Gateways to Success in Science, Mathematics and Computing

科学、数学和计算机领域成功的大门

• 批准号: 1068238
• 负责人: Patricia Marsteller
• 金额: $ 119.94万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1068238&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gateways; Success; Science; Mathematics; Computing

This STEP Type 1A project is addressing issues of retention and success in science, mathematics, and computing. Based on extensive planning and examination of best practices the PI team is implementing improvements in several areas of the institution's programs, including use of collaborative learning materials, improved identification of at-risk students, introduction of a summer enrichment bridge program, and development of a new program to recruit underrepresented students. A particular emphasis taking place is the encouragement of more women and underrepresented minorities to pursue science degrees. Ambitious goals are envisioned to increase the number of science and mathematics majors by 150 per year and to double the annual number of underrepresented minority graduates with science and mathematics majors, from 55 to 110. Faculty development workshops are also being undertaken with particular attention to strengthening collaborations between a feeder two-year campus and the main institution. The intellectual merit of this project rests in the quality of its strategies and activities and in its formative and summative evaluation on i) changes to introductory courses, ii) academic support and mentoring, and iii) use of quantitative data on student performance and qualitative data from focus groups, to determine factors that influence retention in majors or persistence in career paths. The project is exercising broader impacts through its ambitious numerical goals for increasing the number of graduates in the sciences, mathematics, and computing, particularly among members of groups that remain underrepresented in STEM fields of study. Moreover, the project's approaches offer models for small teaching-intensive two-year institutions, as well as research intensive universities with a strong liberal arts tradition.

此 STEP Type 1A 项目正在解决科学、数学和计算领域的保留和成功问题。基于对最佳实践的广泛规划和检查，PI 团队正在该机构项目的多个领域实施改进，包括使用协作学习材料、改进对高危学生的识别、引入夏季强化桥梁项目以及开发招募代表性不足的学生的新计划。特别强调的是鼓励更多女性和代表性不足的少数群体攻读科学学位。雄心勃勃的目标是每年将科学和数学专业的人数增加 150 人，并将每年科学和数学专业的少数族裔毕业生人数增加一倍，从 55 人增加到 110 人。还举办了教师发展讲习班，特别注重加强教师队伍建设。两年制支线校园与主要机构之间的合作。该项目的智力价值在于其战略和活动的质量，以及对以下方面的形成性和总结性评估：i) 入门课程的变化，ii) 学术支持和指导，以及 iii) 对学生表现的定量数据和定性数据的使用来自焦点小组，以确定影响专业保留或职业道路持久性的因素。该项目正在通过其雄心勃勃的数字目标来发挥更广泛的影响，即增加科学、数学和计算机领域的毕业生数量，特别是在 STEM 研究领域中代表性不足的群体成员中。此外，该项目的方法为小型教学密集型两年制机构以及具有深厚文科传统的研究密集型大学提供了模型。