Scholarship Program for Mathematics and Sciences Study

这个国家科学基金会（NSF）科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）奖学金项目将在康涅狄格州纽黑文市的Albertus Magnus学院为有才华的低收入学生提供奖学金，这些学生正在攻读生物学，化学或数学学士学位。除了奖学金，该计划还将提供学术和其他支持，以提高学术天赋，低收入学生的持久性。 该项目设计包括一个全面的计划，其中包括学生成功的关键影响因素：强大的学术课程，财政支持，广泛的学生支持服务和职业规划。此外，教师和同行导师提供个人支持系统，以增加机构的产品。奖学金和对学业优秀的学生的支持，否则他们可能无法负担大学，将有助于培养训练有素的劳动力，这将有助于更大的纽黑文地区和国家的经济活力。该计划组织是由研究表明，STEM减员的一个重要原因是学生的课堂体验差通知。除了学生支持活动，该项目将研究STEM教师的专业学习社区对持久性和保留的影响。在阿尔贝图斯选择教师将参加一个合作教师发展计划。这个过程将涉及教师小组开发课程，教授这些课程，而他们的同事和知识渊博的其他人观察，参与课后讨论，反思如何改进课程，最后修改和重新教授课程。该项目将研究高等教育中的专业学习社区方法如何提高STEM领域的保留率和学位完成率。该计划旨在帮助有才华的低收入学生完成学士学位，并为该地区不断增长的生物科学产业做出贡献。该计划的调查结果将被广泛传播到STEM教育界，并有助于提高对成功的学生奖学金和支持计划的属性和实践的理解。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut will provide scholarships for talented, low-income students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in biology, chemistry, or mathematics. In addition to scholarships, the program will provide academic and other support to increase the persistence of academically talented, low-income students. The project design includes a comprehensive program that incorporates critically influential aspects of student success: a strong academic curriculum, financial support, a wide array of student support services, and career planning. Additionally, a system of individual supports is provided by faculty and peer mentors to augment the institutional offerings. Scholarships and support for academically strong students, who may not otherwise be able to afford college, will help to produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic vitality of the greater New Haven region and the nation.The program organization is informed by research indicating that a significant reason for STEM attrition is poor classroom experiences of students. In addition to student support activities, the project will study the impact of a professional learning community of STEM faculty on persistence and retention. Select faculty at Albertus will participate in a collaborative faculty development program. The process will involve groups of faculty developing lessons, teaching these lessons while their colleagues and knowledgeable others observe, engaging in post-lesson discussions to reflect on how to improve the lesson, and finally revising and re-teaching the lessons. The project will study how a professional learning community approach in higher education can lead to improved retention and degree completion in STEM fields. The program expects to help talented, low-income students to complete bachelor's degrees and contribute to the growing bioscience industry in the region. The findings from the program will be disseminated widely to the STEM education community and help increase understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs.