AGEP-BPR: An Exploratory Examination of STEM Graduate Programs between the United States and England: Comparative Designs and Patterns for Select Minorities

GEP-BPR：美国和英国之间 STEM 研究生课程的探索性审查：针对特定少数群体的比较设计和模式

• 批准号: 1306506
• 负责人: Beverly Lindsay
• 金额: $ 52.49万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1306506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AGEP; BPR; Exploratory; Examination; STEM

Pennsylvania State University will implement an AGEP Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education project entitled "An Exploratory Examination of STEM Graduate Programs between the United States and England: Comparative Designs and Patterns for Select Minorities". Researchers will conduct a three-year mixed methods exploratory comparative study of the participation of minority students in STEM disciplines in the United States (U.S.) and England in order to comprehend salient factors contributing to successful entrance, matriculation, and completion of STEM graduate degrees. The research objectives are to (1) document the enrollment, matriculation and graduation rates of graduate STEM programs in select U.S. and English universities; (2) identify and compare factors impacting the participation in graduate STEM education of African American and Hispanic students in the U.S. to those affecting African English, Caribbean English, and Pakistani English students in England; (3) analyze how written and voiced university policies in the two nations may affect the entrance and degree completions of diverse populations in STEM fields; (40) examine the interaction of policies with various dimensions of student diversity, such as class, gender, and race; (5) articulate the potential opportunities for urban/metropolitan universities in both countries to more effectively recruit, retain, educate, and graduate future minority STEM professionals; and (6) present a critical examination of cross-national lessons regarding ?minority students? that can be gleaned by comparative analyses. The study is undergirded by three conceptual frameworks that will provide the basis for country-specific and cross-national lessons beneficial to U.S. and English universities. Ultimately, the project will elucidate models that U.S. urban doctoral universities might undertake to promote policy and programmatic options for underrepresented groups in STEM fields.

宾夕法尼亚州立大学将实施一项 AGEP 扩大 STEM 教育参与研究项目，题为“美国和英国之间 STEM 研究生课程的探索性考试：针对特定少数群体的比较设计和模式”。研究人员将对美国和英国少数族裔学生参与 STEM 学科的情况进行为期三年的混合方法探索性比较研究，以了解有助于成功入学、入学和完成 STEM 研究生学位的显着因素。研究目标是 (1) 记录选定的美国和英国大学 STEM 研究生课程的入学率、入学率和毕业率； (2) 确定并比较影响美国非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生参与研究生 STEM 教育的因素与影响英国非洲裔英语、加勒比英语和巴基斯坦英语学生的因素； (3) 分析两国书面和口头的大学政策如何影响 STEM 领域不同人群的入学和学位完成； (40) 研究政策与学生多样性各个方面的相互作用，例如阶级、性别和种族； (5) 阐明两国城市/大城市大学更有效地招募、留住、教育和培养未来少数族裔 STEM 专业人员的潜在机会； (6) 对有关“少数民族学生”的跨国课程进行严格审查。可以通过比较分析得出。 该研究以三个概念框架为基础，这些框架将为有利于美国和英国大学的特定国家和跨国课程提供基础。最终，该项目将阐明美国城市博士大学可能采取的模式，以促进 STEM 领域代表性不足群体的政策和计划选择。