Increasing the Access and Success of Scholars in Mathematics and Computer Science at a Hispanic Serving Institution

该项目将有助于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要，通过支持高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，证明经济需要在霍洛维茨社区学院-纽约市立大学，一个为期两年的西班牙裔服务机构在南布朗克斯，纽约。在6年的时间里，该项目将为35名正在攻读数学或计算机科学副学士学位的本科生提供奖学金。一年级学生将获得长达三年的奖学金支持，转学生将获得长达两年的奖学金。该项目旨在通过为学者提供有效的支持活动来提高学生在STEM领域的坚持性。该项目还将支持课程修订，以提高STEM一年级学生的保留率。这个项目小组计划调查社会心理因素对学生动机、自信和毅力的影响。该项目有可能促进对财政援助的影响的理解，再加上灵活的在线资源，为STEM学生获得学位和职业提升认证。由于霍洛维茨社区学院有大量代表性不足的学生，该项目有可能扩大STEM领域的参与，并了解指导，在线资源和个人发展计划如何支持代表性不足的学生的保留和毕业。该项目的总体目标是增加低收入，高成就的本科生的STEM学位完成证明经济需要。有三个具体目标：（1）通过提供财政援助，增加学生的入学机会和成功机会;（2）让参与者参与在线资源，以改善学生的学习和学术表现;以及（3）为学者的职业准备提供专业认证。拟议的支持活动包括数学和计算机科学方面的辅导、辅导支持、通过课外活动进行服务性学习，从而获得S-STEM领域的认证、职业准备、与STEM专业人员的实习和交流机会，以及参加特定学科的会议。项目组计划调查学者在参加专业发展讲习班和会议后如何培养信心和学习能力。将在整个项目期间使用调查对该项目进行评估。将通过专业发展讲习班、会议记录、期刊出版物和项目网站传播成果。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 well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Hostos Community College – CUNY, a two-year Hispanic-serving institution in the South Bronx, NY. Over its 6-year duration, this project will provide scholarships to 35 undergraduate students who are pursuing Associate’s degrees in Mathematics or Computer Science. First year students will receive up to three years of scholarship support and transfer students will receive up to two-year scholarships. The project intends to increase student persistence in STEM fields by providing scholars with effective supporting activities. The project will also support curriculum revisions to improve first-year student retention in STEM. This project team plans to investigate the effects of psychosocial factors on student motivation, self-confidence, and perseverance. This project has the potential to advance understanding of the impact of financial assistance coupled with flexible online resources for degree attainment and career-enhancing certifications for students in STEM. As Hostos Community College has a large population of underrepresented students, this project has the potential to broaden participation in STEM fields and to learn how mentoring, online resources, and individual development plans can support retention and graduation of underrepresented students.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. There are three specific aims: (1) increase the access and success of students by providing financial assistance; (2) engage participants in online resources to improve students' learning and academic performance; and (3) offer professional certifications for scholars’ career readiness. The proposed supporting activities include mentoring, tutorial support in mathematics and computer science, service learning through co-curricular activities leading to certification in S-STEM fields, career readiness, internship and networking opportunities with STEM professionals, and participation in discipline-specific conferences. The project team plans to investigate how the scholars develop confidence and learning proficiency after participating in professional development workshops and conferences. This project will be evaluated using surveys throughout the project. Results will be disseminated through professional development workshops, conference proceedings, journal publication, and a project website. 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.