GP-EXTRA: A geoscience pathway field experience in near-surface geophysics to promote recruitment and retention of transitional students in quantitative geosciences

GP-EXTRA：近地表地球物理学的地球科学途径现场经验，以促进定量地球科学领域过渡学生的招募和保留

• 批准号: 1701013
• 负责人: Kristina Keating
• 金额: $ 38.08万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University Newark
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-07-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701013&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; EXTRA; geoscience; pathway; field

Part IGeoscience fields have the worst record of any STEM field in terms of diversity and generating interest among under-represented minority (URM) students. Statistically, geoscience fields are the least ethnically diverse of all the sciences with only about 9% of BS/BA and 2% of PhD?s going to URM candidates nationally. The number of students receiving geoscience degrees will not meet future workforce demands and URM students represent an untapped resource to fill this demand. Increasing the retention of students and increasing the number of URM students enrolling in the geosciences can address these problems. The goal of this GP-EXTRA project is to recruit and retain students in the geosciences through a multi-institutional near-surface (NS) geophysics applied field experience. The field experience will focus on addressing ongoing scientific questions in critical zone science. It will expose students to state-of-the-art geophysical equipment, an active field research laboratory, and experts in near-surface geophysics and critical zone science, and potential geoscience career paths. This positive field experience and post-activity mentoring will provide GEOPATH students with a sense of community within the geosciences and increase the likelihood that they will continue to pursue careers in the geosciences. Part IIAs outlined in the GP-EXTRA program solicitation, the number of students receiving geoscience degrees will not meet the future workforce demand. This problem can be addressed by both increasing the retention of students and increasing the number of students enrolling in the geosciences. In particular, minority students are severely underrepresented in the geoscience fields and represent an untapped resource to fill this demand. To address this problem, we propose to implement a multi-institutional near-surface (NS) geophysics applied field experience, focused on addressing ongoing scientific questions in critical zone science. The experience will expose students to state-of-the-art geophysical equipment, an active field research laboratory, experts in near-surface geophysics and critical zone science, and potential geoscience career paths.The GEOPATH (GP) students in the NS geophysics field experience will be drawn from the two primary institutions involved in this project: Rutgers University, Newark (RN), a Hispanic- Serving Institution, and Temple University (TU). These institutions are connected to 2- and 4-year colleges via the Garden State-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (GS-LSAMP; PI Gates), the Northern New Jersey Bridge to the Baccalaureate (NNJB2B) program, and Temple Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP). GP students will also be drawn from secondary participating 4-year institutions in the northeast (Penn State University, Dickinson College, Kutztown University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Bucknell University).Recruitment of GP students from these institutions will focus on underrepresented minorities (URMs) and students from 2-year institutions. The participants will be lower-level undergraduate students (freshman/sophomores) who will have a unique opportunity to participate in a NS geophysics field experience, usually only taught to upper-level undergraduate students. These students are at a critical juncture in their academic career when exposure to opportunities and career options can have an impact on decisions about which major to choose. Focusing our recruitment on first and second year students will also ensure students enter the field experience with an equivalent exposure to the subject matter regardless of academic background.The field experience will be held at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SH-CZO). This field site is ideal as it will expose students to ongoing research in critical zone science. The syllabus and NS geophysics problem sets for the field experience will be developed to address pressing research questions at the SH-CZO. At field stations, GP students will work alongside a graduate student mentor in smaller cohorts (6 students); larger group workshops and presentations are integrated in the schedule to give students the resources to work effectively within a group, learn how to design a research experiment, and analyze datasets. The 2-week field experience will conclude with smaller cohort presentations and a workshop on careers available within the geosciences. Students will enter the field experience as individual students and leave as a team of geoscience students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to make a more informed decision about their future goals and interests. The project aims to retain most of these students in the geosciences through a positive field experience and post-activity mentoring. GEOPATH (GP) students will be linked with volunteers from within the RN and TU Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) student chapters, providing the GP students with a sense of community within the geosciences and increase the likelihood that this cohort will continue to pursue careers in the geosciences.

