STEM Scholars: Attracting and Retaining Students in Science and Mathematics Majors

STEM 学者：吸引和留住科学和数学专业的学生

• 批准号: 1259026
• 负责人: Eva Csuhai
• 金额: $ 61.64万
• 依托单位: Transylvania University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1259026&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEM; Scholars; Attracting; Retaining; Students

The Transylvania University (TU) STEM Scholars Program provides four years of support to two cohorts of freshmen entering in successive years, with up to 15 students comprising each cohort. Participants in the TU STEM Scholars Program are recruited from students who are intended majors in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, neuroscience or environmental science. In addition to the financial support from the S-STEM scholarships, program activities to recruit and retain students include personalized mentoring and advising by STEM faculty members, workshops on quantitative reasoning and learning habits, scientific lectures, a science and math journal club, summer research experiences, and presentations on STEM career opportunities.Intellectual Merit: Through the various cohort-building activities and other support mechanisms provided the students selected to participate in the TU STEM Scholars Program, this project contributes to the knowledge base of effective recruitment and retention strategies for undergraduate STEM students. The fusion of existing TU student services with those developed through this project provides a model for other similar institutions.Broader Impacts: The S-STEM scholarships allow students from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds to pursue an education as a major in a STEM discipline at a private liberal arts university. More than one-third of recent incoming students to Transylvania are first generation college students. Thus, the TU STEM Scholars Program is broadening participation to individuals who otherwise may not have had opportunities to become STEM professionals.

Transylvania大学（TU）STEM学者计划为连续几年的两名新生提供了四年的支持，其中最多15名学生组成每个同伙。 TU STEM学者计划的参与者是从生物学，化学，计算机科学，数学，物理，神经科学或环境科学专业的学生中招募的。 除了获得S型奖学金的财政支持外，招募和留住学生的计划活动还包括个性化的指导和咨询，由STEM教师进行的个性化指导和建议，有关定量推理和学习习惯的研讨会，科学和数学杂志，夏季研究经验，夏季研究经验以及有关STEM的职业机会的演讲。计划，该项目为本科生的有效招聘和保留策略的知识基础做出了贡献。 现有的TU学生服务与通过该项目开发的学生的融合为其他类似机构提供了模型。BRODER的影响：S-STEM奖学金允许来自处境不利的社会经济背景的学生在私立自由艺术大学的STEM学科中追求教育。 超过三分之一的新来学生是特兰西瓦尼亚的第一代学生。 因此，TU STEM学者计划正在扩大参与，否则可能没有机会成为STEM专业人士的个人。