Role of Scholarships in Improving Success Rates of Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Majors
| Autor: | DiAnna L. Hynds, Junalyn Navarra-Madsen, Rodney A. Bales |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Science
technology engineering and mathematics Engineering success rates completion rates Completion rate ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0601 history and archaeology General Materials Science student support services attitudes 060101 anthropology ComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSION business.industry 4. Education 05 social sciences 050301 education 06 humanities and the arts GPA Public relations Academic support Engineering management Retention 8. Economic growth Workforce business 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 8:458-464 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
| Popis: | Based on the Bureau of Labour and Statistics (BLS) employment projections, more and more technology-driven jobs will be created and, therefore, demand for highly-skilled technologically-trained professionals will increase. What is being done in the United States (US) to ensure a steady flow in the dwindling pipeline of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) workforce? The US has a number of initiatives along this line. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has some programs to guarantee an increase in number of STEM-trained graduates. Texas Woman's University recently received an award from NSF with the aim of increasing STEM majors and graduating them in a timely manner. This paper hypothesizes that these federal grants, which focus on both financial and academic support, do increase the probability of graduating STEM majors, improve completion rate in the STEM-related fields, and, therefore, contribute to the goal of encouraging citizens to be highly innovative in a technologically-competitive world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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