Scholarships and Support Services to Increase Student Success in STEM

NSF科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划将支持在南马里兰州学院表现出经济需求的高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业。该项目旨在向至少52名有经济需要的学术才华的STEM学生颁发共96项奖学金。该项目计划实施和研究研究经研究证明有效的做法。 通过这种方式，该项目将有助于了解STEM领域的招聘，保留，学生成功，学术/职业途径，转移和学位获得。该项目旨在：1）在社区学院实施本科生研究经验，并研究这些经验是否会增加学生对课程的满意度和保留率; 2）测量学生对持久性的看法，以及它与校园气氛和学生的关系？归属感;以及3）为社区学院学生在STEM领域的经验和成功提供更多的知识。除了奖学金，该项目还将为学生提供一系列支持服务，旨在提高学生的保留率，并帮助毕业生过渡到其中一个地区继续教育或就业？私营部门公司、军事设施和政府机构。目标计划包括应用科学和技术，生物技术，计算机信息系统，计算机科学，工程，工程技术，信息服务技术，信息系统，网络安全，数学和物理科学。项目目标包括：1）通过利用该地区广泛的K-16 STEM活动来增加入学率; 2）通过建议和计划途径来改善学生注册，以鼓励保留; 3）通过社区建设，双周队列接触，指导，辅导，本科研究，夏桥计划和丰富经验来增加学生保留率; 4）扩大和简化衔接，以方便学生转读四年制院校;和5）让雇主参与招聘，指导，并提供工作-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估来支持。影响审查标准。

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the College of Southern Maryland. This project aims to award a total of 96 scholarships to at least 52 academically talented STEM students with financial need. The project plans to implement and study practices shown by research to be effective. In this way, the project will contribute to understanding about recruitment, retention, student success, academic/career pathways, transfer, and degree attainment in STEM fields. The project aims to: 1) implement undergraduate research experiences in the community college and studying whether these experiences increase student satisfaction with the program and retention; 2) measure students' perspectives about persistence, and its relationship to campus climate and students? sense of belonging; and 3) contribute to the growing body of knowledge about community college students' experiences and success in STEM fields.In addition to scholarships, the project will provide students with a continuum of support services aimed at increasing retention and assisting graduates in transitioning to further education or employment at one of the regions? private sector companies, military installations, and government agencies. Targeted programs include Applied Sciences and Technology, Biological Technology, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Information Services Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, and Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Project objectives include: 1) increasing enrollment by capitalizing on extensive K-16 STEM activity in the region; 2) improving student registration through advising and program pathways to encourage retention; 3) increasing student retention through community-building, biweekly cohort contact, mentoring, tutoring, undergraduate research, a summer bridge program, and enrichment experiences; 4) expanding and streamlining articulation to facilitate transfer to four-year institutions; and 5) engaging employers in recruiting, mentoring, and providing work-based enrichment experiences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.