CSMP Scholarship Program of Central Connecticut

在国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的资助下，康涅狄格州中部的CSMP奖学金计划将为具有经济需求和学术前景的低收入学生提供支持。这种支持将帮助学生在中康涅狄格州立大学（CCSU）、曼彻斯特社区学院（MCC）和Tunxis社区学院（TCC）选定的STEM学科中取得成功。该项目将在五年内为攻读计算机科学、数学和物理（CSMP）学士学位的学生提供88个奖学金。该奖学金计划支持计划继续研究生课程学习的学生，以及计划在获得本科学位后进入劳动力市场的学生。本项目实施的课外活动被证明可以提高学生的毅力，并将研究这些活动和其他因素对学生成功的影响。该奖学金项目将补充和加强新创建的转学衔接项目（TAP），使拥有两年制学位的学生能够从社区大学无缝转学到康涅狄格州的四年制大学。该奖学金计划将针对通过公立学校、两年制学院和社区组织招收的未来学生，以及已经在CSMP和CCSU相关项目注册的有前途的学生。作为导师的教师将主动为在项目中遇到学术或社会/情感困难的学生提供干预。该项目建立在前两个NSF S-STEM奖项的成功基础上，该奖项建立了一个运作良好的学生支持基础设施和具有此类干预经验的教职员工。当前的程序结构结合并建立在先前工作的经验教训之上。该项目将支持研究、实施和评估课外活动，以提高低收入学术天才学生的学业成就。这个S-STEM Track 3项目旨在改善经济困难的学术天才学生的教育机会，并帮助他们在许多STEM学术领域取得成功。CCSU， MCC和TCC服务于康涅狄格州大哈特福德地区的种族多样化人口。学生群体将为学者创造一个支持性的环境，支持他们的学业成功、留校和及时毕业。该项目的重要性源于CCSU， MCC和TCC在康涅狄格州立大学（CSCU）系统中的成员资格，这使得该项目有可能扩展到全州其他CCSU机构。奖学金项目使用的策略侧重于同伴和教师参与、学术整合和发展、目标承诺、社会融合、学习成绩和机构承诺。学生将受益于以前由NSF资助的跨学科课程改进。此外，学生将有机会参与正在进行的研究项目，重点是与保留率相关的跨学科研究。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the CSMP Scholarship Program of Central Connecticut will provide support to low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise. This support will help students succeed in selected STEM disciplines at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), Manchester Community College (MCC), and Tunxis Community College (TCC). The project is funding 88 scholarships over five years for students pursuing bachelor's degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics (CSMP). This scholarship program supports students planning to continue their studies in a graduate program as well as to those planning to enter the workforce upon earning an undergraduate degree. This project implements co-curricular activities proven to improve student persistence and will study the effects on student success of these activities and other factors. The scholarship program will complement and enhance the newly created Transfer Articulation Program (TAP), enabling seamless transfer of students with two-year degrees from community colleges to four-year institutions in the state of Connecticut. The scholarship program will target prospective students recruited through public schools, two-year colleges, and community organizations, as well as promising students already enrolled in CSMP and related programs at CCSU. Faculty serving as mentors will proactively provide interventions for students who experience academic or social/emotional difficulties while in the program. This program builds upon the success of the previous two NSF S-STEM awards that established a well-functioning student support infrastructure and faculty and staff who have experience with these types of interventions. The current program structure incorporates and builds on lessons learned from the prior work. This project will support the study, implementation, and evaluation of co-curricular activities leading to improved academic success of low-income academically talented students.This S-STEM Track 3 project seeks to improve educational opportunities for financially needy academically talented students and help them succeed in many STEM academic areas. CCSU, MCC, and TCC serve an ethnically-diverse population within the greater Hartford area of Connecticut. A student cohort will create a supportive environment for scholars, supporting their academic success, retention, and timely graduation. The importance of the project stems from the membership of CCSU, MCC and TCC in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system, which makes the project potentially scalable to the other CCSU institutions across the state. The strategies used by the scholarship program focus on peer and faculty involvement, academic integration and development, goal commitment, social integration, academic performance, and institutional commitment. Students will benefit from previous interdisciplinary curricular enhancements supported by previous NSF funding. In addition, students will have the opportunity to participate in ongoing research projects with an emphasis on interdisciplinary research which has shown correlation with retention.