Collaborative Planning Grant: Bridging Rural Access in Virginia – Building Partnerships for STEM Pathways

协作规划补助金：架起弗吉尼亚州农村的桥梁 — 为 STEM 途径建立伙伴关系

• 批准号: 2221391
• 负责人: Alix Fink
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Longwood University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-15 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2221391&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Planning; Grant; Bridging; Rural

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by strengthening collaborations and planning for a future Track 3 S-STEM proposal that will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Danville Community College, Longwood University, Virginia Western Community College, and two additional Virginia Community College System institutions. To address the nation’s and Virginia’s increasing demand for STEM professionals and, at the same time, consider the unique needs of rural communities, these institutions will develop a detailed plan to support students in rural Virginia as they earn their associate’s degrees and transition to earn their STEM bachelor’s degrees. In this one-year planning period, the project will work to strengthen existing partnerships and hold a collaborative STEM Summit focused on rural students. The Track 3 S-STEM proposal that will arise from this effort will be informed by high school and industry partners. This future proposal will also include rigorous research and evaluation efforts aimed at assessing project outcomes and generating important new knowledge for the STEM education community. The project team will build on the strong foundation of Virginia’s statewide transfer initiative and emphasize the importance of both expanding transfer pathways and increasing rural student opportunities and accomplishments in the STEM fields. The overall goal of this planning project is to strengthen collaborations and prepare for a future Track 3 proposal to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. Aspiring STEM students in rural communities face challenges that include unreliable access to high-quality internet, unequal access to advanced high school coursework, and financial obstacles for many families, school systems, and communities. This project will engage students, faculty and staff members, high school teachers, and industry partners to better understand the strengths, needs, and challenges of low-income students in Virginia’s southern and southwestern communities. Faculty and staff members will work to identify specific and achievable strategies for engaging aspiring STEM students. The project will design a Track 3 S-STEM proposal that includes rich support services for community college students, provides significant scholarship funding, and facilitates scholars’ transfer to a four-year STEM program. 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.

This project will contribute to the national needs for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by strengthening collaborations and planning for a future Track 3 S-STEM proposal that will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Danville Community College, Longwood University, Virginia Western Community College, and Two additional Virginia Community College System institutions.为了满足美国和弗吉尼亚州对STEM专业人员的需求不断增长的需求，同时考虑了农村社区的独特需求，这些机构将制定一项详细的计划，以支持弗吉尼亚州农村的学生，因为他们获得了副学士学位和过渡以获得STEM学士学位。在这个为期一年的计划期内，该项目将致力于加强现有的合作伙伴关系，并举行集中于粗糙学生的协作STEM峰会。高中和行业合作伙伴将为这项工作提出的曲目3 S-STEM提案。这项未来的建议还将包括旨在评估项目成果并为STEM教育社区创造重要新知识的严格研究和评估工作。该项目团队将基于弗吉尼亚州全州转会计划的强大基础，并强调扩大转会道路的重要性，并在STEM领域增加农村学生的机会和成就。该计划项目的总体目标是加强合作，并为未来的Track 3提案做准备，以提高低收入，高成就的大学生的茎学位，并表现出经济需求。农村社区中有抱负的STEM学生面临的挑战，包括无法获得高质量的互联网，无法获得高级高中课程的不平等访问以及许多家庭，学校系统和社区的财务障碍。该项目将吸引学生，教职员工，高中老师和行业合作伙伴，以更好地了解弗吉尼亚州南部和西南部社区低收入学生的优势，需求和挑战。教职员工和工作人员将努力确定吸引有抱负的STEM学生的特定和成功的策略。该项目将设计一个轨道3 S-STEM提案，其中包括为社区大学生提供丰富的支持服务，提供大量的奖学金资金，并促进学者转移到四年的STEM计划中。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，该计划旨在增加具有证明经济需求的低收入学术才华的学生人数，他们在STEM领域获得了学位。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。