GP-IMPACT: Increasing Geosciences Enrollment through Research Experiences, Mentoring, and Curriculum Interactions With Community Colleges and High Schools

该计划的重点是提高本科生的研究技能，鼓励地学专业的升学，在当地社区大学和几所拥有大量少数族裔和高需求学生的高中招收和指导学生，并促进地学职业作为学术、政府服务和私营行业可行的职业道路的相关性。通过开发有效地吸引不同学生的方法，包括在地球科学学科和职业中代表不足的少数民族(URM)学生，该项目正在帮助满足美国培养更多精通地球科学的学生的需求，从而进一步提高美国的经济竞争力。该项目涉及海洋和大气科学学院、地球科学系以及设在技术和社会部的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)智能项目的合作。校外合作伙伴包括拿骚和萨福克县社区学院以及长岛的几所高中，所有这些学校都离石溪大学(SBU)校园很近。该项目的主要特点包括：(1)为对地球科学感兴趣的社区大学生扩大暑期研究经验，重点针对URM学生；(2)在学年期间与社区学院和高中合作，联合俱乐部活动、研讨会，并由SBU教员、大四本科生和研究生指导学生；(3)与当地社区学院合作开发课程单元，使学生从2年制到4年制院校，如SBU；(4)向从社区学院过渡到SBU地球科学专业的学生提供奖学金支持，包括将其纳入该大学现有的几个学术和支持结构，包括Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)；(5)为SBU和附近其他地点(如布鲁克海文国家实验室)的少数族裔高中生和本科生提供更多的实习和研究机会；以及(6)为一项纵向研究收集数据，以衡量学生对攻读地球科学专业或中途退出该项目的认识和原因。正在实施的方案有可能适应其他机构的情况，从而扩大进入地球科学学科的机会，并使之在地球科学学科中发挥卓越作用。

This program focuses on enhancing undergraduate research skills, encouraging matriculation in geoscience majors, recruiting and mentoring students at local community colleges and several high schools with large numbers of minority and high-needs students, and promoting the relevance of geoscience careers as viable career paths in academia, government service, and private industry. By developing ways to effectively engage a diversity of students, including under-represented minority (URM) students in geoscience disciplines and careers, this project is helping to address the United States' needs for producing more students well versed in geoscience and thus further enhancing the country's economic competitiveness. This project involves collaborations within the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, the Department of Geosciences and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Smart program housed in the Department of Technology and Society. Off-campus partners include Nassau and Suffolk County Community Colleges and several high schools on Long Island, all of which are within close geographic proximity of the Stony Brook University (SBU) campus. The main features of this project include: (1) Expanding summer research experiences for community college students interested in the geosciences, with a strong focus towards URM students; (2) Collaborating with community colleges and high schools during the academic year with joint club activities, seminars, and mentoring of students by SBU faculty, senior undergraduates, and graduate students; (3) Collaborating with the local community colleges to develop curricular units that result in a smoother transition for students from 2-year to 4-year institutions, such as SBU; (4) Providing scholarship support to students transitioning from community colleges to SBU geoscience majors, including URMs, by incorporating them into several existing academic and support structures available at the University, including the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP); (5) Providing increased internship and research opportunities for minority high school students and undergraduates in the geosciences at SBU and at other nearby locations (e.g., Brookhaven National Laboratory); and (6) Collecting data for a longitudinal study that gauges the awareness of, and reasons for, students pursuing geoscience majors or leaving the program part way through. The programs being implemented have potential for being adapted to other institutional contexts, thereby expanding access to and excellence in geoscience disciplines.