Program for Persons with Disabilities - PPD: RASEM Squared: Advanced Regional Alliance of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics for Students with Disabilities

提案编号HRD-0124198机构：新墨西哥州州立大学首席研究员：William McCarthy和艾德Misquez标题：RASEM Squared摘要新墨西哥州州立大学将成为科学、数学、工程和技术残疾学生区域联盟（SMET）的牵头机构。该项目名为RASEM Squared（或RASEM 2），是基于由NSF资助的早期项目RASEM（残疾学生科学，工程和数学区域联盟）的成功。该项目五年期的主要目标是增加获得学士学位毕业的残疾学生人数，这些学生将直接进入研究生培训或在其所希望的领域就业。为了实现这些目标，RASEM 2正在制定一项综合教育方法，其中包括六项创新行动，其中五项是RASEM以前进行过实地测试的，另一项是为残疾学生充分参与SMET课程做好准备的教师。这些行动将影响从K-12到社区学院，再到新墨西哥州和德克萨斯州西部的大学的整个教育过程中的学生。这六项行动是：1。在大学预科科学教育环境中实践科学经验。2.本科生和研究生的正式研究经验。3.为残疾学生充分参与小型和微型教育培训课程做好准备。4.在学术水平之间架起桥梁。5.由成功的中小企业专业人员和中小企业残疾学生指导。6.确保合作社，暑期实习和专业就业。这六项行动中的每一项都将使用结果衡量标准进行评估，这些衡量标准提供了该计划有效性的证据。RASEM 2联盟由新墨西哥州（十七所两年制社区学院，六所四年制学院和大学，以及九所学区区域中心合作社）和西德克萨斯州（两所大学和两个代表学区的教育服务中心）的众多实体组成。该联盟还包括两个国家实验室、为残疾人服务的全州机构和一个促进科学发展的国家组织。这些实体所处的地区有着广泛的文化多样性，经济贫困的残疾学生和学生家庭。三个次区域的RASEM 2项目协调员将努力加强与所在地区公立学校的现有联系（或发展新的联系）。他们将促进努力提供公立学校和高等教育机构之间的桥梁，并促进其地理区域的暑期课程。

Proposal # HRD-0124198Institution: New Mexico State UniversityPrincipal Investigators: William McCarthy and Ed MisquezTitle: RASEM SquaredABSTRACTNew Mexico State University will be the lead institution for a Regional Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (SMET). The project, entitled RASEM Squared (or RASEM 2), is based on the successes of an earlier project named RASEM (Regional Alliance For Science, Engineering, and Mathematics for Students with Disabilities) funded by NSF. The project's primary goal over the five years of the program is to increase the number of students with disabilities who graduate with baccalaureate degrees leading directly to graduate training or to employment in their desired fields. To achieve these goals, RASEM 2 is instituting a comprehensive educational approach composed of six innovative actions, five previously field-tested by RASEM and an additional one that prepares faculty for full participation of students with disabilities in SMET curricula. The actions will affect students throughout the education continuum from K-12, through community colleges, and to universities in New Mexico and far west Texas. The six actions are: 1. Hands-on science experiences in pre-college science education environments. 2. Formal research experiences as undergraduates and graduates. 3. Preparation of faculty for full participation of students with disabilities in a SMET curricula. 4. Bridge programs between academic levels. 5. Mentoring by successful SMET professionals and SMET students with disabilities. 6. Securing co-op, summer internships, and professional employment. Each of the six actions will be evaluated using outcome measures that provide evidence of the program's efficacy. The RASEM 2 Alliance is made up of numerous entities in New Mexico (seventeen 2-year community colleges, six 4-year colleges and universities, and nine school district regional center cooperatives) and West Texas (two universities and two educational service centers representing school districts). The Alliance also includes two national laboratories, the statewide agencies serving people with disabilities, and a national organization for the advancement of science. These entities are located in a region that has a broad spectrum of culturally diverse, economically impoverished constituencies of students with disabilities and student families. RASEM 2 project coordinators in three sub-regions will work to strengthen existing ties (or develop new ones) with public schools in their areas. They will facilitate efforts to provide a bridge between public schools and higher education institutions and promote summer programs in their geographical areas.