Within Our Reach: Leveraging Scholarships and Supports to Increase Community College Student Engagement, Capacity, and Continuity in STEM

在我们力所能及的范围内：利用奖学金和支持来提高社区学院学生在 STEM 方面的参与度、能力和连续性

• 批准号: 2030271
• 负责人: Susan Young
• 金额: $ 99.56万
• 依托单位: Community College of Aurora
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2030271&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Within; Our; Reach; Leveraging; Scholarships; Within; Our; Reach; Leveraging; Scholarships

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the Community College of Aurora, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Over its five-year duration, this project will fund scholarships of up to three years to at least 80 unique full time and part time students. These Scholars will be supported in a cohort of Scholars pursing Associate of Science degrees (Chemistry, Engineering, Geology, Mathematics, Physics) or a cohort of Scholars pursuing Associate of Applied Science degrees (Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Cyber Security, IT & Tech Support, Computer Networking, and Computer Programming). The project aims to address critical attrition points for STEM students by providing financial resources, supporting academic success, and growing STEM identity. The project will expand on outcomes and lessons learned from previous NSF-supported projects by including new peer-to-peer support elements. Potential broader impacts of this project include: increased numbers of STEM students transferring to and achieving success at four-year institutions; an increase in the diversity of the local STEM workforce; and contributions to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education’s Master Plan strategies to increase STEM credential attainment, particularly among Hispanic and Black students. The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need by empowering students to take a focused, deliberate approach to the academic and career readiness steps needed to realize the potential of their talent. To achieve this goal, the project will utilize evidence-based strategies and build on existing initiatives, including the ECC Trilogy model of engagement, capacity, and continuity, which serves as a framework for the College’s overall STEM programming and co-curricular activities. As a result, the Scholars will have access to a suite of cohort-based support services aimed to expand awareness of STEM career opportunities and enhance their capacity to pursue STEM education and career pathways. The project will implement a new peer-to-peer support model, including teaching assistantships and peer mentoring, designed to build Scholars’ leadership skills, foster positive STEM identities, and increase connection with the college community. The project results are expected to inform improvements in STEM faculty and student support strategies by evaluating the impacts of peer support, advising, and co-curricular activities on community college student degree completion and transfer outcomes. Project resources and results will be disseminated locally and nationally through presentations, workshops, and publications. This project is funded by NSF’s 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 STEM workers, 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.

该项目将通过支持受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需求，通过支持高分，低收入学生在西班牙裔服务机构Aurora社区学院的保留和毕业。在五年的持续时间内，该项目将资助长达三年的奖学金，至少80个全职和兼职学生。这些学者将得到一批学者的支持，从而追求科学学位副学士（化学，工程，地质学，数学，物理学）或一批追求应用科学学位的学者（计算机信息系统，计算机信息系统，计算机科学，网络科学，网络安全，IT和技术支持，计算机网络和计算机网络以及计算机网络以及计算机网络和计算机节目）。该项目旨在通过提供财务资源和支持来解决STEM学生的关键属性点。学术上的成功和增长的STEM身份。该项目将通过包括新的点对点支持元素来扩展从以前的NSF支持项目中汲取的结果和经验教训。该项目的潜在广播公司的影响包括：在四年制机构转移到成功并取得成功的STEM学生人数增加；当地STEM劳动力的多样性增加；以及对科罗拉多州高等教育委员会的总体规划策略的贡献，以提高STEM证书成就，尤其是在西班牙裔和黑人学生中。该项目的总体目标是通过使学生能够将重点，故意的方法来实现实现人才潜力所需的学术和职业准备步骤来提高低收入，高成就的大学生的茎学位完成。为了实现这一目标，该项目将利用基于证据的策略并以现有计划为基础，包括ECC三部曲的参与，能力和连续性模型，这是该大学整体STEM编程和课堂活动的框架。结果，学者们将可以使用一套基于队列的支持服务，旨在扩大对STEM职业机会的认识，并增强其追求STEM教育和职业道路的能力。该项目将实施一种新的点对点支持模型，包括教学助理和对等思维，旨在建立学者的领导能力，培养积极的STEM身份并增加与大学社区的联系。预计该项目的结果将通过评估同伴支持，咨询和课外活动对社区学院学生学位完成和转移成果的影响，为STEM教师和学生支持策略的改进提供信息。项目资源和结果将通过演讲，研讨会和出版物在本地和全国范围内传播。该项目由NSF在科学，技术，工程和数学计划方面的奖学金提供资金，该计划旨在增加在STEM领域获得学位的经济需求的准确治疗的低收入学生的数量。它还旨在改善未来STEM工人的教育，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，并被认为是通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响来评估的珍贵的支​​持。