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

本项目旨在培养西班牙裔女性学生成为STEM领域的领导者。该项目旨在确定一套混合的STEM参与活动，包括夏季强化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劳动力缺口和教育渠道，从而进入本科STEM课程并毕业。如果成功，这项工作将提高西班牙裔女性在STEM劳动力中的参与度和领导力。为了实现这些目标，pi将：(1)与合作伙伴合作，识别、招募和筛选聪明、精力充沛的西班牙裔高中一年级女生，她们对STEM学科表现出希望和兴趣；(2)在整个学年和暑期住宿期间，让选定的学生及其家人参与正式和非正式的STEM学习，使学生能够进一步发展和明确他们的STEM使命；(3)为学生进入本科院校做准备；(4)为项目参与者提供全额学费奖学金，确保他们能够接受本科教育；(5)在我们的机构和合作学院，提供专门的顾问和导师，并开展队列活动，以确保本科生的坚持和成功。技术摘要PIs旨在为女性西班牙裔学生在STEM劳动力中担任领导角色做好准备。为了在全球经济中竞争，维护国家安全，应对严峻的环境挑战，需要更多有技能的毕业生来填补STEM岗位。包括女性和有色人种在内的那些在STEM领域仍然代表性不足的人群中存在着尚未开发的人才资源。这项工作将有助于确定一套混合的STEM参与活动，包括夏季强化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，从而进入本科STEM教育的预科和毕业。这项工作建立在一项研究的基础上，该研究表明，有指导的研究机会和同伴的支持和互动可以提高女学生的坚持能力。它还建立在集体影响的区域模式之上，通过这种模式，各种各样的公司、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，这项工作将提高西班牙裔女性在STEM劳动力中的参与度和领导力。

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.