Broadening Participation in STEM

美国研究院（AIR）将实施一个过程，以分析，参与和通知高等教育界的方向和方法，以劳动力发展和扩大参与科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）。AIR将收集专家和利益相关者的意见，为劳动力发展和扩大参与努力提供信息。该研究将包括对美国高等教育机构中代表性不足的STEM群体的入学和毕业情况进行全面分析。作为这项工作的结果，将为STEM高等教育界提供建议，以加强全国高校本科阶段的STEM教育。国家STEM劳动力的迫切性和美国的多样性挑战需要进行严格的审查。该项目将推进本科阶段与STEM多样性相关的知识和理解。最终，这些知识可以为未来几代工人的培训和准备提供信息，从而加强美国的竞争力。对入学和完成数据的国家趋势分析、利益相关者的投入以及对STEM奖学金和NSF报告的审查的整合将提供一个三角平台，在此基础上建立改进的劳动力发展战略。更广泛的影响。随着全球经济越来越依赖于受过高等教育的劳动力可能产生的创新和想法，美国需要增加攻读STEM学科学位的美国公民数量。美国人口结构的变化，反过来，使社会各界对教育多样性的持续关注变得越来越重要。NSF的劳动力发展和扩大参与项目组合旨在增强STEM的多样性，但该领域需要知道STEM学位生产的优势及其原因。通过征求广泛的利益相关者的建议和反馈，将获得信息，为制定和加强方案和战略提供信息，并为本科阶段STEM教育的改进提供方向。

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will implement a process to analyze, engage, and inform the higher education communities' direction and approach to workforce development and broadening participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). AIR will gather expert and stakeholder input that informs workforce development and broadening participation efforts. The study will include a thorough analysis of underrepresented group STEM enrollment and graduation over time in institutions of higher education in the United States. As a result of this work, the STEM higher education community will be provided with suggestions for strengthening STEM education at the undergraduate level in colleges and universities throughout the nation.Intellectual Merit. The national STEM workforce imperative and the diversity challenge in the U.S. require critical examination. This project will advance the knowledge and understanding related to STEM diversity at the undergraduate level. Ultimately, this knowledge can inform the training and preparation of future generations of workers and thus strengthen U.S. competiveness. The integration of national trend analysis of enrollment and completion data, stakeholder input and review of STEM scholarship and NSF reports will provide a triangulated platform upon which to build improved workforce development strategies. Broader Impact. As the global economy depends increasingly on the kinds of innovations and ideas made possibly by a highly educated workforce, the United States needs to increase the number of American citizens who pursue degrees in STEM disciplines. Shifts in the demographic makeup of the U.S., in turn, make on-going concerns about educational diversity for all sectors of the community increasingly important. The NSF workforce development and broadening participation portfolio of programs is designed to enhance diversity in STEM, but the field needs to know where STEM degree production excels and why. By soliciting recommendations and feedback from a wide range of stakeholders, information will be obtained to inform the development and strengthening of programs and strategies, as well as provide direction for the improvement of STEM education at the undergraduate level.