Science Scholars Program: Opening the Science Career Pipeline Through Enhanced Engagement and Support

这个国家科学基金会（NSF）科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）奖学金项目在阿什兰大学在阿什兰，俄亥俄州将支持奖学金的23个有才华的和低收入的学生在一系列科学专业。攻读生物学，化学，生物化学，地质学和物理学本科学位的学生将获得奖学金和其他支持，旨在吸引，留住和毕业这些低收入，学术才华的学生。保留策略包括实施由教师，同行和校友导师组成的全面的辅导网络。专业的学术顾问和职业教练也将提供学生支持。教师指导的合作研究，包括一项新的举措，以促进早期的研究参与和阴影，将提供除了学习社区，提供新生成功研讨会，审查会议在网关化学课程，演讲嘉宾系列，并定制职业调查和准备研讨会。奖学金和支持低收入和学术天赋的学生，谁可能无法获得STEM学位，将有助于产生一个训练有素的劳动力，将有助于国家的经济福祉。全面的招聘和支持计划是基于对当地需求和问题的分析，发现影响学生保留。导师计划的基础上锚定由现有的成功试点测试的校友辅导计划。 除了支持学生的成功，该项目将有助于影响学生保留和成功的问题的理解。该项目将研究学生的自我效能如何通过参与预期的支持活动而随着时间的推移而演变。多年的指导学生互动将帮助项目团队辨别哪些具体活动或时间点对学生自我效能感和他们的STEM态度最有影响力。 这项纵向研究将跟踪STEM保留预测因素随时间的变化，如科学自我效能和STEM相关态度。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio will support scholarships for 23 talented and low-income students across a range of science majors. Students pursing undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, geology, and physics will receive scholarship and other supports designed to engage, retain and graduate these low-income, academically talented students. Retention strategies include implementation of a comprehensive network of mentoring consisting of faculty, peer, and alumni mentors. A professional academic advisor and career coach will also provide student support. Faculty-mentored collaborative research, including a new initiative to promote early research participation and shadowing, will be offered in addition to a learning community that provides freshman success seminars, review sessions in a gateway chemistry course, a guest speaker series, and tailored career-investigations and preparation workshops. Scholarships and support for low-income and academically talented students, who may not otherwise be able to obtain STEM degrees, will help to produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic well-being of the nation.The comprehensive recruiting and support program is based on the analysis of local needs and issues found to influence student retention. The mentoring program based on anchored by an existing successful pilot test of an alumni mentoring program. In addition to supporting student success the project will contribute to the understanding of issues affecting student retention and success. The project will study how students' self-efficacy evolves over time through participation in the intended support activities. Student interactions over multiple years of mentoring will help the project team to discern which specific activities or points in time are most impactful in terms of student self-efficacy and their STEM attitude. This longitudinal study will track changes over time of STEM retention predictors such as scientific self-efficacy and STEM relevant attitudes.