A Southern California PULSE Vision & Change Institute

南加州 PULSE 愿景

• 批准号: 1720403
• 负责人: David Marcey
• 金额: $ 4.92万
• 依托单位: California Lutheran University
• 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: 2017-08-01 至 2020-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1720403&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Southern; California; PULSE; Vision; &amp

The Southern California (SC) Partnership for Life Sciences Education (PULSE) Institute (SCPI) will launch a network of faculty and administrators from diverse institutions in Southern California to promote departmental adoption of recommendations from Vision and Change (V&C). As a unique part of the developing ecosystem of PULSE in the complex and densely populated LA Basin, the proposed SCPI will serve as a pilot for future institutes in the Southwest as well as other regions. The participants will develop strategies and action plans for transforming life science at their institution and will be committed to assessment of the project with the results informing other STEM-reform initiatives. The SCPI will use a "systems thinking" approach as a strategy that has been shown to be successful for a variety of other organizations. A unique aspect of the institute will be the formation of the PULSE Catalyst Program (PCP) which will accelerate the spread of V&C in the Southern California regions via a grass roots strategy that is synergistic with other PULSE efforts. The Southern California and Southwest region has unique demographics compared to other PULSE regions, and this effort will significantly impact Hispanic Serving Institutions and community colleges which are in important stakeholders.The SCPI team will hold a 1.5 day planning meeting followed by a 3-day institute for teams of three representatives from several schools representing four institution types: research universities, comprehensive universities, four year colleges, and community colleges. Specific objectives of the institute include assessing departments and building capacity for change, taking action and supporting implementation, and assessing and improving action plans. The SCPI will use research-based assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts, and "close the loop" by using evidence to continuously improved reform efforts across Southern California and the Southwest. Additional elements include initiating strong regional support networks between departments and professional organizations such as the Society for Native Americans and Chicanos in Science (SACNAS) and addressing the need to increase the number of Hispanic and Native American students in science research, leadership, and teaching careers at all levels. The SCPI will also encourage broader collaborations between the institutions. The institute will include participants from diverse backgrounds in order to provide the broadest perspective and lead to sustainable change. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).

南加州 (SC) 生命科学教育合作伙伴 (PULSE) 研究所 (SCPI) 将启动一个由南加州不同机构的教职人员和管理人员组成的网络，以促进部门采纳愿景与变革 (V&C) 的建议。作为复杂且人口稠密的洛杉矶盆地 PULSE 发展生态系统的独特组成部分，拟议的 SCPI 将作为西南地区以及其他地区未来机构的试点。参与者将制定在其机构内转变生命科学的战略和行动计划，并将致力于评估该项目，并将结果告知其他 STEM 改革举措。 SCPI 将使用“系统思维”方法作为策略，该策略已被证明对其他各种组织来说是成功的。该研究所的一个独特之处是成立 PULSE 催化剂计划 (PCP)，该计划将通过与其他 PULSE 努力协同的草根战略，加速 V&C 在南加州地区的传播。与其他 PULSE 地区相比，南加州和西南地区拥有独特的人口统计数据，这一努力将对拉美裔服务机构和社区学院产生重大影响，这些机构是重要的利益相关者。SCPI 团队将举行为期 1.5 天的规划会议，随后为来自几所学校的三名代表组成的团队举行为期 3 天的研究会，代表四种机构类型：研究型大学、综合性大学、四年制学院和社区学院。该研究所的具体目标包括评估部门和建设变革能力、采取行动并支持实施以及评估和改进行动计划。 SCPI 将采用基于研究的短期和长期影响评估，并通过证据“闭环”不断改进南加州和西南部的改革努力。其他要素包括在部门和专业组织（例如美国原住民和奇卡诺人科学协会（SACNAS））之间建立强大的区域支持网络，并满足增加西班牙裔和美国原住民学生在各级科学研究、领导力和教学职业的数量的需求。 SCPI 还将鼓励机构之间进行更广泛的合作。该研究所将包括来自不同背景的参与者，以提供最广泛的视角并带来可持续的变革。 该项目由生物科学理事会和本科教育司教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，作为其努力解决本科生物教育愿景和变革：行动呼吁 (http://visionandchange/finalreport/) 中提出的挑战的一部分。