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

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）亲爱的同事信NSF 17-092：改善西班牙裔服务机构的本科STEM教育，呼吁项目支持会议，以确定最关键的挑战和机遇，关于本科科学，技术工程和数学（STEM）在HSIs教育，以及潜在的可行的解决方案，属于NSF的使命，政策和实践。拉雷多社区学院（LCC），得克萨斯州A M国际大学（TAMIU），得克萨斯州A M大学-金斯维尔（TAMUK）和得克萨斯州二叠纪盆地大学（UTPB）响应号召，提议召开一次会议，汇集本科STEM教育的关键利益相关者在两年制和四年制公立和私立得克萨斯州HSI学院和大学，以通知NSF的西班牙裔服务机构计划的设计。拟议的HSI承诺的理由：为STEM教育会议中的少数民族提供资源和机会是基于巨大的需求以及产生有效计划和战略的新知识的巨大潜力，以招募，保留和毕业STEM中的西班牙裔。会议将于2018年3月在德克萨斯州的拉雷多举行，通过德克萨斯州西班牙裔服务机构联盟（TxHSIC），一个联合这些实体的组织。 会议将召集来自83所公立和私立学院、大学、社区组织和商业实体的教师和管理人员。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名虚拟与会者。 HSI PROMISE会议的会议将主要关注本科STEM教育，并将提供一个网络管道，为NSF提供输入。然而，为了从这一努力中获得更广泛的利益，学生必须有能力成为STEM创新的领导者和合作伙伴。目前就读于STEM学科的学生的声音将通过焦点小组现场和通过电话会议与MAES（拉丁裔工程和科学）LCC和德克萨斯州分会以及TAMIU，TAMUK和UTPB Noyce学者。作为评估的一部分，会议将包括来自德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校教育研究和政策中心（UTSAP）的研究人员的参与。为了更广泛的国家投入和影响，NSF资助的12所社区学院，HRD#1450661 KickStarter项目与科学基金会亚利桑那州已被邀请通过电话会议参加。会议的一个主要成果将是一份报告，其中将包括一个潜在的可操作的解决方案，属于NSF的使命，政策和实践的清单，并通过中心的研究和政策在UTSA的教育政策简报。一个主要成果将是德克萨斯州HSIs的继续合作，以确保资金和NSF支持的影响优化。

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.