The Finishers Program: A Cohesive Support System From High School Through College

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，这个名为“完成者计划：从高中到大学的凝聚力支持系统”的项目将为30名有学术前途的低收入学生提供五年的奖学金和支持，这些学生已经证明有经济需求在新汉普郡大学(UNH)的STEM学科取得成功。这个项目的意义在于，它将建立一条具有凝聚力的高中/大学/行业道路，在过渡点之间架起一座桥梁，并使用循证方法改善教育公平。毕业生计划将解决当地经济对受过STEM教育的劳动力的日益增长的需求，这是高科技公司迁往新罕布夏州带来的。高中生将从低收入和被剥夺公民权的背景中挑选出来，其中一些来自新罕布夏州最大城市曼彻斯特的创新公立高中/私营行业大学准备计划，还有一些来自新罕布夏州增长最快的城市多佛市，他们还没有接触到STEAM AHEAD。这些高中的毕业率历史上远低于该州的平均水平；学生将被支持攻读STEM领域的学士学位。新汉普郡大学将实施一种新颖的支持结构，即终结者计划，该计划跨越高中和大学之间的鸿沟，包括积极的评估和指导、一对一的学术建议、深入的教职员工互动和支持，以及在学者高中四年级和整个大学教育期间的小组研讨会。预计这些干预措施将使高中和大学之间的过渡顺利进行，使大学教职员工能够在进入校园之前识别每个学生独特的挑战，并发展必要的支持。该项目将调查完成者计划学者与社区建立联系的程度，以及他们通过STEM学位对其持久性的影响。学生的学业成绩和非认知技能的发展也将被纵向跟踪和分析，最初的重点是自我评估和通过该项目培养的成长心态如何提高这一城市学生群体的坚持性，控制他们对大学准备项目和其他变量的暴露。毕业生计划预计也将对新汉普郡大学的学生支持系统产生积极影响。作为Finisher计划学者与各种支持和学术结构互动的非认知因素的数据，将提供更广泛的理解，帮助来自低收入城市背景的学生成功地获得本科STEM教育。这些知识将定期传播，以帮助公立学校系统更好地理解与大学和行业的合作伙伴关系如何创建一种管道模式，如果学生能够读完大学，这种模式可以帮助经济困难的地区。该项目产生的知识还将在几个STEM教育场所和出版物上传播。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, this project entitled "The Finishers Program: A Cohesive Support System from High School through College" will provide scholarships and support for five years to 30 low-income students with academic promise and who have demonstrated financial need to succeed in STEM disciplines at the University of New Hampshire (UNH). The significance of this project is that it will build a cohesive high school/college/industry pathway that bridges transition points and uses evidence-based approaches to improve educational equity. The Finishers Program will address the increasing local economic need for a STEM-educated workforce brought about by high-tech companies moving to New Hampshire. High School students will be selected from low-income and disenfranchised backgrounds, some from STEAM Ahead, an innovative public high school/private industry college readiness program in Manchester, New Hampshire's largest city, and others from Dover, New Hampshire's fastest growing city who have not been exposed to STEAM Ahead. These high schools historically graduate at much lower rates than the average for the state; students will be supported to pursue bachelor's degrees in STEM fields. The University of New Hampshire will implement a novel support structure, the Finishers Program, that spans the divide between high school and college, with proactive assessment and mentoring, one-on-one academic advising, in-depth faculty interactions and support, and group workshops during the scholars' senior year of high school and throughout their college education. It is expected that these interventions will smooth the transition between high school and college, allow university staff and faculty to identify challenges unique to each student before arrival on campus, and develop the necessary supports. The project will investigate the extent to which the Finishers Program scholars make connections with communities and their impact on their persistence through a STEM degree. Students' academic outcomes and their non-cognitive skills development will also be longitudinally tracked and analyzed, with an initial emphasis on how self-valuation and a growth mind-set nurtured through the program increase persistence for this urban student population, controlling for their exposure to a college readiness program and other variables. The Finishers Program is also expected to have a positive impact on the student support system at the University of New Hampshire. The data on non-cognitive factors, taken as Finisher Program scholars interact with various supports and academic structures, will provide a broader understanding of what helps students from low-income, urban backgrounds be successful in acquiring an undergraduate STEM education. The knowledge will be regularly disseminated to help the public-school system better understand how partnerships with universities and industry can create a pipeline model that could help economically depressed areas if students are supported through college. Knowledge generated by the project will also be disseminated at several STEM education venues and publications.