An Integrated Achievement and Mentoring Model for Student Success

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，学生成功综合成就与辅导计划(IAM)正在为霍夫斯特拉大学在STEM领域表现出经济需求和学术前景的低收入学生提供支持。该项目将在5年内为攻读生物和化学学士学位的学生提供20个奖学金。符合条件的参与者是指最初被录取的学生，因为他们在高中表现优异，但后来在Hofstra的第一个学期表现不佳，这在STEM学科中很常见。IAM计划的意义在于，它建议在第一年结束时出现关键的、自我确定的消耗点之前进行干预，使这些有天赋的学生能够克服最初的困难。IAM项目涉及三个对留住人才至关重要的因素：学业成就、学术和社会融合以及未得到满足的经济需求。IAM项目有四个目标：增加在学业上有天赋的STEM学生毕业和进入职场；进一步了解有助于学生动机和成功的课程和共同课程因素；评估IAM模式在霍夫斯特拉大学和其他院校的适应性和可移植性；将S-STEM奖任期以外的可持续、高影响力的实践制度化。IAM计划的核心编程要素是：分层指导、综合学生支持服务、以STEM为重点的写作和元认知研讨会，以及STEM专业网络小组。将使用定量和定性的方法来了解影响学生留住和成功的机构、学术和社会环境的特征。将使用一系列工具收集数据，包括：焦点小组和访谈、调查、学生和教职员工的反思，以及学生学术工作的电子文件夹。还将对跨机构类型和背景的IAM方案的整体效益和适应性进行全面分析。结果将在STEM教育论坛上广泛传播。

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, the Integrated Achievement and Mentoring (iAM) Program for Student Success is providing support to low-income students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise to succeed in STEM disciplines at Hofstra University. The project is funding 20 scholarships over 5 years for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in Biology and Chemistry. Eligible participants are students who were accepted initially because of their high achieving performance in high school but then came to underperform in the first term at Hofstra which is a common occurrence in STEM disciplines. The significance of the iAM program is that it proposes an intervention prior to a critical, self-identified attrition point occurring at the end of the first year to enable these talented students to overcome the initial difficulties. The iAM program addresses three factors critical to retention: academic achievement, academic and social integration, and unmet financial need. The iAM program has four goals: increase graduation and career entry of academically talented STEM students who initially underperform in college; further understand curricular and co-curricular factors that contribute to student motivation and success; evaluate the adaptability and transferability of the iAM model across Hofstra and to other institutions; institutionalize sustainable, high impact practices beyond the term of the S-STEM award. Core programming elements of the iAM program are: hierarchical mentoring, integrated student support services, a STEM-focused writing and metacognition seminar, and STEM professional networking panels. Quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to understand the characteristics of the institutional academic and social environment affecting student retention and success. Data will be gathered using an array of tools including: focus groups and interviews, surveys, student and faculty reflections, and ePortfolios of student academic work. A holistic analysis of the overall benefits and adaptability of the iAM program across institution types and context will also be performed. Results will be widely disseminated across STEM education forums.