在多样性方面，igeoscience领域在任何STEM领域的记录都最差，并且在代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生中引起了兴趣。 从统计学上讲，地球科学领域在所有科学中都是最少的种族多样性，只有约9％的BS/BA，而2％的博士学位将在全国范围内参加URM候选人。获得地球科学学位的学生人数将无法满足未来的劳动力需求，而URM学生代表了未开发的资源来满足这一需求。 增加学生的保留和增加地球科学的URM学生人数可以解决这些问题。 该GP-Extra项目的目的是通过多机构的近乎表面（NS）地球物理学应用现场经验来招募和留住地球科学的学生。现场经验将着重于解决关键区科学中正在进行的科学问题。 它将使学生接触到最先进的地球物理设备，活跃的现场研究实验室以及近地球物理学和关键区域科学的专家，以及潜在的地球科学职业道路。 这种积极的现场经验和活动后指导将为地球科学中的地球科学学生带来一种社区感，并增加他们将继续从事地球科学的职业的可能性。在GP-Extra计划招标中概述的IIA部分，获得地球科学学位的学生人数将无法满足未来的劳动力需求。可以通过增加学生的保留和增加地球科学的学生人数来解决这个问题。 特别是，在地球科学领域中，少数族裔学生的人数严重不足，并且代表了满足这一需求的未开发资源。 为了解决这个问题，我们建议实施多机构的近乎表面（NS）地球物理学应用现场经验，重点是解决关键区科学中正在进行的科学问题。这项经验将使学生接触到最先进的地球物理设备，一项活跃的现场研究实验室，近地球物理学和关键区科学专家以及潜在的地球科学职业道路。NS地球物理学领域的地质学家（GP）学生将从该项目参与的两个主要机构中汲取涉及的两个主要机构：Rutgers University：Rutgers University，Newark Instrucation，Newark Instract（Newark Instress），一名themper and ty and tyic and tyic and tyic and panic and planic and panic and panic and pan inspan and pan inspan。 这些机构通过Garden State-Louis Stokes少数群体参与（GS-LSAMP； PI GATES），新泽西州北部桥梁（NNJB2B）计划（NNJB2B）计划以及少数民族参与寺庙联盟（AMP）连接到2年和四年制的大学。 全科医生的学生还将从东北部的二级参与的4年机构（宾夕法尼亚州立大学，狄金森学院，库兹敦大学，库兹敦大学，宾夕法尼亚州印第安纳大学和巴克内尔大学。参与者将是低级本科生（新生/大二学生），他们将有一个独特的机会参加NS地球物理学实地经验，通常只教授上级本科生。 这些学生在学术生涯中处于关键时刻，当时接触机会和职业选择可能会影响选择哪个专业的决策。 无论学术背景如何，我们的招聘专注于一年级和二年级的学生还将确保学生进入现场体验。 该现场地点是理想的选择，因为它将使学生接受关键区科学的持续研究。将开发有关现场体验的教学大纲和NS地球物理问题集，以解决SH-CZO的紧迫研究问题。在野战站，GP学生将与一位较小的队列的研究生导师一起工作（6名学生）；较大的小组研讨会和演示文稿已集成在计划中，以使学生在小组中有效工作，学习如何设计研究实验并分析数据集。 为期2周的现场经验将以较小的队列演讲和地球科学中可用的职业讲习班结束。学生将以个人学生的身份进入现场经验，并以一支具有技能，知识和信心的地球科学学生的身份离开，以对他们的未来目标和兴趣做出更明智的决定。该项目旨在通过积极的现场经验和活动后指导将这些学生大多数保留在地球科学中。地质（GP）学生将与来自RN和TU探索学会的志愿者（SEG）学生章节联系在一起，为GP学生提供地球科学中的社区意识，并增加该同伙将继续从事地球科学的职业。