Integrative approaches to advancing retention, engagement, and graduation in STEM students across a multi-campus open-access institution

在多校区开放获取机构中采用综合方法提高 STEM 学生的保留率、参与度和毕业率

• 批准号: 2221026
• 负责人: Natalie Hyslop
• 金额: $ 149.99万
• 依托单位: University of North Georgia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2028-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221026&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrative; approaches; advancing; retention; engagement

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 University of North Georgia. The University of North Georgia (UNG) is a multi-campus university, one of six senior military colleges in the nation, and is a state-designated leadership institution. Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to at least 31 unique full and part-time students who are pursuing both associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics. First and second year students will receive up to four years of scholarship support. This project aims to increase student retention and persistence in STEM fields by providing scholarships along with research-based support practices including learning communities, cohorts, a first-year STEM seminar, intensive faculty mentoring, robust student support services, undergraduate research involvement, professional development, and internship opportunities. The project will additionally assist students with identifying career opportunities that align with their skills, interests, and the job market while providing them with the necessary professional development to reach those goals. These activities are designed to promote continuance in a STEM major while bringing together faculty and students from various disciplines to share educational and research experiences to broaden the STEM workforce with a diverse set of highly engaged individuals. Knowledge generated from this effort will be instrumental in advancing understanding of how activities such as faculty mentoring, developing individual learning plans, and early exposure to undergraduate research experiences support the retention and graduation rates of STEM majors.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. This goal will be achieved through the following objectives: 1) successful recruitment of students and retention of at least 80% after the first year of the program; 2) attain a placement rate of at least 90% in the STEM workforce, STEM bachelor’s program (for those obtaining an associate’s degree), or acceptance into a STEM graduate program; 3) graduate at least 75% of all students pursuing bachelor’s degrees within 5 years and 3 years for those pursing associate’s degrees. This project will study the importance and effectiveness of student participation in undergraduate research experiences in retention and post graduate success of which little is known as it related to various populations across a multi-campus institution. By investigating differences among UNG's multi-site S-STEM project, the project will evaluate how to better assist a breadth of students in STEM to degree completion. This project will advance knowledge on the leading indicators in various student populations that lead to STEM persistence. This project will be evaluated using an outside evaluator and the results from this project will be disseminated at regional, national and/or international conferences. 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.

该项目将需要受教育的科学家，并在乔治亚州大学（Universe of North of North of North）的北部有一个高成就的低收入学生的毕业。在六个军事学院中，这是一个持续六年的国家指导的领导才能，将为至少31个独特的全部和一部分学生提供资金Cond的一年奖学金遗嘱。项目还将帮助学生确定他们的技能，并为他们提供必要的专业势力，以促进茎的延续。与多种高度参与的人相关的STEM劳动力的研究经验将使教师指导等激活如何地下研究经验，以支持STEM的保留和毕业率。具有经济需求的低收入性压缩）在STEM劳动力R的计划中至少达到90％那些追求屁股的学位。该项目将评估如何更好地协助STEM的广度到学位的成分。和数学计划，该计划旨在为有经济需求的低使人的才华横溢的人数在STEM领域中赢得衰落。以及低收入学生的学术/职业途径。该奖项NSF'Sf'Stututution和值得支持Toundation的Toundation的知识分子Meriteriter影响EW标准。