HSI Conference Grant: PROMISE: Providing Resources and Opportunities for Minorities in STEM Education

HSI 会议拨款：承诺：为 STEM 教育中的少数群体提供资源和机会

• 批准号: 1759134
• 负责人: Nora Garza
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Laredo Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1759134&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Conference; Grant; PROMISE; Providing

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Dear Colleague Letter NSF 17-092: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education in Hispanic Serving Institutions called for projects to support conferences that would identify the most critical challenges and opportunities regarding undergraduate science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at HSIs, and potential actionable solutions that fall within NSF's mission, policies, and practices. Laredo Community College (LCC), Texas A & M International University (TAMIU), Texas A & M University-Kingsville (TAMUK), and University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB) responded to the call by proposing a conference to bring together key stakeholders in undergraduate STEM education at two and four-year public and private Texas HSI colleges and universities in order to inform the design of NSF's Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. The rationale for the proposed HSI PROMISE: Providing Resources and Opportunities for Minorities in STEM Education conference is based on the great need as well as the great potential to generate new knowledge on effective programs and strategies to recruit, to retain, and to graduate Hispanics in STEM. The conference will be held in March 2018 in Laredo, Texas, through the Texas Hispanic Serving Institutions Consortium (TxHSIC), an organization which unites such entities. The conference will convene faculty and administrators from over 83 public and private colleges, universities, community-based organizations and business entities. Media announcements and pre-conference meetings will secure at least 100 attendees from institutions in Texas and at least 100 virtual participants. Sessions at the HSI PROMISE Conference will primarily focus on undergraduate STEM Education and will provide a networked conduit to provide input to NSF. However, to reap the broader benefit of this effort, students must be empowered to become leaders and partners in STEM innovation. The voices of students currently enrolled in STEM disciplines will be included through focus groups both live and via teleconference with MAES (Latinos in Engineering and Science) LCC and Texas chapters and TAMIU, TAMUK, and UTPB Noyce Scholars. As part of the assessment, the conference will include participation from researchers from the Center for Research and Policy in Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSAP). For broader national input and impact the 12 community colleges in the NSF funded, HRD#1450661 KickStarter project with Science Foundation Arizona have been invited to participate via teleconference. A major output of the conference will be a report which will include a list of potential actionable solutions that fall within NSF's mission, policies, and practices and a policy brief through Center for Research and Policy in Education at UTSA. A major outcome will be the continued collaboration of Texas HSIs to secure funding and the optimization of impact from NSF support.

美国国家科学基金会(NSF)亲爱的同事信函NSF 17-092：改善西班牙裔服务机构的本科生STEM教育呼吁开展项目，以支持会议，确定HSI本科生科学、技术工程和数学(STEM)教育方面最关键的挑战和机会，以及符合NSF使命、政策和实践的潜在可行解决方案。拉雷多社区学院(LCC)、德克萨斯农工国际大学(TAMIU)、德克萨斯农工大学金斯维尔分校(TAMUK)和德克萨斯大学二叠纪盆地分校(UTPB)响应号召，提议召开一次会议，将德克萨斯州两年制和四年制公立和私立HSI学院和大学的本科STEM教育的关键利益相关者聚集在一起，以便为NSF的拉美裔服务机构项目的设计提供信息。建议的HSI承诺：在STEM教育会议上为少数族裔提供资源和机会的理由是基于在STEM招收、留住和毕业拉美裔美国人的有效计划和战略方面产生新知识的巨大需求和巨大潜力。会议将于2018年3月通过德克萨斯州拉美裔服务机构联盟(TxHSIC)在得克萨斯州拉雷多举行，TxHSIC是一个联合此类实体的组织。会议将召集来自83多所公立和私立学院、大学、社区组织和商业实体的教职员工和管理人员。媒体公告和会前会议将确保至少100名来自德克萨斯州机构的与会者和至少100名虚拟参与者。HSI Promise大会上的会议将主要关注本科生STEM教育，并将提供一个网络渠道，为NSF提供投入。然而，为了从这一努力中获得更广泛的好处，学生必须被赋予权力，成为STEM创新的领导者和合作伙伴。目前就读STEM专业的学生的声音将通过焦点小组现场直播，并通过与MAES(工程和科学领域的拉丁裔)、LCC和德克萨斯分会以及TAMU、TAMUK和UTPB Noyce学者举行的电话会议来表达。作为评估的一部分，会议将包括德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校(UTSAP)教育研究和政策中心(UTSAP)的研究人员。为了更广泛的国家投入和影响，国家科学基金会资助的12所社区大学通过电话会议邀请了亚利桑那州科学基金会的HRD#1450661 Kickstarter项目参与。会议的主要成果将是一份报告，其中将包括一份属于NSF的使命、政策和实践的潜在可行解决方案的清单，以及通过UTSA教育研究和政策中心的政策简报。一个主要成果将是德克萨斯州HSI继续合作，以确保资金和优化NSF支持的影响。