Implementation Grant: Pi-STEM E3 (Pathways into STEM Careers, Enrichment, Engagement, and Empowerment)

实施项目支持传统黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。劳森州立社区学院的这个项目寻求在之前成功努力的基础上，增加非裔美国学生对STEM学科的参与。该项目的目标是通过培养批判性思考者、提高STEM素养和培养下一代STEM专业人员，显著提高社区学院STEM项目的学生成功率。社区学院与其初中和高中合作伙伴之间的合作是一个重要的更广泛的影响。该项目的总体目标是通过专注于为八年级和高中生创建一个全年STEM充实学院和学业提升计划，为即将入学的新生和高中毕业生实施大学过渡计划，并为STEM学生提供研究、指导和学术发展机会，提高坚持性和有效性，从而增加STEM职业生涯中代表不足的少数族裔和女性的数量。该项目将采用以证据为基础的活动和战略，但将在这一为期两年的机构的背景下研究其有效性。该项目将由内部和外部咨询委员会以及一组评估员提供咨询意见并对其效果进行评估。该项目为社区大学如何在影响STEM专业人员的潜在就业池中发挥更直接、更有目的的作用提供了一个模式。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at Lawson State Community College seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American students in STEM disciplines. The goal of this project is to significantly improve student success rates in the community college's STEM programs by creating critical thinkers, increasing STEM literacy, and educating the next generation of STEM professionals. A significant broader impact is the collaboration between the community college and its middle school and high school partners.The overarching goal of the project is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities and women in STEM career paths by focusing on creating a year-round STEM Enrichment Institute and academic enhancement program for eighth graders and high school students; implementing a college bridge program for incoming freshman and graduating high school seniors; and providing research, mentoring, and academic development opportunities for STEM students, improving persistence and efficacy. The project will employ activities and strategies that are evidence-based, but will be studied for effectiveness in the setting of this two-year institution. The project will be advised and evaluated for effectiveness by internal and external advisory boards and by a team of evaluators. This project provides a model for how community colleges can take a more direct, purposeful role in impacting the potential employment pool of STEM professionals.