及参与研究项目和实习的机会。将使用新的和现有的数据库以及学生调查中的数据对该项目进行评估，以确定达到目标的程度。研究结果将被用来进一步向更广泛的教育界通报在目标学科增加STEM专业招生、留住和毕业的努力。

Kennesaw State University (KSU), through its project entitled "Scholarship Program in Science and Mathematics: Supporting the Academic Achievements of Disadvantaged Students," will provide scholarships for 50 students over five years. The scholarship recipients will be full-time students majoring in biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, computer science and mathematics. The broader impacts lie in the project's ability to enhance students' learning experiences through the program's interdisciplinary and cohort nature; attract and retain academically talented, underrepresented, or first generation college students; reduce loan packages and work hours for scholarship recipients, allowing them to pursue a full course load and a rigorous curriculum; decrease time-to-degree completion for project participants; and strengthen the technical and scientific workforce necessary for sustained economic growth locally, regionally, and nationally.Closely aligned with the expected broader impacts, the project's objectives are to: (1) improve the efforts to recruit more high school students into STEM disciplines at KSU; (2) increase participation, retention and completion of an undergraduate degree in one of the STEM disciplines by academically talented, but financially needy students; (3) provide opportunities to attract more academically talented, underrepresented (minority and women) or first-generation students; (4) increase the number of students enrolling in STEM graduate programs and to help students enter workplace after graduation; and (5) broaden the student academic experience through participation in STEM related cohorts, mentoring and research activities, internships and conference presentations. Implementation plans include activities that are proven to improve student outcomes such a targeted first-year seminar, strategic course placement, tutoring, advising, mentoring, seminars, and opportunities to engage in research projects and internships. The project will be evaluated using data from new and existing databases and student surveys to determine the degree to which objectives have been met. The results will be used to further inform the broader education community of efforts that effect increase in the recruitment, retention and graduation of STEM majors in the targeted disciplines.