Building an Alliance for New Careers in STEM (KC-BANCS): A Collaborative Model for the Inclusion of Youth and Veterans with Disabilities

“建立STEM新职业联盟（KC-BANCS）：包容青年和残疾退伍军人的合作模式”是一个项目，将增加堪萨斯城地区高中和大学残疾学生在STEM教育途径中的参与和成功。其结果将是退伍军人和其他完成副学士和本科学位并最终进入STEM劳动力市场的学生数量增加。KC-BANKS联盟的领导机构，密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校（UMKC），将与两个副学士学位授予机构合作：都市社区学院（MCC）和堪萨斯城堪萨斯CC （KCCC）。该项目将与project Lead The Way和project UpLink合作，访问堪萨斯城42所高中的中学生。此外，与退伍军人上升班和当地退伍军人服务办公室的合作将为退伍军人学生招聘提供合作。KC-BANCS联盟将实现以下目标：1)增加进入STEM专上学术课程（大学前的管道经验）的残疾学生和退伍军人的数量；2)增加在STEM领域完成两年制和四年制学位的残疾学生和退伍军人的数量（支持和保留高等教育经验）；3)增加STEM残疾学生进入STEM相关职业的人数；4)建立一个联盟伙伴模式，使STEM教育工作者、社区组织和残疾青年/退伍军人成为平等的伙伴和合作者。来自资源开发研究所（RDI）的评估小组将与KC-BANCS联盟团队合作，进行形成性和总结性评估。在项目的初始阶段，RDI团队将与KC-BANKS合作，并联系UMKC和每个合作组织的人员，以确定能够提供目前就读于教育机构的残疾学生数据的关键人员。RDI评估人员将与这些指定人员合作建立程序，通过该程序，每个机构将提供残疾学生人数的分类基线数据，包括残疾学生的残疾类型、种族/民族、性别和STEM专业；以及那些完成STEM副学士、学士和研究生学位的人的数据。

The "Building an Alliance for New Careers in STEM (KC-BANCS): A Collaborative Model for the Inclusion of Youth and Veterans with Disabilities" is a project that will increase the participation and success of high school and college students with disabilities within the Kansas City region in STEM education pathways. The result will be an increase in veterans and other students who complete associate and undergraduate degrees and ultimately enter the STEM workforce. The KC-BANKS Alliance's lead institution, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), will partner with two associate degree granting institutions: Metropolitan Community College (MCC) and Kansas City Kansas CC (KCCC). The project will work with Project Lead the Way and Project UpLink to access secondary students from 42 Kansas City high schools. Additionally, collaborations with Veterans Upward Bound and local Veteran Services Offices will provide partnering for veteran student recruitment. The following objectives will be addressed by the KC-BANCS Alliance:1) To increase the number of students and veterans with disabilities who enter STEM post-secondary academic programs (pre-college pipeline experiences);2) To increase the number of students and veterans with disabilities who complete two-year and four year degrees in STEM fields (support and retention in post-secondary experiences);3) To increase the number of STEM students with disabilities who enter the workforce in STEM related careers; and 4) To develop an Alliance Partnership Model that engages STEM educators, community organizations, and youth/veterans with disabilities as equal partners and collaborators.An evaluation team from the Resource Development Institute (RDI) will work with the KC-BANCS Alliance team to conduct formative and summative evaluation. During the initial phase of the project the RDI team will work with KC-BANKS and contact people at UMKC and each of the partnering organizations to identify key personnel who can supply data on students with disabilities currently attending the educational institutions. RDI evaluators will work with these designated personnel to establish procedures by which each institution will supply disaggregated baseline data on the number of students with disabilities to include type of disability, race/ethnicity, gender, and STEM major for those students with disabilities; as well as data on those completing STEM associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees.