RDE-RAD: Collaborative Research: Ohio's STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA): STEM Degrees and Careers for Ohioans with Disabilities

“RDE-RAD：合作研究：俄亥俄州的STEM能力联盟（OSAA）：俄亥俄州残疾人的STEM学位和职业”将提高获得STEM学科副学士、学士和研究生学位的残疾学生的数量和质量，并提高他们进入STEM劳动力市场的机会。该合作项目包括以下合作伙伴：赖特州立大学、俄亥俄州立大学、辛克莱社区学院、哥伦布州立社区学院以及俄亥俄州代顿和哥伦布地区的众多高中。该项目的主要目标是提高获得STEM副学士学位，学士学位和研究生学位并进入STEM劳动力的残疾学生的质量和数量，具体有以下三个数字目标：1。通过学生学习社区和辅导机会，将招收的高中残疾学生（从2000名学生中）和向OSAA社区学院和大学合作机构的STEM专业过渡的人数增加20%。2 .通过学生学习社区、指导（电子和实习）和个性化STEM建议，将OSAA社区学院和大学合作机构现有STEM残疾学生的保留率和毕业率（助理、学士和研究生学位）从10%提高到20%。通过关注学生学习社区、行业实习和平行雇主教育中的就业问题，将OSAA STEM毕业生（副学士、学士和研究生）的残疾成功进入STEM研究生课程或STEM就业的成功率每年提高5%（从2007年基准措施开始）。该合作项目的评估小组包括两名独立评估人员：评估联盟主任、纽约州立大学奥尔巴尼分校教育与咨询心理学教授Dianna Newman博士和阿什兰大学教育学助理教授Jeffrey White博士。俄亥俄州立大学名誉教授James Altschuld博士将担任现场评估小组成员。项目成果和报告的传播将以俄亥俄州地区的机构为重点，并通过网络传播门户网站、在全国会议上的演讲和在专业期刊上的出版物与全国大专以上的受众分享该模型。

"RDE-RAD: Collaborative Research: Ohio's STEM Ability Alliance (OSAA): STEM Degrees and Careers for Ohioans with Disabilities" will increase the quantity and quality of students with disabilities receiving associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees in STEM disciplines and their entry into the STEM workforce. This collaborative project includes the following partners: Wright State University, the Ohio State University, Sinclair Community College, Columbus State Community College and numerous high schools in the Dayton and Columbus regions of Ohio.The primary goal of the project is to increase the quality and quantity of students with disabilities receiving associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees in STEM and entering the STEM workforce, with the following specific three numerical goals:1. Increase recruitment of high school students with disabilities (from a pool of 2000) and transition to STEM majors in OSAA community college and university partner institutions by 20% through student learning communities and mentoring opportunities.2. Increase retention and graduation rates (associates, baccalaureate and graduate degrees) for existing STEM students with disabilities in OSAA's community college and university partner institutions from 10% to ~20% through student learning communities, mentoring (electronic and internships), and individualized STEM advisement.3. Increase successful entry rates of OSAA STEM graduates (associates, baccalaureate and graduate) with disabilities into STEM graduate programs or STEM employment by 5% per year (from 2007 baseline measures) through focusing on employment issues in student learning communities, industry internships and parallel employer education.The evaluation team for this collaborative project includes two independent evaluators, Dr. Dianna Newman, the Director of the Evaluation Consortium and Professor of Educational and Counseling Psychology at the State University of New York, Albany, and Dr. Jeffrey White, an Assistant Professor of Education at Ashland University. Dr. James Altschuld, Emeritus faculty at the Ohio State University will serve as an on-site evaluation team member.Dissemination of project deliverables and reports will focus on institutions in Ohio region as well as sharing the model with a national post-secondary audience via a web-based diffusion portal, presentations at national conferences and publications in professional journals.