Paul Smiths College (PSC) Advancing Students to Careers in Ecology Program (ASCEP)

保罗史密斯学院（PSC）的推进学生生态学职业计划（ASCEP）将为20名有学术天赋的低收入学生提供创新的体验式教育机会，使他们能够在生态学领域发展职业生涯。作为职业发展过程的一部分，PSC将教育和告知学生及其家人有关生态学的职业途径。ASCEP将调查服务学习和家庭参与在提高第一代和农村大学生的学业成功和职业成就方面的作用。这些研究结果可能对其他机构有用，因为他们制定了促进第一代和农村学生进入STEM职业和研究生教育的计划。该项目还将通过本科生研究为生态学领域贡献新知识，并增加STEM劳动力的多样性。ASCEP的目标是提供一个创新的，体验式的教育经验，将推进学生在生态学的职业生涯。当学生准备在环境科学，渔业和野生动物科学，和森林生物学的职业生涯，ASCEP学者将通过高影响力的做法，如学习社区，服务学习，以及教师指导和独立的研究项目的支持。ASCEP将教育和告知学生和他们的家庭有关生态学的职业道路。ASCEP还将调查服务学习经验，父母参与和家庭支持在提高第一代和农村大学生的学业成功和职业成就方面的作用。该项目将通过本科生研究为生态学领域贡献新的知识，并通过广泛传播和复制该模式，增加高增长绿色产业的劳动力多样性。

The Advancing Students to Careers in Ecology Program (ASCEP) at Paul Smith's College (PSC) will provide 20 academically talented, low-income students with an innovative, experiential educational opportunity that will advance them to careers in ecology. As part of the career development process, PSC will educate and inform students and their families about career pathways in ecology. ASCEP will investigate the roles of service learning and family engagement in improving academic success and career attainment for first-generation and for rural college students. These research results may be useful to other institutions as they develop programs to advance first-generation and rural students into STEM careers and graduate education. This project will also contribute new knowledge to the field of ecology through undergraduate student research as well as increase the diversity of the STEM workforce. The goal of ASCEP is to provide an innovative, experiential educational experience that will advance students to careers in ecology. As students prepare for careers in Environmental Science, Fisheries and Wildlife Science, and Forest Biology, ASCEP scholars will be supported by high-impact practices such as learning communities, service learning, and both faculty-mentored and independent research projects. ASCEP will educate and inform both students and their families about career pathways in ecology. ASCEP will also investigate the roles of service learning experiences, parental engagement, and family support in improving both academic success and career attainment of first-generation and rural college students. The project will contribute new knowledge to the field of ecology through undergraduate research and, through broad dissemination and replication of the model, will increase workforce diversity in high growth green industries.