Collaborative Research: GP-EXTRA: Broadening Geosciences Preparedness through Cross-Campus Experiential Partnership

圣玛丽山？MSMU是一所地球科学有限的机构，通过IUSE GEOPATHS-EXTRA项目，解决了学术界和工业界对地球科学领域多样性的需求。MSMU吗?我们与南加州大学（USC）的合作为女性、弱势群体、低收入群体、主要是第一代大学生扩大了环境和地球科学的机会。利用南加州大学及其位于卡塔琳娜岛的Wrigley海洋科学中心的STEM能力，该项目将在MSMU地球科学和环境领域的早期本科生中产生更大的学术兴趣和意识。它还将为参与者提供在这些领域的高级学位课程和职业生涯中取得成功所必需的学术和现场经验。未被充分代表的少数族裔大学生进入STEM专业的比例与其他学生相似，但完成率较低（美国国家科学院，2011年）。MSMU吗?GEOPATHS项目为女性、少数族裔、低收入、主要是第一代大学生提供本科实践研究经验，积极学习入门课程，以及加入STEM学习社区，旨在提高学生对科学的兴趣和提高学生的成绩。GEOPATHS项目将招收MSMU的早期本科生进行全年催化体验，旨在：1)通过南加州大学的项目学习，向参与者介绍海洋学和环境科学领域。2)在教师和研究人员的指导下进行实地/实验室研究，3)为随后参与国家项目和南加大高级课程建立专业知识和信心，4)告知学生有关地球科学研究生院和工作机会。与此同时，该计划将加强MSMU？USC的目标是为学生开发环境科学课程，在南加州大学和MSMU地球科学课程之间开展跨校园实践，并扩大南加州大学？美国正在采取措施，吸引不同人群进入STEM研究生项目。通过这些活动，该项目打算对有关培养和留住代表性不足的地球科学专业学生和职业道路的战略的现有知识体系作出重大贡献。技术研究表明，STEM研究生项目和STEM教师中缺乏种族和民族多样性。特别是，在各级高等教育中，地球科学被认为是所有STEM领域中多样性最低的（国家科学与工程统计中心，2015）。在2010年，20%的美国单身汉？5个学位授予了代表性不足的少数民族，不到地球科学学士学位的7%。5个学位被授予相同的群体（Stokes et al., 2014）。这些统计数据突出表明，需要对基于证据和产生证据的战略进行创造性投资，以扩大地球科学的获取，并提高代表性不足群体的保留率。圣玛丽山？年代的大学吗?geoaths - extra项目将为加州洛杉矶的第一代女大学生提供更多的环境和地球科学机会。这将通过MSMU和MSMU之间可持续的、可扩展的合作伙伴关系来实现。一个少数人服务的有限的2年/4年的地球科学女子机构？和南加州大学（USC）？一所大型的R1大学该项目将利用南加州大学？该项目旨在吸引MSMU学生参与地球科学课外活动，并将评估这些策略在吸引和留住来自地球科学有限机构的学生从事STEM专业和职业道路方面的成功程度。该项目每年将招收14名MSMU学生，直接影响总共42名学生。主要是生物科学专业，优先考虑第一代和代表性不足的学生。MSMU和USC校区的项目将扩展MSMU的STEM入门课程，提供多样化的教学方法，并强调1)早期研究经验，2)主动学习，以及3)STEM学习社区的成员资格。该计划将为学生提供催化经验：1)通过在南加州大学海洋站，瑞格利海洋科学中心的项目学习，介绍海洋学和环境科学领域；2)在USC和MSMU教师和研究人员的指导下进行实地/实验室研究；3)建立专业知识和信心，为后续参与国家项目和南加大高级课程提供支持；4)告知学生地球科学研究生院和就业机会。评估将通过以下方式增加知识库：1)记录项目活动对学生在STEM课程和专业中的保留率的影响；2)强化STEM少数群体身份认同；3)促进同行和专业网络；4)将MSMU的STEM入门课程与外部地球科学研究机会和南加州大学高年级课程联系起来；5)提高学生对地球科学研究生课程和职业的准备和兴趣。GEOPATHS项目旨在增加地球科学专业本科生的数量和多样性。此外，其更广泛的贡献将是一种正式的、可扩展的、可复制的跨机构伙伴关系模式，旨在改善学生的成果，提高他们在地球科学职业和研究生学习方面的兴趣和成功。

Non TechnicalMount Saint Mary?s University (MSMU), a geoscience-limited institution, addresses the need for diversity in geoscience fields, both in academia and in industry, through its IUSE GEOPATHS-EXTRA program. MSMU?s partnership with the University of Southern California (USC) expands environmental and geoscience opportunities for female, underrepresented, low-income, predominantly first-generation college students. Leveraging the STEM capacity of USC and its Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island, the project will generate greater academic interest and awareness among early-level MSMU undergraduates in geoscience and environmental fields. It will also provide participants with the academic and field experience necessary to succeed in advanced degree programs and careers in these fields.Underrepresented minority university students enter majors in STEM fields at a similar rate to other students, but completion rates are lower (National Academies, 2011). MSMU?s GEOPATHS program provides female, minority, low-income, predominantly first-generation college students with undergraduate hands-on research experiences, active learning in introductory courses, and membership in a STEM learning community aimed at increasing interest in the sciences and improving student outcomes. The GEOPATHS program will recruit early undergraduates at MSMU for year-round catalytic experiences designed to: 1) introduce participants to oceanography and environmental science fields through project-based learning at USC?s marine research station on Catalina Island, 2) conduct field/laboratory studies mentored by faculty and researchers, 3) build expertise and confidence for subsequent participation in national programs and advanced USC courses not available at MSMU, and 4) inform students about geoscience graduate school and workforce opportunities. At the same time, the program will fortify MSMU?s