The Vikings Enhancing STEM Innovation and Collaboration (VESTEMic) Model

实施项目为历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)设计、实施和评估战略提供支持，这些战略可导致全面的机构努力，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的教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。伊丽莎白城州立大学的这一项目旨在进一步加强培养STEM学生成功的计划。该项目的目标是设计途径，以增加攻读STEM专业的学生数量，并提高他们进入研究生课程和职业生涯的准备质量。作为该项目的一部分，该项目包括：包括新生、K-12教师和家长的大学前暑期计划；解决从一年级到二年级的关键过渡的大二过渡计划；STEM创新实验室，以开发STEM本科课程的创造性教学方法；以及为本科生提供分层指导。这些活动和战略是以证据为基础的，通过这个项目所学到的东西可以作为其他小型文科机构的榜样。

Implementation projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, and assess strategies that can lead to 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 Elizabeth City State University seeks to further strengthen programs for building STEM student success. The goal of the project is to design pathways to increase the numbers of students pursuing STEM majors and the quality of their preparation into graduate programs and careers. Activities that are part of this project are: a pre-college summer program that includes incoming freshmen, K-12 teachers and parents; a sophomore bridge program to address the critical transition from the freshman to the sophomore year; a STEM innovation lab to develop creative approaches to teaching STEM undergraduate courses; and hierarchical mentoring for undergraduate students. The activities and strategies are evidence-based and what is learned through this project can serve as a model for other small liberal arts institutions.