Implementation Project Moving Forward - Steps to Graduate School

实施项目向前推进——迈向研究生院

• 批准号: 1332459
• 负责人: Sherry Painter
• 金额: $ 173.67万
• 依托单位: Le Moyne-Owen College
• 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: 2013-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332459&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; Moving; Forward; Steps

The Implementation Project entitled "Moving Forward - Steps to Graduate School" at Le Moyne-Owen College builds on a very successful previous project and has the overall goal to prepare minority undergraduate students with the skills and knowledge required to succeed in graduate school, with the aim to have them pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The objectives of the project are: increased research and publications by students and faculty; faculty development; enhancement of the curriculum through honors courses; and methods designed to motivate students to matriculate in STEM majors. Activities focus on improvement of recruitment and retention rates; enrichment of the academic preparation of students; broadening and strengthening the undergraduate research program by improving the partnerships and collaborations in research with other academic institutions; industry and federal labs; and strengthening the faculty expertise as mentors and researchers by encouraging collaborative research and publications.Le Moyne-Owen College enrolls mostly African American students, over sixty percent of whom are women. Most students come from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The outcomes of this project will serve as a model for other minority-serving private institutions seeking to enhance STEM undergraduate instruction and research programs leading to increased participation of students in graduate school and subsequently the STEM workforce.

Le Moyne -Owen College的题为“前进的步骤”的实施项目以一个非常成功的先前项目为基础，并具有为少数族裔本科生准备成功的技能和知识以在研究生院取得成功所需的技能和知识，其目的是让他们从事科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的职业生涯。该项目的目标是：学生和教职员工的研究和出版物增加；教师发展；通过荣誉课程增强课程；以及旨在激励学生入学STEM专业的方法。活动的重点是提高招聘和保留率；丰富学生的学术准备；通过改善与其他学术机构的研究的伙伴关系和合作，扩大和加强了本科研究计划；行业和联邦实验室；并通过鼓励合作研究和出版物来加强教师专业知识。大多数学生来自处境不利的社会经济背景。该项目的结果将成为其他少数派服务的私人机构的典范，以寻求增强STEM本科教学和研究计划，从而增加学生参与研究生院，然后再参与STEM劳动力。