Targeted Infusion Project - Building on A Foundation of Stone: The Future Growth of Wiley College's Division of Sciences

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU- up）通过有针对性的输液项目支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）研究生课程和/或职业。威利学院的项目旨在制定战略，以加强和提高STEM教学、学习和研究，并提高学生对STEM项目的接触和保留。威利学院85%的学生是非裔美国人，西班牙裔学生的数量也在不断增加。大多数学生是第一代大学生和/或来自低社会经济背景。该项目旨在实施干预措施和策略，以增加在STEM领域攻读研究生学位的学生的学术准备，这可以作为其他开放录取政策的院校的榜样。建议开展以下活动：开展为期六周的大学预科数学营，开设计算机科学和物理辅修课程，加强学生的定量分析能力；一个跨学科的STEM期刊俱乐部和一个本科生研究项目，为学生的研究生学习做准备；以及教师和辅助人员的专业发展。威利学院致力于分享和传播基于证据的最佳实践和结果，包括保留、学术参与和提高STEM本科专业，特别是在开放招生机构的会议上。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Wiley College seeks to establish strategies to strengthen and enhance STEM teaching, learning, and research and to improve students' access to and retention in STEM programs. Eighty-five percent of the students at Wiley College are African-American, with a growing number of Hispanic students. Most of the students are first-generation college students and/or are from low socio-economic backgrounds. The project seeks to implement interventions and strategies to increase the academic preparation of the students seeking graduate degrees in a STEM field that can serve as models for other institutions with open admission policies.The following activities are proposed: a six week long pre-college Mathematics camp and new minors in Computer Sciences and Physics to strengthen students' quantitative skills; an interdisciplinary STEM journal club and an undergraduate research program to prepare students for graduate studies; and professional development for faculty and support staff. Wiley College seeks to share and disseminate evidence-based best practices and findings on retention, academic engagement, and enhancement of STEM undergraduate majors, particularly at conferences for open door admission institutions.