Supporting College and Career Education through Student Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SuCCESS in STEM)

佩利西比州立社区学院的“通过科学、技术、工程和数学学生奖学金支持大学和职业教育(STEM成功)”项目将在两年半的时间里支持24名非传统学生，每年最高可获得8500美元的奖学金。该项目将增加经济困难的非传统学生在田纳西州东部需求旺盛的STEM地区的高等教育机会中的参与。将设计和实施支助服务，以确保学生成功地完成副学士学位，并准备在毕业后进入劳动力市场或转到四年制院校。通过与当地行业建立的合作伙伴关系，通过有针对性的战略，如实习、指导和跟踪，现实世界的经验将支持学者成功地过渡到就业或继续高等教育。我们将收集定量和定性数据，以进行形成性和终结性评估，以衡量该计划的整体影响。学生的成功率和毕业率将在需要使用这些支持服务的学者和自愿使用这些服务的学生之间进行比较。研究将侧重于支持留住学者的支持服务和干预措施的有效性，特别是关注提高资源不足的非传统学生在STEM学科中的成功。这项研究的结果将被传播到高等教育学术界，并将为在两年制大学环境中招收和留住STEM专业资源不足的学生的干预策略提供指导，如奖学金计划、队列、补充指导和体验式学习。

The "Supporting College and Career Education through Student Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (SuCCESS in STEM)" project at Pellissippi State Community College will support 24 nontraditional students with scholarships up to $8,500 per year over 2.5 years. The project will increase the participation of financially-disadvantaged, nontraditional students in post-secondary opportunities in high-demand STEM areas in East Tennessee. Support services will be designed and implemented to ensure that scholars successfully complete an associate degree and are prepared to either enter the workforce or transfer to a four-year institution upon graduation. Real-world experiences through targeted strategies such as internships, mentoring, and shadowing with assistance of established partnerships with local industry will support the successful transition of scholars into either employment or continuing post-secondary education.Quantitative and qualitative data will be collected for both a formative and summative evaluation that will measure the overall impact of the program. A comparison of student success and graduation rates will be performed between scholars who are required to use these support services versus students who voluntarily use these services. Research will focus on the efficacy of support services and interventions that support the retention of scholars, specifically focusing on improving the success of under-resourced, nontraditional students in STEM disciplines. The results of this study will be disseminated to the higher education academic community and will provide guidance on intervention strategies such as scholarship programs, cohorts, supplemental instruction, and experiential learning for recruiting and retaining under-resourced students in STEM disciplines in a two-year college environment.