HBCU-UP: STEM Academy at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

HBCU-UP：阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校 STEM 学院

• 批准号: 0411449
• 负责人: Mary Benjamin
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0411449&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HBCU; UP; STEM; Academy; University

Through the NSF Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) will implement a project called STEM Academy. The project will focus on four areas: recruitment and retention; faculty development; curriculum redesign and technology infusion; and research infrastructure. The target student population includes University students as well as high school students. The proposed STEM Academy is a comprehensive program that builds on the mission of the University. As part of an HBCU-UP planning grant, a multidisciplinary University team including STEM faculty and administrators as well as University STEM students, high school students and teachers, and professionals working in STEM areas guided planning for this comprehensive HBCU-UP program. Intellectual Merit: Research is an essential part of the STEM Academy and will be a central focus on the development of STEM curricula, the recruitment and retention of students in STEM areas, and the continuity of infrastructure support for STEM Academy activities. Faculty professional development is seamlessly linked to the success of students in the STEM Academy. Workshops, seminars, and professional development opportunities will be provided to all STEM faculty. Faculty will engage in pedagogy that will engage students with multiple learning styles in order to retain students in STEM areas. Pedagogical training will be provided to the STEM faculty with STEM Academy faculty serving as mentors to junior faculty and as mentors and tutors to STEM undergraduates. Each STEM area will have a Team Faculty Leader that will offer support to students in different disciplines and facilitate mentor-student relationship development. Faculty will be trained in the development of web-based courses, mentoring and tutoring students, e-mail listserv for dissemination of information and showcasing successes, and will be linked to research projects at partnering institutions. The STEM Academy research activities will be a collaborative effort with institutions such as the National Center for Toxicological Research at Jefferson, AR; the National Rice Research Center at Stuttgart, AR; Jackson State University, Arkansas State University, and the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences. First-year students will participate in a 10-week summer program that will prepare them for their major courses. STEM courses will be infused with technology and research activities providing new opportunities for both faculty and students to benefit from STEM Academy activities. New courses will also be established (e.g., Introduction to Research). Each year, STEM faculty will receive competitive research funding from the STEM Academy serving as research seed funds to stimulate the development of sustainable research programs. Broader Impacts: The STEM Academy will increase the number of students admitted to the University and majoring in STEM areas by 10% annually. In addition the STEM Academy will increase the number of STEM undergraduates who complete their degrees by 50% over the duration of the five-year funding period. By integrating research and education and infusing research funds to stimulate faculty research the STEM Academy will also involve 75% of the University STEM faculty and all STEM students in research activities over the duration of the five-year program. While focused on a delineated population, this project will have a broader impact by refining the STEM curricula through the addition of review and practice sessions, laboratory upgrades, and the addition of a mathematics lab for teaching and research along with the infusion of technology, cooperative learning, and writing in the STEM disciplines. These interventions will improve the science research, teaching and learning environment, not only for STEM majors but also for all University students who take STEM courses as major or general education requirements. Unique to the STEM Academy is outreach to regional high school students. The transition from high school to college will be specifically addressed by STEM Academy programs to ensure that students are integrated into the University community prior to starting their first year thus ensuring that these important and often under-served students are not lost but are provided every opportunity to gain entry into STEM careers. The successful participation of undergraduate, and even high school students, in the STEM Academy will help to reduce the national under-representation of minorities, especially African Americans, in STEM careers.

通过NSF历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP），位于松树海崖的阿肯色州大学（UAPB）将实施一个名为STEM学院的项目。 该项目将侧重于四个领域：招聘和保留;教师发展;课程重新设计和技术注入;以及研究基础设施。 目标学生群体包括大学生和高中生。 拟议的STEM学院是一个建立在大学使命基础上的综合计划。 作为HBCU-UP规划补助金的一部分，一个多学科的大学团队，包括STEM教师和管理人员以及大学STEM学生，高中学生和教师，以及在STEM领域工作的专业人士，指导了这一全面的HBCU-UP计划的规划。智力优势：研究是STEM学院的重要组成部分，并将成为STEM课程开发，STEM领域学生的招聘和保留以及STEM学院活动基础设施支持的连续性的中心焦点。 教师的专业发展与学生在STEM学院的成功无缝链接。讲习班，研讨会和专业发展机会将提供给所有干教师。 教师将从事教学法，将从事学生与多种学习风格，以留住学生在干领域。 将向STEM教师提供教学培训，STEM学院教师将担任初级教师的导师以及STEM本科生的导师和导师。 每个STEM领域都将有一个团队教师领导，为不同学科的学生提供支持，并促进师生关系的发展。教师将接受培训，学习如何开发网络课程、指导和辅导学生、使用电子邮件列表服务器传播信息和展示成功经验，并将与伙伴机构的研究项目建立联系。 STEM学院的研究活动将与阿肯色州杰斐逊的国家毒理学研究中心、阿肯色州斯图加特的国家水稻研究中心、杰克逊州立大学、阿肯色州州立大学和阿肯色州医学科学大学等机构合作。 一年级学生将参加为期10周的暑期课程，为他们的专业课程做准备。STEM课程将注入技术和研究活动，为教师和学生提供从STEM学院活动中受益的新机会。还将设立新的课程（例如，研究介绍）。 每年，STEM教师将从STEM学院获得有竞争力的研究资金，作为研究种子基金，以刺激可持续研究项目的发展。更广泛的影响：STEM学院将每年增加10%的学生进入大学并主修STEM领域。 此外，STEM学院将在五年资助期内将完成学位的STEM本科生人数增加50%。 通过整合研究和教育，并注入研究资金，以刺激教师的研究，STEM学院还将涉及75%的大学STEM教师和所有STEM学生在研究活动中的五年计划的持续时间。 虽然专注于划定的人群，这个项目将通过完善STEM课程，通过增加审查和实践会议，实验室升级，并增加了一个数学实验室的教学和研究沿着技术的注入，合作学习，并在STEM学科写作有更广泛的影响。 这些干预措施将改善科学研究，教学和学习环境，不仅适用于STEM专业，也适用于所有将STEM课程作为专业或普通教育要求的大学生。 STEM学院的独特之处在于对地区高中生的推广。 从高中到大学的过渡将由STEM学院计划专门解决，以确保学生在开始第一年之前融入大学社区，从而确保这些重要且往往服务不足的学生不会丢失，而是提供每一个进入STEM职业的机会。 本科生，甚至高中生的成功参与，在干学院将有助于减少少数民族，特别是非洲裔美国人，在干职业的全国代表性不足。