Springboard to Success: Developing Future Arkansas Scientists

成功的跳板：培养未来的阿肯色州科学家

• 批准号: 1742301
• 负责人: Laura MacDonald
• 金额: $ 64.92万
• 依托单位: Hendrix College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-12-15 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1742301&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Springboard; Success; Developing; Future; Arkansas

With funding from the National Science Foundation's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, this project will provide financial support to Pell-eligible, academically talented students interested in pursuing the sciences at Hendrix College in Arkansas. In addition to covering all out-of-pocket expenses, this S-STEM Track 1 project will also provide significant academic, social, and mentoring support to ensure the success of the scholarship recipients. Such support includes mentoring, specialized living accommodations, undergraduate research and internship opportunities, career counseling, and exposure to psychological interventions proven to increase success and retention. Through this project Hendrix College seeks to increase the likelihood of success for low-income students, many of whom are first-generation college students hoping to break the cycle of poverty endemic to many parts of Arkansas. Students from underprivileged backgrounds from the Mississippi River Delta, the Arkansas River Valley, and additional parts of rural Arkansas will be recruited in this "Springboard to Success" project. These areas have significant minority populations, high percentages of low income families, low levels of higher education, and a high proportion of first-generation college students. The financial support component of this S-STEM project will allow students to matriculate at no immediate cost, thus removing a prohibitive financial burden in attending college for these economically disadvantaged students. In addition, each scholarship recipient will be able to participate in a freshmen introductory orientation trip, a seminar course, a STEM mentoring program, three years of undergraduate research or internships, involvement in a STEM-themed living and learning community during their sophomore year, and field trips to STEM research laboratories and industries. Students will also have access to a high-quality career services program and personal advising and mentoring. Collectively, these activities are expected to increase retention and academic achievement of Pell-eligible students in STEM fields at Hendrix College, thus addressing a significant institutional challenge. In addition to providing a high quality and enhanced undergraduate experience, different intervention and mentoring programs that have the potential to increase success of at-risk students interested in a STEM career will be evaluated. The results of these studies will provide guidance for how to most effectively educate future Pell-eligible STEM students and contribute to the research literature on the efficacy of so-called "wise" interventions, which are short, targeted actions that promote a sense of community and belonging. Finally, the use of frequent assessment throughout the project will be used to ensure its effectiveness and provide critical feedback for its enhancement and expansion into the future.

在美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金 (S-STEM) 计划的资助下，该项目将为符合佩尔资格、有学术天赋、有兴趣在阿肯色州亨德里克斯学院学习科学的学生提供财政支持。除了支付所有自付费用外，该 S-STEM Track 1 项目还将提供重要的学术、社会和指导支持，以确保奖学金获得者的成功。此类支持包括指导、专门的住宿、本科生研究和实习机会、职业咨询以及经证明可以提高成功率和保留率的心理干预措施。通过这个项目，亨德里克斯学院寻求增加低收入学生成功的可能性，其中许多人是第一代大学生，希望打破阿肯色州许多地区普遍存在的贫困循环。来自密西西比河三角洲、阿肯色河谷和阿肯色州其他农村地区的贫困背景的学生将被招募参加这个“成功的跳板”项目。这些地区少数民族人口较多，低收入家庭比例较高，高等教育水平较低，第一代大学生比例较高。该 S-STEM 项目的财务支持部分将允许学生免费入学，从而消除这些经济困难学生上大学的沉重经济负担。此外，每位奖学金获得者将能够参加新生入门之旅、研讨会课程、STEM辅导计划、三年本科生研究或实习、在大二期间参与以STEM为主题的生活和学习社区，以及对 STEM 研究实验室和行业的实地考察。 学生还将获得高质量的职业服务计划以及个人建议和指导。 总的来说，这些活动预计将提高亨德里克斯学院 STEM 领域符合佩尔资格的学生的保留率和学业成绩，从而解决重大的制度挑战。 除了提供高质量和增强的本科生体验外，还将评估不同的干预和指导计划，这些计划有可能提高对 STEM 职业感兴趣的高危学生的成功率。 这些研究的结果将为如何最有效地教育未来符合佩尔资格的 STEM 学生提供指导，并为有关所谓“明智”干预措施功效的研究文献做出贡献，这些干预措施是促进社区意识的短期、有针对性的行动和归属感。最后，在整个项目中使用频繁的评估将用于确保其有效性，并为其未来的增强和扩展提供关键反馈。