DCL: NSF INCLUDES Collective Impact as a Pathway to Reinvigorate Broadening Participation in STEM

美国的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育和劳动力发展对全球竞争力和国家安全至关重要。然而，美国正面临着进入STEM劳动力的人数减少，这在人口统计中并不均匀。具体来说，妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人获得STEM学位，并进入STEM劳动力队伍，其水平明显低于美国的人口代表性。（NSF INCLUDES）计划支持模型，网络，伙伴关系和研究，以确保扩大妇女，历史上代表性不足的种族和族裔群体成员在STEM中的参与，社会经济地位低下的人和残疾人。这次会议的重点是集体影响，作为一项战略，以解决扩大参与的挑战。 集体影响不同于协作，因为联盟需要一个骨干组织才能取得成功。该项目的目标是组织一次会议，向骨干组织通报扩大STEM教育和劳动力参与的情况。该会议将于2017年1月20日至22日在圣地亚哥的加州大学举行，并汇集了来自设计和开发试点的项目调查员，沿着利益相关者在地方，区域和国家范围内扩大参与STEM。会议的总体目标是发展参与者在应用集体影响模型方面的知识基础，以及骨干组织在解决STEM管道的具体问题和过渡点方面的作用。与会者包括K-12，社区学院和大学代表;研究生教育，决策者和私营部门雇主的领导者。 会议包括全体会议，？闪光灯？发言和互动工作组参与制定集体影响方法，以解决扩大STEM参与的问题。 工作组分享他们的见解，观众反馈通过Twitter和Storify以电子方式进行策划。为了真实的及时回应与会者的问题或见解，本次会议使用创新平台IdeaWave，在会议之前，期间和之后征求，整理和评估与会者的想法。 会议结果被整合到最终报告中，以通知NSF INCLUDES联盟骨干组织。该项目的智力价值在于，它促进了对扩大STEM教育和劳动力参与的障碍，集体影响模型以及骨干组织在指导愿景和战略方面的作用的了解，并支持NSF INCLUDES联盟的活动，评估和沟通。该项目更广泛的影响是，它通过向骨干组织提供信息而使社会受益，从而扩大STEM劳动力的参与，并最终提高美国的全球竞争力和国家安全。

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development in the US are critical for global competitiveness and national security. However, the U.S. is facing a decrease in entrants to the STEM workforce which is not shared evenly across demographics. Specifically, women, underrepresented minorities, and people with disabilities obtain STEM degrees and enter the STEM workforce at levels significantly below their demographic representation in the U.S. The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) program supports models, networks, partnerships and research to ensure the broadening participation in STEM of women, members of racial and ethnic groups that have been historically underrepresented, persons of low socio-economic status, and people with disabilities. This conference focuses on collective impact as a strategy to address the broadening participation challenge. Collective impact is distinguished from collaboration in that the alliances require a backbone organization to succeed. The goal of this project is to organize a conference to inform backbone organizations toward broadening participation in STEM education and the workforce. The conference takes place at the University of California, San Diego January 20-22, 2017 and brings together Project Investigators from the Design and Development pilots, along with stakeholders in broadening participation in STEM on a local, regional, and national scale. The overarching goal of the conference is to develop the knowledge base of participants in the application of the collective impact model, and the role of backbone organizations to address specific issues and transition points of the STEM pipeline. Conference participants include K-12, community college, and university representatives; leaders in graduate education, policy makers and private sector employers. The conference includes plenary sessions, ?flash? presentations, and interactive workgroups engaged in the development of collective impact approaches to problems in Broadening Participation in STEM. Workgroups share their insights, and audience feedback is electronically curated via Twitter and Storify. To respond in real time to participant questions or insights this conference uses the innovative platform, IdeaWave, to solicit, sort and value ideas from the attendees before, during, and after the conference. Conference results are integrated into a final report to inform the NSF INCLUDES Alliances backbone organizations. The intellectual merit of the project is that it advances knowledge about the barriers to broadening participation in STEM education and the workforce, the collective impact model, and the role of the backbone organization to guide the vision and strategy, and support the activities, evaluation, and communication of the NSF INCLUDES Alliances. The broader impact of this project is that it benefits society by informing backbone organizations, which leads to broadening participation of the STEM workforce and ultimately increases U.S. global competitiveness and national security.