The Science Education Resource Virtual Diversity Center

与科学政府联盟合作，首席研究员威廉·E·麦克亨利博士和联合首席研究员约翰·S·科隆尼亚斯博士提议创建一个基于网络的综合性一站式科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教育资源工具-科学教育资源虚拟多样性中心(SER虚拟多样性中心)。SER虚拟多样性中心将具有以下特点：(1)按联邦支持类别划分的STEM教育计划；(2)承诺从联邦STEM教育支持机构及其所支持的机构中吸取的做法和教训；(3)面向学生和家长的基于STEM的教育资源；以及(4)旨在帮助机构利用互联网共享STEM教育课程和学位计划的虚拟电子校园。SER虚拟多样性中心将作为STEM教育的主要内容门户，用于联邦项目，目标是增加STEM劳动力中女性、代表性不足的少数群体和残疾人的参与，并最终成为分享旨在满足国家STEM劳动力需求的所有战略的信息的工具。SER虚拟多样性中心将使用技术支持的程序，将联邦机构彼此联系起来，并与更高层次的教育教职员工和管理人员、K-12教师、辅导员、管理人员、学生和家长联系起来，以便显著提高那些参与STEM--特别是联邦机构--少数族裔参与的人的效率。正如最好的报告所概述的那样，如果美国想要在全球经济中保持竞争力，就必须大幅增加美国学生在STEM领域的参与度。随着美国人口变得更加多样化，必须鼓励来自STEM领域传统上代表性不足的群体的学生参与。历史上，黑人学院和大学(HBCU)、西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)和部落学院在这些学生方面取得了无与伦比的成功。国家科学基金会的人力资源开发计划，特别是示范卓越机构(MIE)和联盟计划，是联邦政府与少数群体服务机构之间的伙伴关系对提高这些机构培养STEM专业人员的能力所产生的影响的例子。有目的地，SER虚拟多样性中心将使联邦机构项目官员能够更好地获取跨机构线的信息，协调科学教育活动，并更直接地将机构与高等教育机构及其教职员工和学区及其教师、辅导员、学生和家长联系起来，以创建基于STEM知识的社区。作者提议创建一个一站式SER虚拟多样性中心，通过该中心，联邦机构项目官员和其他人可以查看：(1)按联邦支持类别划分的STEM教育项目；(2)从联邦STEM教育支持机构及其支持的机构获得的有希望的做法和经验教训；(3)面向学生和家长的基于STEM的教育资源；以及(4)虚拟电子校园，旨在帮助机构利用互联网共享STEM教育课程和学位课程。

AbstractIn partnership with the Science.gov Alliance, the principal investigator, Dr.William E. McHenry and the co-principal investigator Dr. John S. Colonias propose tocreate a web-based comprehensive one-stop science, technology, engineering, andmathematics (STEM) educational resource tool the Science Education Resource VirtualDiversity Center (SER Virtual Diversity Center). The SER Virtual Diversity Center willfeature: (1) STEM education programs by category of federal support; (2) promisingpractices and lessons learned from federal STEM education supporting agencies as well asfrom the institutions they support; (3) STEM-based educational resources for students andparents; and (4) a virtual electronic campus designed to assist institutions in sharingSTEM educational courses and degree programs using the internet.Merit. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will serve as the major STEM education contentportal for federal programs that target increasing participation from women,underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in the STEM workforce andeventually serve as a tool for sharing information on all strategies designed to addressthe nation's STEM workforce needs. The SER Virtual Diversity Center will usetechnology-enabled processes to connect federal agencies with each other and with highereducation faculty and administrators; K-12 teachers, counselors, administrators; studentsand parents in order to achieve dramatic improvement in efficiency for those involved inincreasing minority participation in STEM -- especially federal agencies.Impact. As outlined in the BEST Report, the participation of American students in STEMfields must dramatically increase if America is to remain competitive in a global economy.With the American population becoming more diverse, students from groups that aretraditionally underrepresented in STEM fields must be encouraged to participate.Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions(HSIs), and Tribal Colleges have a record of unparalleled success with these students. TheNSF's HRD Programs, especially the Model Institutions for Excellence (MIE) and allianceprograms, are examples of the impact partnerships between the federal government andminority-serving institutions can have on increasing the capacity of those institutionsfor producing STEM professionals. Purposively, the SER Virtual Diversity Center willenable federal agency program officers to better access information across agency lines,coordinate science education initiatives, and connect agencies more directly with highereducation institutions and their faculty and school districts and their teachers,counselors, students, and parents to create STEM knowledge-based communities.The authors propose to create a one-stop SER Virtual Diversity Center through whichfederal agency program officers and others can view: (1) STEM education programs bycategory of federal support; (2) promising practices and lessons learned from federal STEMeducation supporting agencies as well as from the institutions they support; (3)STEM-based educational resources for students and parents; and (4) a virtual electroniccampus designed to assist institutions in sharing STEM educational courses and degreeprograms using the internet.