Scholarships, Mentoring, and Building Connections between Mathematics and Science to Support Undergraduate Student Success in STEM Majors

该项目通过支持具有经济需求和学术前景的低收入本科生的成功，为国家对高素质、多样化的STEM劳动力的需求做出了贡献。该计划为期五年，将为15名学生提供为期四年的奖学金，以支持他们取得生物学、生物技术、化学或计算机科学的学士学位。该项目智力价值的一个关键组成部分是应用高影响力的学术和社会支持活动，并强调帮助学生培养连接数学和科学的技能。预计这一系列支持将解决在入门课程中取得成功的常见障碍，并提高STEM学生的保留率和学业成绩。该项目有可能成为为国家STEM劳动力培养双语STEM专业人员的典范。该项目旨在解决全国合格STEM工人的短缺问题，并在经济不景气的地区为STEM职业和学生提供关键的匹配。因此，该计划将与业界合作伙伴建立关系，以扩大学者的实习和工作机会。该项目的目标包括提高学生的学业成绩，以及提高STEM专业的保留率和毕业率。教师和同伴辅导，一年级课程，以及STEM研讨会将旨在帮助学者建立数学和科学技能之间的联系，并了解数学与科学之间的密切关系。该项目还将为奖学金获得者提供支持，帮助他们为从事STEM职业或进入研究生院做好准备。该项目将调查数学支持活动对学者们在STEM专业的坚持和保留的影响，特别是对低收入的西班牙裔STEM学生的影响，这些学生占学院学生人数的很大一部分。该项目的结果可以被其他机构用作解决STEM学生数学障碍的有效策略模型。该项目由美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来科学家、工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project contributes to the national need for a highly-capable, diverse STEM workforce by supporting the success of low-income undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need and academic promise. Over its five-year duration, the project will provide 15 students with four-year scholarships to support their attainment of bachelor's degrees in Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, or Computer Science. A key component of the project's intellectual merit is the application of high-impact academic and social support activities and emphasis on helping students develop skills in connecting mathematics and science. It is expected that the set of supports will address common barriers to success in gateway courses and lead to increased retention and academic achievement of STEM students. This project has the potential to serve as a model for preparing bilingual STEM professionals for the nation's STEM workforce.The project seeks to address the national shortage of qualified STEM workers and provide a critical match between STEM careers and students in an economically depressed region. Consequently, the project will develop relationships with industry partners to expand internship and job opportunities for the Scholars. The project objectives include achieving an increase in students' academic achievement as well as an increase in the retention and graduation rates of STEM majors. Faculty and peer tutoring, a first-year course, and STEM workshops will be designed to help the Scholars make connections between mathematical and scientific skills and to understand the close relationships between mathematics and science. The project will also provide supports to prepare the Scholars for placement in STEM careers or for entry into graduate school. The project will investigate the impact of the math support activities on the Scholars' persistence and retention in the STEM major, especially for low-income, Hispanic STEM students who are a significant proportion of the College's student population. The project results may be used by other institutions as a model of effective strategies to address the mathematical barrier for STEM students. This project is funded by the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.