Collaborative Research: EFRI-REM Mentoring Catalyst Initiative

STEM 指导研究表明，积极的指导经验对 STEM 领域的保留和扩大（例如代表性不足的少数群体 (URM)、妇女和残疾人）的参与具有重大影响。 工程学目前正处于十字路口，需要尽一切努力留住有才华的工程学学生。 很少有研究只关注工程指导，而且这些研究都没有包含对导师的重要培训内容。该项目计划使用和衡量导师培训对工程研究人员的影响。 EFRI 研究经验和指导 (EFRI-REM) 计划将用作试点计划，以衡量纳入导师培训以及根据 EFRI-REM 学生的成果建立以工程为重点的指导社区是否成功。 虽然 EFRI-REM 研究参与者将用于试点该计划，但其结果将对整个工程研究界产生潜在的深远影响。 例如，建议的“培训培训师”？导师培训模式将在 EFRI-REM 社区之外广泛传播。 将鼓励和支持接受过促进导师培训培训的教师为 EFRI-REM 项目之外的工程教师和学生提供培训，这可能会对整个工程研究领域产生潜在影响。 此外，开发的在线指导社区将为工程导师提供持续支持，以讨论最佳实践和持续的指导问题。 受到良好指导的学生可能会对工程研究生的保留产生巨大的潜在积极影响，并鼓励工程本科生攻读工程高级学位。

STEM mentoring research shows that positive mentoring experiences have a significant impact on STEM retention and broadening participation of (e.g., underrepresented Minorities (URM), women and persons with disabilities) in STEM fields. Engineering is currently at a crossroad and everything that can be done to retain talented engineering students needs to be done. There are few studies that focus solely on engineering mentoring and none of these studies include a significant training component for the mentors. This project plans to use and measure the impact of mentor training on engineering researchers. The EFRI Research Experience and Mentoring (EFRI-REM) program will be used as a pilot program to measure the success of inclusion of mentor training and the building of an engineering focused mentoring community on outcomes of EFRI-REM students. While the EFRI-REM research participants will be used to pilot this program, the outcomes will have potentially far reaching impact throughout the engineering research community. For example, the proposed ?train the trainer? mentor training model will be broadly disseminated beyond the EFRI-REM community. Faculty trained to facilitate mentor training will be encouraged and supported to offer training to engineering faculty and students beyond the EFRI-REM program, with potential impacts reaching the entire engineering research spectrum. In addition, the developed online mentoring community will provide continued support for engineering mentors to discuss best practices and ongoing mentoring issues. The impact of well-mentored students could have large potential positive impacts on retention of graduate students in engineering and encourage undergraduate engineering students to pursue advanced degrees in engineering.