NSF INCLUDES: Redefining Potential - the Upstate NY Design and Development Pilot for Diverse Student Populations

INCLUDES项目将建立在罗彻斯特大学开发的“利用和整合stem新知识”（LINKS）框架的基础上，目标是在组成纽约州北部联盟的四所院校参加“向上发展”项目的学生：康奈尔大学、德尤维尔学院、门罗社区学院和罗彻斯特大学。该项目将通过将教师和研究生整合到向上发展项目中，为服务不足的学生增加课程和体验式学习。通过应用LINKS框架，教育工作者将学习并开发管理课堂多样性的新方法，包括种族、语言、年龄、教育背景和其他影响学生学习方式的文化标志。该小组将开发和传播创造包容性教学和研究环境的最佳做法。纽约州北部联盟将为全国范围内的推广提供一个概念验证模型，并为不同的高危高中生群体提供可衡量的结果。该联盟将努力在每个不同机构环境的背景下翻译和进一步发展LINKS框架，从而形成一个更强大的模式，该模式借鉴了所有学校的优势，并具有核心重点和应用范围。该项目将创建一个多元化的学院社区，致力于弥合P-12和高等教育学习环境之间的差距。它还将在四个机构之间实施明确而成功的合作，为分享最佳做法、开展跨机构对话以及利用每个成员的优势来加强和进一步发展LINKS框架提供多种机会。

The INCLUDES project will build on the Leveraging and Integrating New Knowledge in STEMS (LINKS) framework that was developed at the University of Rochester to target students participating in Upward Bound programs at four institutions that will comprise the Upstate NY Alliance: Cornell University, D'Youville College, Monroe Community College, and the University of Rochester. The project will increase curricular and experiential learning offerings to underserved students by integrating faculty and graduate students into Upward Bound programs. Applying the LINKS framework, educators will learn and develop new means for managing classroom diversity, including ethnicity, language, age, educational background, and other cultural markers that shape the way students learn. The team will develop and disseminate best practices on creating inclusive teaching and research environments. The Upstate NY Alliance will produce a proof of concept model for national scale-up with measurable outcomes for varying populations of at-risk high school students. The Alliance will strive to translate and further develop the LINKS framework within the context of each of the varied institutional environments, resulting in a more robust model that draws from the strengths of all of the schools with a core focus and range of applications. The project will create a diverse collegial community dedicated to bridging the gap between P-12 and higher education learning environments. It also will implement a clearly-articulated and successful collaboration among the four institutions that will provide multiple opportunities to share best practices, engage in cross-institution dialog, and leverage each member's strengths to enhance and further develop the LINKS framework.