Mentored Access to Success in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Programs

本科科学与工程课程取得成功的指导

• 批准号: 1834061
• 负责人: Christopher Jones
• 金额: $ 99.95万
• 依托单位: Saint Mary's College of California
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834061&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mentored; Access; Success; Undergraduate; Science

This project aims to contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians. The project will provide four-year scholarships to twenty-four low-income, high-achieving STEM undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need at Saint Mary's College of California, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The Scholars will pursue bachelor's degrees in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, mathematics, or physics. In the summer prior to their first semester in college, the Scholars will participate in a summer research program. In addition, the Scholars will live in the Science Living Learning Community, participate in a first-year advising cohort, and have access to a peer mentor. Tutoring services will be available in the STEM Center, which is located in the same building as the Science Living Learning Community. As they progress through their collegiate careers, the Scholars will have opportunities to take part in additional summer research programs and to receive funding to present their research at scientific conferences. As seniors, the Scholars will participate in the science career-readiness program developed through a previous NSF award. Because the College has a high population of underrepresented students, this project has the potential to broaden participation in STEM fields.The project's specific goals include: a) providing supports that will enable the Scholar's to graduate with STEM degrees within four years of matriculation and enter the workforce in skilled STEM positions or enroll in graduate/professional school in STEM fields; b) creating a three-week pre-enrollment summer immersion research program and examine its efficacy; and c) evaluating the project and disseminating the results to the scientific community. The project's research component emphasizes analysis of the impact of the pre-matriculation summer research experiences on the Scholar's math placement and subsequent retention, the effects of a holistic support program in the context of a liberal arts and sciences-based curriculum, and the effectiveness of the project's curricular and co-curricular activities in the context of a Hispanic-Serving Institution that is also a private college. Because of the status of the College as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and the demographics of California, this project has the potential to further expand and diversify the STEM workforce, particularly in the technology-centered San Francisco Bay Area. This project is funded by the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在为国家对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的需求做出贡献。 该项目将向二十四个低收入，高成就的STEM本科生提供四年奖学金，并在西班牙裔服务机构加利福尼亚州圣玛丽学院表现出了经济需求。学者将攻读生物化学，化学，生物学，数学或物理学学士学位。 在他们在大学的第一学期之前的夏天，学者将参加夏季研究计划。此外，学者将生活在科学生活学习社区中，参加第一年的建议人群，并可以与同行导师一起使用。辅导服务将在STEM中心提供，该中心与科学生活学习社区位于同一建筑物中。随着他们从事大学职业的发展，学者将有机会参加额外的夏季研究计划，并获得资金，以在科学会议上介绍他们的研究。作为老年人，学者将参加通过以前的NSF奖开发的科学职业准备计划。 由于该学院人数不足的学生人数高，因此该项目有可能扩大参与STEM领域的参与。该项目的具体目标包括：a）提供支持，使学者能够在入学的四年内获得STEM学位的毕业，并进入熟练的STEM职位或进入STEM领域的研究生/职业学校； b）创建一个为期三周的注册前夏季浸入式研究计划并检查其功效； c）评估项目并将结果传播给科学界。该项目的研究组成部分强调分析夏季研究经验对学者的数学安置和随后的保留的影响，整体支持计划在基于文科和科学课程的背景下的影响，以及该项目的课程和co纯活动的有效性，以及在他的私人学院中，这是一个私人学院。 由于该学院是西班牙裔服务机构和加利福尼亚州人口统计的地位，因此该项目有可能进一步扩大和多样化STEM劳动力，尤其是在以技术为中心的旧金山湾区。 该项目由科学，技术，工程和数学计划的NSF奖学金资助，该计划旨在增加具有证明经济需求的低收入学术才华的学生的数量，他们在STEM领域获得了学位。它还旨在改善未来科学家，工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业以及学术/职业途径提供知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过使用该基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来评估CRITERIA的评估。