Scholarships with Academic and Career Support to Increase Associate STEM Degree Completion

该项目将通过支持丹佛社区学院的高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，为国家对熟练科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的需求做出贡献。 该项目为期五年，将为40名攻读计算机信息系统、网络安全、信息技术、生物、化学、工程、环境科学、数学、地质学、普通科学、发酵科学或物理学副学士学位的全日制学生提供奖学金。学者将被招募和支持在四个每年十名学生的队列。他们将获得长达两年的奖学金支持，并获得其他支持，包括咨询，辅导，指导和领导力发展。 最后，该项目旨在扩大妇女和其他代表性不足的学生群体在STEM学位领域的参与。该项目的总体目标是提高低收入、高成就、有明显经济需求的本科生的STEM学位完成率。 该项目的目标是：（i）招募合格学生进入S-STEM合格学科;（ii）创建有效的学者支持系统;（iii）提高学者的毕业率;（iv）促进妇女和代表性不足的学生参与STEM领域;（v）创建基础设施，实现从丹佛学院到科罗拉多四年制院校的无缝过渡。通过该项目开发的研究和教育产品有可能促进科学知识的发展，并为有兴趣制定战略以促进多元化STEM劳动力的其他机构提供模式。该项目的成果和产品将通过地方和国家科学教育会议和学术文章传播。 该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 will contribute to the national need for skilled scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students at the Community College of Denver. Over its five-year duration, the project will provide scholarships to 40 full-time students who are pursuing associate degrees in Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Geology, General Science, Fermentation Science, or Physics. Scholars will be recruited and supported in four annual cohorts of ten students each. They will receive up to two years of scholarship support and access to other supports, including advising, tutoring, mentoring, and leadership development. Finally, this project intends to broaden the participation of women and other underrepresented student populations in STEM degree fields.The overall goal of the project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. The project objectives are to: (i) recruit eligible students into S-STEM eligible disciplines; (ii) create an effective Scholar support system; (iii) improve Scholars' graduation rates; (iv) promote the participation of women and underrepresented students in STEM fields; and (v) create an infrastructure for seamless transition from the College of Denver to four-year institutions in Colorado. The research and education products developed through this project have the potential to advance scientific knowledge and provide a model for other institutions that are interested in developing strategies to contribute to a diverse STEM workforce. The project’s outcomes and products will be disseminated through local and national science education conferences and scholarly articles. This project is funded by NSF’s 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 STEM workers, 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.