Collaborative Research: Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences in North Carolina

合作研究：增强北卡罗来纳州地球科学的多样性

• 批准号: 0303195
• 负责人: John Fountain
• 金额: $ 45.96万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0303195&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Enhancing; Diversity; Geosciences

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.

合作研究：增强北卡罗来纳州地球科学的多样性这个项目是北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NCSU），一个研究型大学，北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学（NC A& T），一个历史上的黑人大学，和罗伯逊社区学院（RCC），一个社区学院服务于主要少数民族学生团体之间的合作努力。 该项目将发展和加强两个参与的少数民族服务机构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助活动，扩大代表性不足群体的学生参与地球科学教育和研究的机会。NCSU现有地球科学学士，硕士和博士课程，而NC A T和RCC都没有地球科学学位课程。该计划的目的是提供一个机会，为少数民族学生人口在NC A T和RCC成为地球科学家，通过增加在RCC的入门级课程，并通过增加一个物理学浓度的物理程序在NC A T，并通过加强研究基础设施和本科生的研究培训在NC A T和RCC的地球科学。 该计划将强调本科研究，将包括地球科学课程的增强和全面的支持活动，以最大限度地提高保留和毕业，并有评估元素，以评估每个程序元素。