Planning Grant Arkansas Baptist College STEM Program

阿肯色州浸会学院将根据HBCU-UP计划实施18个月的计划拨款。阿肯色州浸会学院是阿肯色州小石城的一所四年制学校，为所有寻求教育的人提供教育机会，不分年龄、种族、性别、残疾、种族、宗教和国籍。阿肯色州浸会学院提议进行一项全面的分析，以评估该学院目前的STEM项目，以制定一项为期五年的HBCU-UP项目实施方案。HBCU-UP计划赠款将：1)评估和评估当前和未来STEM课程的需求，2)制定将提供STEM学位的课程设计和结构计划，以及3)为少数族裔学生开发成功学习的STEM模式。阿肯色州浸会学院将与当地商业和行业领袖合作，以确定社区的技术就业需求。这笔规划拨款将为改善小石城和周围社区的教育提供蓝图。该项目的智力价值在于使用数据来评估STEM课程需求，并制定改善STEM计划的计划。作为这一规划过程的结果，学院将能够准备一份有竞争力的实施项目提案，这可能导致学院建立新的经认可的副学士和STEM学士学位课程。规划助学金项目的更广泛影响是改善阿肯色州浸会学院学生的STEM教育和准备，这些学生将进入STEM劳动力或继续深造。

Arkansas Baptist College will implement a eighteen month planning grant under HBCU-UP. Arkansas Baptist College, a four year institution in Little Rock Arkansas, offers educational opportunities to all persons seeking an education regardless of age, ethnicity, sex, disability, race, religion, and national origin. Arkansas Baptist College proposes to conduct a comprehensive analysis to evaluate the current STEM programs at the college in order to develop a proposal for a five-year implementation HBCU-UP project. The HBCU-UP planning grant will; 1) assess and evaluate the needs in current and future STEM courses, 2) develop a curricula design and structure plan that will offer STEM degrees, and 3) develop a STEM model of successful learning for minority students. Arkansas Baptist College will collaborate with local business and industry leaders in order to identify the technical employment needs of the community. This planning grant will provide a blue print for improved education in Little Rock and the surrounding community. The intellectual merit of this project is in the use of data to assess the STEM curriculum needs and develop a plan to improve the STEM programs. As a result of this planning process the college will be able to prepare a competitive Implementation project proposal which could result in the establishment of new accredited associate and bachelor STEM degree programs at the college. The broader impacts of the planning grant project is to improve the STEM education and preparation of Arkansas Baptist College students who will enter the STEM workforce or go on for further education.