goals to develop an environmental science track for students, develop cross-campus practices between USC and MSMU geoscience programs, and broaden USC?s ongoing initiatives to attract diverse populations into STEM graduate programs. Through these activities, the project intends to contribute significantly to the existing body of knowledge concerning strategies for entraining and retaining underrepresented students in geosciences majors and career paths.TechnicalResearch indicates a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in graduate STEM programs and among STEM faculty. In particular, the geosciences are cited as having the lowest diversity of all the STEM fields at all levels of higher education (National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, 2015). In 2010, while 20% of all U.S. bachelor?s degrees were awarded to underrepresented minorities, fewer than 7% of geoscience bachelor?s degrees were awarded to the same groups (Stokes et al., 2014). These statistics highlight the need for creative investments in evidence-based and evidence-generating strategies to broaden geoscience access and improve retention among underrepresented groups. Mount Saint Mary?s University?s (MSMU) GEOPATHS-EXTRA program will expand environmental and geoscience opportunities for underrepresented and predominantly first-generation female college students in Los Angeles, California. This will be accomplished via a sustainable, scalable partnership between MSMU?a minority-serving geosciences-limited 2-year/4-year women's institution?and the University of Southern California (USC)?a large R1 university.The project will leverage USC?s significant STEM capacity to engage MSMU students in geoscience extracurricular activities, and will evaluate the success of such strategies for entraining and retaining students from a geoscience-limited institution in STEM majors and career paths. The program will enroll 14 MSMU students per annual cohort, directly impacting a total of 42 students?predominately Biological Sciences majors, with priority to first-generation and underrepresented students. Programming at MSMU and USC campuses will be scaffolded to extend MSMU introductory STEM coursework, providing diversified teaching methods and emphasizing 1) early research experiences, 2) active learning, and 3) membership in STEM learning communities. The program will provide students with catalytic experiences to: 1) introduce oceanography and environmental science fields through project based learning at USC's marine station, the Wrigley Marine Science Center ; 2) conduct field/laboratory studies mentored by USC and MSMU faculty and researchers; 3) build expertise and confidence for subsequent participation in national programs and advanced USC courses not available at MSMU; and 4) inform students about geoscience graduate school and workforce opportunities. Assessments will contribute to the knowledge base by 1) documenting the efficacy of project activities on student retention in STEM courses and majors; 2) reinforcing minority STEM identities; 3) promoting peer and professional networks; 4) bridging MSMU's introductory STEM curriculum with external geoscience research opportunities and upper-division USC courses; and 5) enhancing student preparedness and increasing interest in geoscience graduate programs and careers.MSMU?s GEOPATHS program aims to increase the number and diversity of geoscience-prepared and engaged undergraduates. Furthermore, its broader contribution will be a formalized, scalable and replicable cross-institutional partnership model designed to improve student outcomes and increase interest and success in geoscience careers and graduate study.