Undergraduate Scholarships for Education Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management (USE4WRM)

环境工程和水资源管理卓越教育本科生奖学金（USE4WRM）

• 批准号: 1565049
• 负责人: Ramanitharan Kandiah
• 金额: $ 65万
• 依托单位: Central State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-15 至 2022-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1565049&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Undergraduate; Scholarships; Education; Excellence; Environmental

The Undergraduate Scholarships for Education Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Management (USE4WRM) project will provide scholarships to the academically talented and low-income Water Resources Management (WRM) and Environmental Engineering (ENE) undergraduate students at Central State University (CSU). The USE4WRM project will utilize targeted enrollment of academically prepared students to improve retention and graduation rates. The project aims to address the wide gap in enrollment of high school graduates into college in the STEM fields between low-income and underrepresented communities and the general population. Traditionally CSU has attracted large numbers of underrepresented minorities and the program will lead to the matriculation of a more diversified set of graduates in environmental sciences.The USE4WRM program will recruit 14 high school students into the ENE and WRM programs in two cohorts. Scholars will receive scholarships, mentoring, advising, tutoring and personal development services for four years. Under the guidance of faculty, each cohort will form a learning community in which curricular and experimental learning experiences through internships are shared. Academic performance indicators of the cohorts and the scholar surveys will be used in program assessment. An external evaluator team will evaluate the success of the program and will utilize data mining techniques to analyze academic performance indicators of the cohorts and responses from the surveys by students and faculty mentors. The research team will use this data to answer the research questions, "Are the support systems planned, fully effective for the average profile of the student in the program?" and "Are there differences in the use of support systems based on the gender of the student?" Results from this research will generate evidence regarding the efficacy of existing recruitment and retention techniques. Knowledge gained within the ENE and WRM programs will be extended and applicable to other STEM fields.

在环境工程和水资源管理（USE4WRM）项目方面的卓越教育奖学金项目将为学术才华和低收入水资源管理（WRM）和环境工程（ENE）本科生提供奖学金。 USE4WRM项目将利用有针对性的学术准备的学生来提高保留率和毕业率。该项目的目的是解决低收入社区和代表性不足的社区与普通人群之间的STEM领域的高中毕业生入学差距。 传统上，CSU吸引了大量代表性不足的少数民族，该计划将导致环境科学领域的一组更多元化的毕业生入学。SUESTOR4WRM计划将在两个同伙中招募14名高中生进入ENE和WRM计划。学者将在四年中获得奖学金，指导，建议，辅导和个人发展服务。 在教师的指导下，每个队列将组成一个学习社区，其中通过实习共享课程和实验性学习经验。队列和学者调查的学术绩效指标将用于计划评估。外部评估者团队将评估该计划的成功，并将利用数据挖掘技术来分析学生和教师导师的调查的同伙和回答的学术绩效指标。 研究团队将使用这些数据回答研究问题：“支持系统是否计划，对学生在计划中的平均概况完全有效？”和“基于学生性别的支持系统的使用有差异？” 这项研究的结果将产生有关现有招聘和保留技术功效的证据。 在ENE和WRM程序中获得的知识将扩展并适用于其他STEM领域。