Implementation Project: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) STEM Academy

实施项目：阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校 (UAPB) STEM 学院

• 批准号: 1533474
• 负责人: Charles Colen
• 金额: $ 175万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1533474&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementation; Project; University; Arkansas; Pine

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) seeks to build on a model that has proven successful in recruiting, retaining and graduating African-American undergraduates in STEM, to include a focus on veteran and Hispanic STEM students. Key activities are based on the existing UAPB STEM Academy Model with new evidence-based interventions to be researched and disseminated. The project is guided and informed by an on-going evaluation.Specific objectives of the project are to: increase the enrollment, retention, and graduation rate of underrepresented minority students, including veterans in STEM disciplines; increase the number of veteran STEM scholars; increase the number of STEM students who pass Calculus I and II; increase the number of STEM scholars participating in internships; increase the number of UAPB STEM faculty participating in research and mentoring STEM scholars; and increase the number of STEM graduates who enter graduate school and receive graduate fellowships from NSF, other governmental agencies, and private foundations. The program will create support for strong student engagement through collaborative learning and research, enrichment of the mathematics curriculum and pedagogy, and campus research mentorship supplemented by summer internships. The project will assess the key components, while implementing interventions and modifications necessary to prepare the STEM scholars for the workforce and graduate school. This project can serve as a model for providing support to veteran STEM students and for purposefully recruiting and supporting Hispanic STEM students at a Historically Black University.

历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科生方案为设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力提供支持，通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学教育和研究，增加学生人数和提高学生准备质量。阿肯色州松树海崖大学（UAPB）的这一实施项目旨在建立一个已被证明在STEM领域成功招募、留住和毕业非裔美国本科生的模式，其中包括关注退伍军人和西班牙裔STEM学生。主要活动基于现有的UAPB STEM学院模型，并将研究和传播新的循证干预措施。该项目以一项持续的评估为指导和依据，具体目标是：提高少数民族学生的入学率、保留率和毕业率，包括STEM学科的资深学生;增加STEM资深学者的人数;增加通过微积分一和二的STEM学生人数;增加参加实习的STEM学者人数;增加UAPB STEM教师参与研究和指导STEM学者的数量;增加进入研究生院并获得NSF，其他政府机构和私人基金会研究生奖学金的STEM毕业生数量。该计划将通过协作学习和研究，丰富数学课程和教学法，以及由暑期实习补充的校园研究导师制，为学生的参与提供支持。该项目将评估关键组成部分，同时实施必要的干预和修改，为STEM学者的劳动力和研究生院做好准备。这个项目可以作为一个模型，为老STEM学生提供支持，并有目的地招募和支持西班牙裔STEM学生在历史上的黑人大学。