TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: Providing Opportunities to Minority Students in STEM (PrOMiSS)

历史黑人学院和大学本科课程(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读STEM研究生课程和/或职业。费耶特维尔州立大学(FSU)的这个项目旨在通过这个名为“为STEM少数民族学生提供机会(Promiss)”的项目来改善法医课程和研究基础设施。该项目将为学生提供关于最先进设备的动手培训，以提高他们在法医分学科中基于证据的学习能力。这些学生将为在法医实验室和/或其他STEM现场工作做好更好的准备。然后，这种模式的成功可以传播到其他高等教育机构，特别是为少数群体服务的机构。该计划目标的成功实施有可能加强北卡罗来纳州东南部地区和其他地区的社会、经济和智力结构。Promiss的总体意图是改善FSU的法医课程和研究基础设施。具体目标是丰富法医课程；加强法医实验室的基础设施；提高STEM课程的通过率；保持专门的法医教育项目认证委员会(FEPAC)的认证；通过让学生参与STEM研究来提高他们解决问题的能力和批判性思维技能；以及改善学生对STEM教育的态度。在实现其目标方面，Promiss的影响将增加招聘和留住、毕业率、法医学科和其他STEM领域中代表不足的少数族裔学生的数量，并改善学生进入研究生院的准备工作。该项目的最大影响将是减少对新雇员就业后培训的需求，同时增加将对国家和全球安全作出贡献的训练有素的专业人员的数量。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), through Targeted Infusion Projects, supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Fayetteville State University (FSU) seeks to improve the forensic curriculum and research infrastructure through this project, called "Providing Opportunities to Minority Students in STEM (PrOMiSS)." This project will provide students with hands-on training on state-of-the-art equipment that will improve their evidence-based learning abilities in forensic sub-disciplines. These students will be better prepared for employment in the forensic laboratory and/or other STEM field jobs. Success of this model can then be disseminated to other higher learning institutions, particularly minority-serving institutions. Successful implementation of the program goals holds potential for strengthening the social, economic, and intellectual fabric of the southeastern region of North Carolina and beyond.The overall intent of PrOMiSS is to improve the forensic curriculum and research infrastructure at FSU. The specific goals are to enrich the forensic curriculum; strengthen forensic laboratories' infrastructure; increase passing rates in STEM courses; maintain specialized Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) accreditation; improve students' problem solving ability and critical thinking skills by involving them in STEM research; and improve students' attitude towards STEM education. In achieving its goals, PrOMiSS's impact will increase recruitment and retention, graduation rates, the number of underrepresented minority students in forensic disciplines and other STEM fields, and improve the preparation of students for graduate school. The project's greatest impact will be a reduction in the need for post-employment job training for new hires, while increasing the numbers of trained professionals who will contribute to national and global security.