Evaluative Study of Model Institutions for Excellence [MIE] Based on MIE Self-Evaluation Template [MSET]

该项目将结合联合收割机总结性和形成性评价技术，适用于已完成的第1阶段和正在进行的第2阶段的优秀示范机构奖。评估性研究将解释定量和定性结果以及导致成功或失败的MIE计划目标的计划要素。研究的结果将是一份文件，描述MIE项目的成功和失败，导致成功和失败的因素，以及MIE项目的总结，可用于指导其他机构开发模型，以增加SMET本科和研究生课程中代表性不足的群体的参与。 这项研究将有助于确定如何评估和传播成功的模式，从而导致体制变革，促进代表性不足的群体参与小型和微型企业职业。

This project will combine summative and formative evaluation techniques to apply to completed Phase 1 and ongoing Phase 2 Model Institutions for Excellence awards. The evaluative study will interpret the quantitative and qualitative outcomes and the elements of the program that led to success or failure to accomplish the goals of the MIE program. The outcome of the study will be a document describing the successes and failures of the MIE projects, the factors that led to success and failure, and a summation of the MIE projects that can be used to guide other institutions in developing models to increase participation of under represented groups in SMET undergraduate and graduate programs. This research will be of value in determining how to assess and disseminate successful models that lead to institutional change in promoting the participation in SMET careers of under represented groups.