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

实施项目支持传统黑人学院和大学(HBCU)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)本科学位的学生数量，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)的这个项目寻求在之前成功努力的基础上，增加非裔美国学生对STEM学科的参与。将建立STEM中心，重点关注STEM学生的招聘、留住和毕业率，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，并以充实为补充，以提高学生的学术表现，使其超越目前的成就水平；并为教师提供活动，以扩展他们的教学和研究技能，使他们在建立成功的导师/辅导者关系和富有成效的合作时，能够更好地准备传授知识和帮助学生发展技能。以下活动和战略旨在实现该项目的目标：开发特定学科的期刊俱乐部；举办以批判性思维技能为重点的讲习班，以帮助学生理解理性决策的理论和实践中涉及的原则；通过为实习和就业创造机会的活动探索STEM职业生涯；制定个人发展计划，以帮助每个学生确定最终将导致她或他的长期职业目标的教育道路；为STEM学生重返大学而要求30学分或更少学分才能毕业的方案；建立学术进步伙伴关系，以在UDC的学生和教职员工与授予博士学位的机构的教职员工和管理人员之间建立互动；利用高级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育学范式的转变；通过导师培训增强教职员工的能力；以及支持教职员工进行个人和协作研究。支持这些目标的项目战略是以证据为基础的，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.