Preparing a Multi-Institutional Research and Practice Collaboration to Increase the Success of Low-Income Students in STEM

该项目将通过加强合作和规划未来的S-STEM第三轨道提案，支持有明显经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的留校和毕业，从而为国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求做出贡献。具体地说，该项目将建立在几个大型公共研究机构之间现有的合作伙伴关系的基础上，包括将领导规划工作的密歇根大学安娜堡分校在内的斯隆股权和STEM入门课程(地震)合作。项目活动包括招募一个多样化的、多机构的团队，并为未来的提案勾勒出关键问题、目标和行动。该项目团队还将进行需求评估，并分析来自联合课程本科生研究项目的现有数据，以确定如何更好地支持有类似经历的低收入学生。该项目将通过直接连接财政援助、学生事务和几个现有支持低收入学生的项目的专业人员，增进对机构间队列计划的了解，并加强参与机构之间的合作。该项目的总体目标将通过：(1)建立跨机构的关系和协议；(2)评估参与校园内低收入学生的障碍；(3)确定潜在的课程和共同课程活动以支持这些学生；以及(4)分析现有的关于共同课程研究经验的试点数据，以了解潜在的影响。最终，该项目将确定一个由多机构合作者组成的团队，他们将共同努力制定并向S-STEM计划提交第三轨道提案。该项目将确定战略，通过设计一种协调的、多机构的方法，利用教育工作者、社会科学家、财政援助办公室和学生支助服务的专业知识，加强奖学金和其他财政援助的积极影响。该项目由NSF的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，该项目旨在增加在STEM领域获得学位的低收入学术天才学生的数量。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业成功、留住、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优势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 well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by strengthening collaborations and planning for a future Track 3 S-STEM proposal that would support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. Specifically, this project will build upon existing partnerships between several large public research institutions in the Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses (SEISMIC) Collaboration including the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, which will lead the planning effort. Project activities include recruiting a diverse, multi-institutional team and outlining key questions, aims, and actions for the future proposal. The project team will also conduct a needs assessment and analyze existing data from a co-curricular undergraduate research program to determine how to better support low-income students in similar experiences. The project will advance understanding of inter-institutional cohort programs and strengthen collaborations between participating SEISMIC institutions by directly connecting professionals in financial aid, student affairs, and several existing programs that support low-income students.The overall goals of this project will be achieved by: (1) establishing relationships and agreements across institutions; (2) assessing barriers for low-income students on participating campuses; (3) identifying potential curricular and co-curricular activities to support these students; and (4) analyzing existing pilot data on co-curricular research experiences to understand potential impacts. Ultimately, this project will identify a multi-institutional team of collaborators that will work together to develop and submit a Track 3 proposal to the S-STEM program. The project will identify strategies to enhance the positive impacts of scholarships and other financial aid by designing a coordinated, multi-institutional approach that leverages the expertise of educators, social scientists, offices of financial aid, and student support services. 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.