A Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MaPS) Cohort of Scholars Program

数学和物理科学 (MaPS) 学者计划

• 批准号: 0806716
• 负责人: Sudha Srinivas
• 金额: $ 59.8万
• 依托单位: Northeastern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-15 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0806716&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mathematics; Physical; Sciences; MaPS; Cohort

The Mathematics and Physical Sciences (MaPS) Cohort of Scholars Program at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) has created a support system consisting of scholarships, faculty mentoring, and peer support to address financial and academic issues affecting the retention and graduation rates of the typical NEIU student. NEIU is an urban commuter university in northwest Chicago, and is the only four-year federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution in the Midwest, with a highly diverse student population and many first-generation college students. The MaPS program is recruiting a cohort of 14-18 incoming freshmen who are interested in the STEM disciplines and in need of financial assistance, and providing them with scholarships of up to $10,000 per year for four years. As they matriculate at NEIU, each student is assigned a faculty mentor from the disciplines of Mathematics, Physics or Earth Science who closely mentors, advises and monitors the student throughout his/her academic career. To further guide the scholars into the STEM professions, they are encouraged to engage in research experiences and participate in regional and national conferences. NEIU's student support services offer supplementary academic and social activities for the cohort, providing the scholars with shared experiences so that each one graduates with the motivation and intellectual ability to either attend graduate school in his/her chosen major or find employment in a STEM-discipline field. The three-fold support system of faculty, student services, and cohort bonding built into the MaPS program draws on lessons learned from the Chicago Math Scholars program, a previous NSF-funded project at NEIU, and responds to institutional goals to raise retention and graduation rates in the STEM disciplines. The MaPS Program is linked strongly with NEIU's McNair Scholars Program and with bridge programs to the doctoral degree with other Chicago-area institutions.

伊利诺伊州东北大学（NEIU）的学者计划数学和物理科学（地图）共同创建了一个支持系统，该支持系统包括奖学金，教职员工指导以及同伴支持，以解决影响典型NEIU学生的保留率和毕业率的财务和学术问题。 NEIU是位于芝加哥西北部的城市通勤大学，是中西部唯一的四年制西班牙裔西班牙裔服务机构，拥有高度多样化的学生人数和许多第一代大学生。地图计划正在招募14-18名新生的队列，他们对STEM学科感兴趣并需要经济援助，并为他们提供四年的奖学金每年高达10,000美元。 当他们在NEIU入学时，每个学生都会从数学，物理学或地球科学学科中分配一位教师导师，他们在整个学术生涯中密切指导，建议和监视学生。为了进一步指导学者进入STEM专业，他们被鼓励参与研究经验并参加区域和民族会议。 NEIU的学生支持服务为队列提供了补充的学术和社交活动，为学者提供了共同的经验，以便每个人都以动力和知识分子的能力毕业，可以在其选择的专业上上学生或在STEM学院中找到工作。 MAPS计划内置的教师服务和队列纽带的三倍支持系统借鉴了NEIU的先前由NSF资助的项目中学到的经验教训，并响应了机构的目标，以提高STEM学科的保留率和毕业率。 地图计划与NEIU的McNair Scholars计划以及与其他芝加哥地区机构的博士学位有关。