Staffing high schools with highly qualified mathematics and science teachers continues to be a challenge for schools across the U.S. One way to address this challenge is to offer financial incentives, in the form of scholarships or grants, for high performing college students to become high school mathematics or science teachers. The effects these types of scholarship programs have on the recruitment, retention, and dispositions of teachers is not clear. The current explanatory mixed methods study used longitudinal data from 29 Noyce Scholars from the same university, to investigate the influences the scholarship has on retention and recruitment of STEM teachers in high-need settings.

为高中配备高素质的数学和科学老师仍然是全美学校面临的挑战。解决这一挑战的一种方法是以奖学金或助学金的形式提供经济奖励，以鼓励高绩效的大学生成为高中数学或理科老师。这些类型的奖学金计划对教师的招募，保留和安排的影响尚不清楚。当前的解释性混合方法研究使用了来自同一所大学的29名Noyce学者的纵向数据，以调查该奖学金对在高需求环境中保留和招募STEM教师的影响。