NSF INCLUDES: A Program Designed to Recruit, Retain, and Train Hispanic Women in STEM Disciplines

概述这个项目旨在为女性西班牙裔学生在STEM劳动力的领导做好准备。 该项目旨在确定一套混合的STEM参与活动，包括夏季密集的实验室体验式学习和校外STEM活动，同伴支持，指导和经济援助，是否可以帮助目标学生通过传统的漏劳动力和教育管道，从而使本科STEM课程入学和毕业。 如果成功，这项工作将增加西班牙裔妇女在STEM劳动力中的参与和领导。为了实现这些目标，PI将：（1）与合作伙伴合作，识别，招募和筛选高中一年级的聪明，充满活力的西班牙裔女性，她们对STEM学科表现出希望和兴趣;（二）让选定的学生及其家人在整个学年和暑期住宿期间参与正式和非正式的STEM学习，使学生能够进一步发展和澄清他们的呼唤，（3）为学生进入本科院校做好准备;（4）为项目参与者提供全额奖学金，以确保本科教育能够实现;（5）在我们的机构和合作院校，提供专门的顾问和导师以及队列活动，以确保本科生的坚持和成功。技术摘要PI旨在为西班牙裔女性学生在STEM劳动力中担任领导职务做好准备。 为了在全球经济中竞争，维护国家安全并应对严峻的环境挑战，需要更多技能毕业生来填补STEM工作岗位。 一个未开发的人才来源存在于那些在STEM领域继续代表性不足的人群中，包括妇女和有色人种。 这项工作将有助于确定一套混合的STEM参与活动，包括夏季密集的实验室体验式学习和校外STEM活动，同伴支持，指导和经济援助，是否可以帮助目标学生通过传统的泄漏管道，导致本科STEM教育的入学和毕业。 这项工作建立在研究的基础上，研究表明，指导研究的机会和同伴的支持和互动提高了女学生的持久性。 它还建立在集体影响的区域模型基础上，各种企业，非营利组织和基金会组织成功地联合起来，开展具有重大影响的项目。 如果成功，这项工作将增加西班牙裔妇女在STEM劳动力中的参与和领导。

General SummaryThis project seeks to prepare female Hispanic students for leadership in the STEM workforce. The project seeks to determine if a blended set of STEM engagement activities including summer intensive laboratory-based experiential learning and out-of-school STEM activities, peer support, mentoring, and financial assistance can help to take target students through a traditional leaky workforce and educational pipeline resulting in matriculation to and graduation from undergraduate STEM programs. If successful, the work will increase participation and leadership of Hispanic women in the STEM workforce. To accomplish these goals, the PIs will: (1) work with partners to identify, recruit, and screen bright, energetic Hispanic females in their freshman year of high school who show promise and interest in STEM disciplines; (2) engage selected students and their families in formal and informal STEM learning both throughout the school year and during summer residential experiences to enable the students to further develop and clarify their STEM calling; (3)prepare the students to matriculate to undergraduate college; (4) provide program participants with full-tuition scholarships to ensure undergraduate education is attainable; and (5) at our institution and partner colleges, provide dedicated advisors and mentors and cohort activities to ensure undergraduate persistence and success.Technical SummaryThe PIs seek to prepare female Hispanic students for leadership in the STEM workforce. To compete in the global economy, maintain national security, and meet serious environmental challenges, more skilled graduates are needed to fill STEM jobs. An untapped source of talent exists in those populations that continue to be underrepresented in STEM fields, including women and people of color. This work will help to determine if a blended set of STEM engagement activities including summer intensive laboratory-based experiential learning and out-of-school STEM activities, peer support, mentoring, and financial assistance can help to take target students through a traditional leaky pipeline resulting in matriculation to and graduation from undergraduate STEM education. The work builds on research that shows that mentored research opportunities and peer support and interaction improves persistence in female students. It also builds on regional models of collective impact whereby a variety of corporate, nonprofit, and foundation organizations successfully join together for large-impact projects. If successful, the work will increase participation and leadership of Hispanic women in the STEM workforce.