Closing the STEM Divide: Opening Access to STEM Careers.

科罗拉多州奥罗拉市奥罗拉社区学院的国家科学基金会（NSF）科学、技术、工程和数学（S-STEM）项目奖学金将为全日制STEM学科的学生提供奖学金。每学年开始时将提供12个奖学金，以启动新的STEM学者队列。该计划包括全面的支持和过渡服务，特别强调队列发展和支持。这些活动将提高STEM课程的成功率、课程保留率、毕业率和四年转换率。该课程的毕业生将为该地区航空航天、软件和其他以技术为基础的行业的持续成功做出贡献。为那些学习成绩优秀的学生提供奖学金，否则他们可能无法负担大学费用，这将增加准备支持国家、地区和地方公司的毕业生人数。该项目的成功将培养出训练有素的劳动力，为科罗拉多州和全国的经济增长做出贡献。通过这个S-STEM项目，奥罗拉社区学院（CCA）将进行为期五年的努力，招募、支持和研究生具有学术才能和证明经济需要。该项目将在第一年和第5年提供12个奖学金，在第2年、第3年和第4年提供24个奖学金。每个学年开始时都会有一批新的STEM学者。如果学生达到学术目标和其他项目要求，奖学金将续签第二年。CCA将鼓励第一代、女性和目前在STEM专业中代表性不足的群体的学生申请。通过全面的支持和过渡服务，特别是基于cca的STEM教师和队列支持，将提高保留率和毕业率。指导将包括与指定的STEM教师导师的定期会议。围绕群组组织的学习社区活动将侧重于学习和辅导需求，STEM职业的客座讲座，参观STEM公司和四年学术课程，以及其他职业发展活动。从项目评估中获得的经验教训和有效实践将被传播到STEM教育界，并有助于提高对成功的学生奖学金和支持项目的属性和实践的广泛理解。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at the Community College of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado will provide scholarships to students enrolled full-time in STEM disciplines. Twelve scholarships will be offered at the beginning of each academic year to begin a new cohort of STEM scholars. The program includes comprehensive support and transition services, with a particular emphasis on cohort development and support. These activities will increase STEM course success, program retention, and graduation and four-year transition rates. Program graduates will contribute to the continued success of the aerospace, software, and other technology-based industries in the region. Scholarships for academically strong students, who may not otherwise be able to afford college, will increase the number of graduates prepared to support national, regional, and local companies. The success of the program will produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic growth of Colorado and the nation.Through this S-STEM program the Community College of Aurora (CCA) will conduct a five-year effort to recruit, support, and graduate students with academic talent and demonstrated financial need. The program will provide twelve scholarships in years one and five of the program, and twenty-four in years two, three, and four. A new cohort of STEM scholars will begin at the start of each academic year. Scholarships will renew for a second year provided scholars meet academic targets and other program requirements. CCA will encourage applications from first generation, women and students from groups currently underrepresented in STEM professions. Improved retention and increased graduation rates will be achieved through comprehensive support and transition services, with a particular emphasis on CCA-based STEM faculty and cohort support. Mentoring will include regular meetings with an assigned STEM faculty mentor. Learning community activities organized around cohorts will focus on study and tutoring needs, guest lectures on STEM careers, visits to STEM companies and four-year academic programs, and other career development activities. Lessons learned and effective practices that emerge from the program evaluation will be disseminated to the STEM education community and help increase widespread understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs.