Collaborative Research: Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences in North Carolina

摘要合作研究：加强北卡罗来纳州地球科学的多样性该项目是北卡罗来纳州立大学（NCSU），一所研究型大学，北卡罗来纳州农业和技术大学（NC &amp；T），一所历史悠久的黑人大学，以及罗布森社区学院（RCC），一所以少数民族学生为主的社区学院之间的合作成果。该项目将发展和提高两所参与的少数民族院校的地球科学教育和研究能力，使它们能够与一所主要的研究型大学合作，通过地球科学课程学习、结构化的本科生研究培训以及学术和专业支持活动，扩大弱势群体学生参与地球科学教育和研究的机会。北卡州立大学现有地球科学学士、硕士和博士学位授权点，北卡理工大学和RCC都没有地球科学学位授权点。该项目的目标是通过在北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院增加入门级课程，在北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院的物理课程中增加地球物理专业，以及在北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院加强地球科学方面的研究基础设施和本科生研究培训，为北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院和北卡农工学院的少数族裔学生提供成为地球科学家的机会。该计划将强调本科生的研究，将包括地球科学课程增强和综合支持活动，以最大限度地保留和毕业，并有评估要素来评估每个项目要素。

ABSTRACTCollaborative Research: Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences in North Carolina This project is a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU), a Research I University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), an Historically Black University, and Robeson Community College (RCC), a community college serving a predominantly minority student body. This project will develop and enhance geoscience education and research capabilities at two participating minority serving institutions, enabling them to collaborate with a major research university to expand opportunities for students from underrepresented groups to participate in geoscience education and research through geoscience course study, structured undergraduate research training, and academic and professional support activities. NCSU has existing bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in geosciences, while neither NC A&T nor RCC has geoscience degree programs. The objective of this program is to provide an opportunity for the minority student populations at NC A&T and RCC to become geoscientists by adding introductory level courses at RCC and by adding a geophysics concentration to the physics program at NC A&T, and by enhancing research infrastructure and undergraduate research training in geosciences at NC A&T and RCC. The program will emphasize undergraduate research, will include geoscience curriculum enhancement and comprehensive support activities to maximize retention and graduation, and has assessment elements to evaluate each program element.