Development and Implementation of an Indicator Monitoring System for NSF's Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program [HBCU-UP]

系统研究公司建议开发和实施一个国家科学基金会（NSF）的历史上黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）的进度指标监测系统。自1998年该计划成立以来，HBCU-UP为科学，数学，工程和技术（SMET）教学和推广计划的可持续改进提供了基础。沿着NSF内部的其他种族多样性连续体计划，HBSU-UP的总体目标是增加代表性不足的少数民族的数量，为参与和领导SMET劳动力做好充分准备。该方案强调实施全面的机构方法，以加强中小企业教育和学习，主要侧重于提高本科课程的入学率、保留率和毕业率，包括高中和大学、2年制和4年制大学、本科和研究生学习以及从大学到工作场所的过渡。《政府绩效和成果法》（GPRA，1993年）规定，联邦机构对方案成果负责; HBSU方案已被列为本科生支持的一部分，以扩大参与，主要目标是增加学士学位获得者的数量。HBCU-UP计划还直接针对白宫历史上黑人学院和大学倡议（1993年11月1日）定义的目标，“历史上黑人学院和大学的科学，数学，工程和技术（SMET）教学和推广计划的可持续改进。“在HBCU-UP目标和相关GPRA要求的背景下，系统研究建议根据HBCU-UP目标和目的、项目活动和组成部分以及旨在帮助自我评估各个站点进展情况以及整体计划有效性的自我评估和评估问题，开发和实施HBCU-UP指标监测系统（IMS）。第一年将专门用于框架设计、国际监测系统仪器原型开发以及在选定的HBCU场址进行实地测试。从第二年开始，国际监测系统仪器将在一次讲习班期间交付给HBCU。讲习班还将为机构数据管理人员设计，以交流指标管理方面的想法，并提高所收集数据的完整性。在第二年收集的数据将被汇编成两卷的事实书。自1995年以来，系统研究已经有了丰富的经验，与少数服务机构，包括一些HBCU的，通过它的参与NSF的示范机构卓越计划（MIE）由NSF和美国国家航空航天局资助。系统研究开发了一个进度指标数据库，MSET（MIE自我评估模板），基于MIE计划有效性的概念和操作框架。MIE计划的目标与HBCU-UP非常相似：加强少数民族服务机构的基础设施（HBCU，西班牙裔服务机构和部落学院和大学）在SMET教育和本科研究，并增加谁追求先进的SMET学位的学生人数。系统研究将传播两卷HBCU事实书：一个是整体进度，另一个是个别地点的进度。出版的报告将以三种形式提供：硬拷贝、光盘和网络版。系统研究还将主办一个网站，以促进参与HBCU之间的沟通和联网。

Systemic Research, Inc. proposes to develop and implement a progress indicator monitoring system for the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP). Since the inception of the program in 1998, HBCU-UP has provided a foundationfor sustainable improvements of science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) instructional and outreach programs. Along with other ethnic diversity continuum programs within NSF, the overarching goal of HBSU-UP is to increases the number of underrepresented ethnic minorities well prepared for participation and leadership in the SMET workforce. The program emphasized the implementation of comprehensive institutional approaches to strengthen SMET teaching and learning primarily focusing on improvement of access, retention, and graduation from undergraduate programs, including the transition between high school and college, 2- and 4- year colleges, undergraduate and graduate studies, and from college to the workplace. The Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA, 1993) mandates that Federal agencies account for program results; the HBSU program has been classified as part of undergraduate support for broadening participation with the primary goal of increasing the number of baccalaureate recipients. The HBCU-UP program also directly aims at the goals defined by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (November 1, 1993) , "sustainable improvements of science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) instructional and outreach programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities."Within the context of HBCU-UP goals and relevant GPRA requirements, Systemic Research proposes to develop and implement a HBCU-UP indicator monitoring system (IMS) based on HBCU-UP goals and objectives, project activities and components, and self-evaluation and assessment questions designed to assist in self-assessment of the individual sites' progress, as well as overall program effectiveness. The first year will be devoted to the design of the framework, development of prototype IMS instruments, and field-testing with selected HBCU sites. Beginning in the second year, the IMS instruments will be delivered to HBCUs during a workshop. The workshop will also be designed for institutional data managers to share ideas in indicator management and to enhance the integrity of collected data. The data collected during the second year will be compiled into a two volume Fact Book.Since 1995, Systemic Research has had extensive experience working with minority serving institutions, including a few HBCU's, through it's involvement in NSF's Model Institution for Excellence Program (MIE) funded by NSF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Systemic Research developed a progress indicator database, MSET (MIE Self-Evaluation Template), based on a conceptual and operational framework for MIE program effectiveness. The MIE program goal is very similar to that of HBCU-UP: to strengthen the infrastructure of minority serving institutions (HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and Tribal Colleges and Universities) in SMET education and undergraduate research, and to increase the number of students who pursue advanced SMET degrees.Systemic Research will disseminate a two volume HBCU Fact Book: one for overall progress, and the other for individual sites' progress. The published reports will be available in three formats: hard copy, CD-ROM, and web version. Systemic Research will also host a web site to promote communications andnetworking among the participating HBCUs.