COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Getting it right. A strategic planning workshop to develop a sustainable pathway for educating underrepresented Puerto Rican students in geosciences

美国的科学进步有赖于未来STEM劳动力的发展，这支劳动力训练有素、效率高，并通过国家不同人才的参与而丰富。该奖项将用于支持为期一周的战略规划研讨会，该研讨会将汇集图拉博大学、大都会大学和马里兰大学环境科学中心的教职员工、研究生和本科生，还有来自波多黎各政府和私营部门组织的其他参与者。合作努力的目标是为拉美裔学生开发进入海洋和沿海科学的可持续教育和研究途径。这次研讨会的目标是开发新的教育模式，或调整现有的教育模式，这些模式对于在波多黎各的少数族裔服务机构建立一个全面的耦合地球科学教育和研究计划是必要的。总体目标是开辟一条通向STEM成功之路，这将导致来自少数族裔服务机构的人数不足的学生更多地参与与地球科学相关的学科和职业，并提高地球科学素养。讲习班汇集了波多黎各在政府、学术界、非政府组织和私营部门的新的和现有的合作伙伴，讨论和制定一个教育框架，以创建一个新的联系学年和暑期研究课程。研讨会的议程包括为期两天的专题讨论会和战略规划会议，然后是为期五天的实地考察和研讨会。参与者将包括德克萨斯大学、密歇根大学和密歇根大学的教职员工、12名本科生和5名研究生。实地/研讨会部分旨在帮助确定合作者之间的相互优势领域，为波多黎各各机构制定有效和可持续的多年期本科生科学教育和研究课程的战略提供信息，并与新的和现有的合作伙伴一起测试潜在研究计划的有效性。对讲习班进程和成果的广泛评价和评估将有助于记录实现讲习班目标的机会和障碍。

The progress of science in the United States is dependent on the development of a future STEM workforce that is well-trained, highly effective, and enriched through participation of the diverse talent of the nation. This award is being used to support a week-long strategic planning workshop that will bring together faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students from the Universidad del Turabo, Universidad Metropolitana, and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, with additional participants attending from government and private sector organizations within Puerto Rico. The goal of the collaborative effort is to develop sustainable education and research pathways into the marine and coastal sciences for Hispanic students.The objective of this workshop is to develop novel educational models, or adapt existing ones, that are necessary for building a comprehensive coupled geoscience education and research program at minority serving institutions in Puerto Rico. The overarching goal is to create a pathway to STEM success that will lead to an increase in the number of underrepresented students from minority serving institutions participating in geoscience-relevant disciplines and careers, as well as increase geoscience literacy. The workshop is bringing together new and existing Puerto Rico partners in government, academia, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to discuss and develop an educational framework for creating a new linked academic year and summer research curriculum. The workshop agenda consists of a two-day symposium and strategic planning meeting followed by 5 days of fieldwork and seminars. Participants will include UT,UMET and UMCES faculty, 12 undergraduates and 5 graduate students. The field/seminar components are designed to help identify areas of mutual strength among the collaborators, to inform strategies for developing an effective and sustainable multiyear undergraduate science education and research curriculum at institutions in Puerto Rico, as well as test the efficacy of potential research programs with new and existing partners. Extensive evaluation and assessment of the workshop processes and outcomes will help to document opportunities and barriers for achieving the goals of the workshop.