ACE Implementation Project: The DREAM STEM Project-Advancing Research, Academics, and Entrepreneurship in STEM Student Success

ACE 实施项目：DREAM STEM 项目 - 促进 STEM 学生成功的研究、学术和创业精神

• 批准号: 2306647
• 负责人: Caesar Jackson
• 金额: $ 299.99万
• 依托单位: North Carolina Central University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-15 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306647&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ACE; Implementation; Project; DREAM; STEM

Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support for ambitious, potentially transformative activities that have the promise of significant advances in undergraduate STEM education at HBCUs. ACE projects create more and varied pathways to success for STEM students by increasing intellectual and evidence-based resources that advance STEM education and research. The DREAM STEM ACE project at North Carolina Central University seeks to enhance STEM learning environments and student learning outcomes through advancing research, instruction, and STEM entrepreneurship. The project focuses on developing competitive, adaptable STEM professionals with strong identities as scientists and skills in leading the new STEM economy. This significant paradigm shift will help sustain student’s interest through matriculation and build their ability to innovate and work in commercializing STEM and STEM careers. The DREAM STEM ACE project seeks to integrate multiple strategies such as proactive advising, academic support services, calculus and physics bootcamps, learning assistants and peer tutoring, and mentoring for both students and faculty. The integration of STEM skill development and entrepreneurship is designed to help students see themselves as innovators and contributors to the economic landscape. Innovation through design opportunities include research, discovery, and innovation summer institutes (RDI), course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), and problem-based learning (PBL) integration. A Science Innovation Scholar designation will identify those students committed to developing entrepreneurial thinking at an advanced level. The project seeks to grow 3+2 dual degree offerings to include Science and Engineering programs, elevate STEM entrepreneurship in the region and nationally, and increase STEM education research among faculty through learning circles. A STEM education research project will investigate the differences in effect on academic outcomes of STEM students who participate in the different mastery experiences offered by the DREAM ACE Program. The project represents an innovative and holistic approach to increasing retention, completion, and higher degree attainment for HBCU STEM students. This project has potential for far-reaching impacts to students, faculty, the institution, industry partners, and the regional economy.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.

在历史悠久的黑人学院和大学中实现竞争卓越 (ACE) 实施项目 - 本科生计划 (HBCU-UP) 为雄心勃勃、具有潜在变革性的活动提供支持，这些活动有望在 HBCU 的本科 STEM 教育方面取得重大进展，创造更多和更多成果。北卡罗莱纳中央大学的 DREAM STEM ACE 项目旨在通过增加知识和循证资源来促进 STEM 教育和研究，为 STEM 学生提供多种成功途径，旨在改善 STEM 学习环境和学生学习。该项目的重点是培养具有科学家身份和领导新 STEM 经济技能的有竞争力、适应性强的 STEM 专业人士，这一重大范式转变将有助于维持学生的入学兴趣并培养他们的能力。创新并致力于 STEM 和 STEM 职业商业化，DREAM STEM ACE 项目旨在整合多种策略，例如主动建议、学术支持服务、微积分和物理训练营、学习助理和同伴辅导。对学生和教师的指导将 STEM 技能发展和创业精神相结合，旨在帮助学生将自己视为经济领域的创新者和贡献者，通过设计机会进行创新，包括研究、发现和创新暑期学院 (RDI)、课程。基于本科研究经验 (CURE) 和基于问题的学习 (PBL) 整合，科学创新学者称号将确定那些致力于发展高级创业思维的学生，该项目旨在发展 3+2 双学位课程。科学和工程课程，提升该地区和全国范围内的 STEM 创业精神，并通过学习圈加强教师的 STEM 教育研究。 STEM 教育研究项目将调查参与 DREAM ACE 计划提供的不同掌握体验的 STEM 学生对学业成绩的影响。该项目代表了一种创新和全面的方法，可提高 HBCU STEM 学生的保留率、完成率和更高的学位水平。该项目有可能对学生、教师、机构、行业合作伙伴和地区经济产生深远的影响。奖项反映通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，NSF 的法定使命被认为值得支持。