Analytic Support for the Geoscience Education and Diversity Program

美国研究院正在综合自2002年以来由美国国家科学基金会资助的加强地球科学多样性机会(OEDG)计划组合中选定项目的主要发现。这一综合的结果将被用于2013年1月访问委员会(COV)对地球科学教育和多样性(Geo E&Amp；D)计划的审查。该项目强调从OEDG的项目组合中精心选择的项目子组所产生的知识？之所以选择项目，是因为他们的研究结果具有较高的有效性和普适性。一组AIR研究人员正在审查选定项目的各种参考材料，包括NSF最终报告、NSF年度报告、同行评议期刊上的出版物和项目网站。对主要调查人员样本的电话采访被用来充实最佳做法的细节，并在国家科学基金资金到期后跟踪参与者的制度化、模式复制和较长期成果。审查和访谈的结果将总结在一份最终报告中，该报告确定了实现OEDG计划目标的基于证据的成功战略以及这些战略取得成功的条件。本项目以2007年《地球科学教育杂志》关于地球科学中种族多样性状况的特刊报告的项目级调查结果为基础，并对该卷中的两篇文章进行了扩展，这两篇文章论述了从过去十年联邦研究投资成果中吸取的经验教训和最佳做法。自《联合专家小组》特刊出版以来，经研小组资助的项目建立在其中提供的大量知识的基础上，这使这一系统的、学术的评估和对经研小组支持的项目的最重要结论的综合非常及时。该项目依赖于OEDG在其历史上支持的最重要、高质量的研究，预计将阐明促进少数群体参与地球科学的最佳做法，以及各种战略最有可能取得成功的条件。对新知识、理解和最佳实践的分析将使2013年COV、NSF GEO E&D项目经理、当前的OEDG项目、更广泛的地球科学界以及其他NSF少数群体服务项目受益匪浅。

The American Institutes for Research is synthesizing the major findings of selected projects in the Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences (OEDG) Program portfolio, supported by NSF since 2002. Results of this synthesis will be used to inform the Committee of Visitors (COV) review of the Geoscience Education and Diversity (Geo E&D) Program in January 2013. The project emphasizes knowledge generated by a carefully selected subgroup of projects from OEDG's program portfolio ? projects selected because of the relatively high validity and generalizability of their findings. A team of AIR researchers is reviewing a variety of reference materials for the selected projects, including final NSF reports, annual NSF reports, publications in peer-reviewed journals, and project websites. Telephone interviews with a sample of principal investigators are being used to flesh out the details of best practices and to follow up on institutionalization, model replication, and longer term outcomes for participants after NSF funding expires. Results of the review and interviews are being summarized in a final report that identifies evidence-based successful strategies in achieving OEDG program goals and the conditions under which they succeeded. This project builds on the project-level findings reported in the 2007 Journal of Geosciences Education special issue on the status of racial diversity in the geosciences and expands on the two articles in that volume that addressed lessons learned and best practices gleaned from results of Federal research investments made during the previous decade. Since publication of the special issue of JGE, projects funded by OEDG have built on the body of knowledge presented therein, making this systematic, scholarly assessment and synthesis of the most significant findings of projects supported by OEDG very timely. This project, relying on the most significant, high-quality research supported by OEDG over its history, is expected to clarify best practices in fostering minority participation in the geosciences and the conditions under which various strategies are most likely to succeed. Analysis of new knowledge, understanding, and best practices will benefit substantially the 2013 COV, NSF GEO E&D Program managers, current OEDG projects, the broader geosciences community, and other NSF minority-serving programs.