Implementation Project: STEM Center for Research and Development - Increasing Minority Students in STEM Disciplines

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）提供支持，以设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生人数，并通过加强STEM教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。哥伦比亚特区大学（UDC）的这个项目旨在以以往的成功努力为基础，提高非裔美国学生在STEM学科的参与度。将建立一个STEM中心，重点关注STEM学生的招聘、保留和毕业率，并为教师提供额外的教学培训和研究技能的提升。该项目的目标是：为STEM学生提供积极的支持，旨在强调学习是一个积极和持续的过程，并以丰富作为补充，以提高学生的学习成绩，超越他们目前的成就水平；并为教师提供活动，以扩大他们的教学和研究技能，以便他们在建立成功的导师/学员关系和富有成效的合作时，更好地准备传授知识和帮助学生发展技能。下列活动和战略是为实现该项目的目标而设计的：发展一个特定学科的期刊俱乐部；以批判性思维技能为重点的工作坊，帮助学生理解理性决策的理论和实践所涉及的原则；通过创造实习和就业机会的活动进行STEM职业探索；制定个人发展计划，帮助每位学生确定最终能实现其长期职业目标的教育路径；一个“接近完成者”项目，针对那些需要30个或更少学分才能毕业的STEM学生；建立学术进步伙伴关系，在UDC的学生和教师以及博士授予机构的教师和管理人员之间建立互动；利用先进研究技术公司教授研究技术；利用翻转课堂和协作学习创造教学法的范式转变；通过导师培训赋予教师权力；并支持教师进行个人和合作研究。支持这些目标的项目战略是基于证据的，并将对其有效性进行监测和评估。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) seeks to build on previous successful efforts to increase participation of African-American students in STEM disciplines. A STEM Center will be established and focus on the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of STEM students, as well as provide additional pedagogical training and upgrading of research skills to faculty. The goals of the project are to: provide STEM students with active support designed to highlight learning as an active and ongoing process and with enrichment as a complement to heighten students' academic performance beyond their current level of achievement; and provide faculty with activities that will expand their teaching and research skills so they will be better prepared to impart knowledge and assist in the development of students' skills as they forge successful mentor/mentee relationships and productive collaborations. The following activities and strategies are designed to meet the project's goals: development of a discipline-specific Journal Club; workshops focusing on critical thinking skills to aid students in understanding the principles involved in the theory and practice of reasoned decision-making; STEM career explorations through activities that create opportunities for internships and employment; development of an Individual Development Plan to assist each student in determining educational paths that will eventually lead to her or his long-term career goal; a program for "Near Completers" for STEM students returning to the university requiring thirty or fewer credits to graduate; establishment of Academic Advancement Partnerships to create interactions between students and faculty at UDC and faculty and administrators at PhD granting institutions; utilization of the Advance Research Techniques Corp to teach research techniques; creation of a paradigm shift in pedagogy by utilizing the flipped classroom and collaborative learning; empowerment of faculty through mentor training; and support for faculty to conduct individual and collaborative research. The project strategies supporting these objectives are evidence-based and will be monitored and evaluated for effectiveness.