Building Capacity to Retain Underrepresented Students in STEM Fields

国家科学基金会投资于一些针对代表性不足的人口和机构的方案，以实现其扩大参与STEM的目标。该讲习班为少数群体服务机构提供了一个机会，让他们有机会就创建、实施和评估干预模式的有效方式进行对话，这些模式将促进有关在STEM领域留住代表性不足的少数群体的知识。它将为就读于当地学校或符合条件的少数民族服务机构的K-12和本科生提供生命科学和生物科学方面的知识。研讨会的重点将是帮助少数族裔服务机构使用研究设计，并审查干预的最佳做法，这些做法被证明在帮助代表不足的学生应对长期压力方面有效，这些压力干扰了他们在STEM领域和职业生涯中的留存。研讨会的目标受众将是参与机构及其本科生，与当地的K-12学校合作。纽瓦克罗格斯大学将与少数族裔优质教育协会和MERAssociates合作，提供一个独特的环境，召集100多名参与者参加研讨会。参与者将包括院长和/或系主任；STEM教员；教育研究人员；以及机构代表，如学术事务副校长、教务长或其他行政人员。参与者将以4-5人为一组，讨论与课程开发、教师支持和学生参与有关的科学研究主题和活动。研讨会的结果将提供关于成功战略、未来研究领域的见解，以及对需要更好的干预模式以支持STEM中代表性不足的少数族裔学生的认识。

The NSF invests in a number of programs targeting underrepresented populations and institutions relative to its meeting its goals for broadening participation in STEM. This workshop provides minority serving institutions with an opportunity to engage in dialogue about effective ways to create, implement, and evaluate models of intervention that will advance knowledge about retaining underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. It will advance knowledge in life science and the biosciences for K-12 and undergraduate students attending local schools or eligible minority-serving institutions. The workshop will focus on assisting minority serving institutions with use of research designs, and review of best practices for intervention shown to be effective in helping underrepresented student cope with chronic stresses that interfere with their retention in STEM fields and careers. The target audience for the workshop will be the participating institutions and their undergraduate students, in partnership with local K-12 schools. In collaboration with Quality Education for Minority and MERAssociates, Rutgers University Newark will provide a unique setting to convene more than 100 participants to attend the workshop. The participants will include deans and/or department chairs; STEM faculty; educational researchers, and institutional representatives such as Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs, Provosts, or other administrators. The participants will work in teams of 4-5 to address science research topics and activities related to curriculum development, teacher support, and student engagement. Outcomes from the workshops will provide insights about successful strategies, areas of future research, and awareness about the need for better intervention models that support underrepresented minority students in STEM.