BPC-A: Collaborative Research: Alliance between Historically Black Universities and Research Universities for Collaborative Education and Research in Computing Disciplines

北卡罗来纳农业与技术州立大学(NCAT)提议在HBCU和研究型大学之间开展一种新颖的双向合作，以增加获得研究生学位并进入计算机教师和研究职业生涯的非裔美国人的数量。联盟的参与者包括HBCU-NCAT、Bennett College、Dillard University、Jackson State University和诺福克州立大学-以及大多数研究型大学-科罗拉多大学、佐治亚理工学院和弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学。北卡罗来纳州和联合黑人大学基金特别计划将提供咨询。该计划将由三个部分组成。首先，它将通过改变课程和教学方法来加强HBCU的本科生计算课程，将协作学习环境、基于发现的学习和动手学习纳入其中。该联盟将为本科生和研究生创造研究和教育体验，以设计、研究、工业和车间体验的形式提供真实的学习。这些学生将通过同伴、后进生和师范生辅导获得社会、学术和职业方面的支持。其次，联盟活动将使学生和教师的双向研究机会和教学伙伴关系制度化。这将通过发展联合研究和教学来实现，既有远程的，也有学生和教职员工的访问和交流的。教职员工将成为研究团队和研究生导师的合作伙伴。第三，该联盟将支持教师之间持续的研究伙伴关系，并将为HBCU的学生提供毕业后从事教师职业的途径。所有这些活动都基于一种独特的双线模式，允许HBCU本科生在进入研究型大学攻读博士学位之前，在研究密集型HBCU(NCAT)攻读硕士学位。在该联盟下发展的合作将是有意义的双向关系，将从私人投资机构在促进研究型大学和HBCU之间的合作方面的经验中建立起来。

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT) proposes a novel, 2-way collaboration between HBCUs and research universities in order to increase the number of African Americans who obtain graduate degrees and enter faculty and research careers in computing. Alliance participants include HBCU's - NCAT, Bennett College, Dillard University, Jackson State University, and Norfolk State University - and majority, research universities - the University of Colorado, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. North Carolina State and the United Negro College Fund Special Programs will provide consulting. The program will have three components. Firstly, it will strengthen undergraduate computing programs at the HBCUs by changing curriculum and pedagogy to include collaborative learning environments, discovery-based and hands-on learning. The Alliance will create research and educational experiences for undergraduates and graduate students providing authentic learning in the form of design, research, industry and workshop experiences. The students will be given social, academic, and career support through peer-, step- and faculty-student mentoring. Secondly, Alliance activities will institutionalize two-way research opportunities and teaching partnerships for students and faculty. This will be done with the development of joint research and teaching, both remotely and through student and faculty visits and exchanges. Faculty will partner on research teams and graduate student supervision. Thirdly, the Alliance will support ongoing research partnerships among faculty members and will provide pathways for HBCU students to pursue faculty careers after graduation. All of these activities are based on a unique, dual feeder model that allows some HBCU undergraduates to pursue Master's study at a research intensive HBCU (NCAT) before going on to Ph.D. study at a research university. The collaborations developed under this Alliance will be meaningful, two-way relationships that will be built from the PIs' experience in facilitating collaborations between research universities and HBCUs.