PNW-AGEP: Pacific Northwest Alliiance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

PNW-AGEP：太平洋西北研究生教育和教授联盟

• 批准号: 1111188
• 负责人: Debra Sellon
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2013-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1111188&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PNW; AGEP; Pacific; Northwest; Alliiance

The Pacific Northwest Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (PNW-AGEP) will be a strategic alliance of five doctoral-granting institutions in a geographically and culturally unique area of the United States that has an exceptionally high Native American population and is not currently served by an NSF-funded AGEP program. The long-range goals for the PNW-AGEP are to increase the number of students from traditionally under-represented minority (URM) populations who complete doctoral programs in STEM disciplines and to facilitate their successful transition into faculty positions at US colleges and universities. Washington State University in Pullman will be the lead institution, working in close collaboration with Oregon State University, University of Idaho, The University of Montana, and Montana State University. The PNW-AGEP will initially focus on development of URM student programs in support of STEM disciplines at each institution that are broadly related to the area of Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment. This planning grant proposal addresses four project goals: (1) to determine factors affecting enrollment and successful completion or attrition of students from URM groups in doctoral programs in STEM disciplines at participating institutions; (2) to identify strategies for increasing URM enrollment in STEM doctoral programs; (3) to determine existing strengths, challenges, and barriers related to the movement of URM students from STEM doctoral programs to faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities; and (4) to develop a strategy that will maximize the collaborative benefits of existing strengths and minimize the impact of existing barriers and challenges to recruitment of URM students into doctoral programs in STEM disciplines and to the transition of those URM doctoral students into faculty positions. Each project goal will be accomplished with four general strategies: (1) collection and analysis of institutional data; (2) surveys of stakeholders in URM doctoral education (undergraduate students, graduate students, recent doctoral graduates, faculty, administrators, and tribal officials); (3) identification of successful strategies of similar AGEP programs; and (4) visits to potential partner institutions.The intellectual merit of this proposal is derived from its evidence-based approach to program design. Scientifically valid quantitative and qualitative data collection methods will be used to assess strengths, challenges, and barriers related to URM doctoral student training at participating institutions. These methods will become the baseline for a strong formative assessment plan for the PNW-AGEP. The establishment of communication networks between stakeholders will facilitate rapid implementation of the student-centered and faculty-driven PNW-AGEP as a strategic alliance with great synergistic potential. The development of a ?best practices? document for faculty, which describes successful strategies for mentoring URM doctoral students in STEM disciplines, will be an immediate outcome of this project.The broader impacts of the PNW-AGEP will include increased numbers of URM professionals with PhDs in STEM disciplines beginning their careers as university faculty who are passionate about the possibilities inherent in their career choice. This planning project will set the stage for enhancing collaborative linkages, institutional capabilities, and knowledge base required for the successful implementation of a full AGEP project. Other broader impacts of the PNW-AGEP include: increased participation of individuals from URM groups; greater integration of research with teaching, training, and learning by students and faculty at participating institutions through introduction of best practices for mentoring doctoral students; and improved training of doctoral students in non-technical competencies, including teaching, communication, and leadership skills.

太平洋西北联盟研究生教育和教授（PNW-AGEP）将是五个博士授予机构在美国的地理和文化独特的地区，有一个非常高的美洲原住民人口，目前没有由NSF资助的AGEP计划服务的战略联盟。PNW-AGEP的长期目标是增加传统上代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人口中完成STEM学科博士课程的学生人数，并促进他们成功过渡到美国学院和大学的教师职位。位于普尔曼的华盛顿州立大学将成为牵头机构，与俄勒冈州州立大学、爱达荷州大学、蒙大拿大学和蒙大拿州立大学密切合作。PNW-AGEP最初将专注于URM学生计划的发展，以支持与能源，农业和环境领域广泛相关的每个机构的STEM学科。该计划拨款提案涉及四个项目目标：（1）确定影响URM组学生在参与机构的STEM学科博士课程中入学和成功完成或流失的因素;（2）确定增加URM在STEM博士课程中入学的策略;（3）确定URM学生从STEM博士课程到美国学院和大学教师职位的现有优势，挑战和障碍;以及（4）制定一项战略，最大限度地发挥现有优势的合作效益，并最大限度地减少现有障碍和挑战对URM学生进入STEM学科博士课程以及这些URM博士生过渡到教师职位的影响。每个项目目标将通过四个总体战略来实现：（1）机构数据的收集和分析;（2）对URM博士教育中的利益相关者进行调查（本科生，研究生，最近的博士毕业生，教师，管理人员和部落官员）;（3）识别类似AGEP计划的成功策略;及（4）探访潜在的合作院校。这项建议的学术价值来自其以实证为基础的计划设计方法。科学有效的定量和定性数据收集方法将用于评估参与机构与URM博士生培训相关的优势，挑战和障碍。这些方法将成为《西北太平洋妇女行动计划》-《性别平等和增强伙伴关系方案》强有力的形成性评估计划的基准。利益相关者之间建立沟通网络将有助于迅速实施以学生为中心和教师为驱动的PNW-AGEP作为一个具有巨大协同潜力的战略联盟。A的发展？最佳实践？该项目的一个直接成果是为教师编写的一份文件，该文件描述了在STEM学科指导URM博士生的成功策略。PNW-AGEP的更广泛影响将包括越来越多的URM专业人员，他们拥有STEM学科的博士学位，开始了他们作为大学教师的职业生涯，他们对自己职业选择中固有的可能性充满热情。这一规划项目将为成功实施全面的AGEP项目所需的加强合作联系、机构能力和知识基础奠定基础。该方案的其他更广泛的影响包括：提高了城市资源管理团体的个人参与程度;通过引入指导博士生的最佳做法，使参与机构的学生和教职员工将研究与教学、培训和学习更好地结合起来;改善对博士生的非技术能力培训，包括教学、交流和领导技能。