Planning Grant Arkansas Baptist College STEM Program

阿肯色州浸会学院将根据HBCU-UP实施为期18个月的规划补助金。 阿肯色州浸会学院是阿肯色州小石城的一所四年制学院，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、宗教和民族血统。阿肯色州浸会学院建议进行全面分析，以评估目前在该学院的STEM项目，以制定一个为期五年的实施HBCU-UP项目的建议。HBCU-UP规划补助金将：1）评估和评估当前和未来STEM课程的需求，2）制定课程设计和结构计划，提供STEM学位，3）为少数民族学生开发成功学习的STEM模型。阿肯色州浸会学院将与当地工商界领袖合作，以确定社区的技术就业需求。这项规划赠款将为改善小石城和周边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，并制定计划来改善STEM课程。 由于这一规划过程的结果，学院将能够准备一个有竞争力的实施项目提案，这可能导致在学院建立新的认可的副学士和学士STEM学位课程。 规划补助金项目的更广泛影响是改善STEM教育和阿肯色州浸会学院学生的准备，他们将进入STEM劳动力市场或继续深造。

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.