Collaborative Research - HSI ATE Hub - Diversifying the ATE Program with Hispanic Serving Institutions using Culturally Inclusive Mentoring and ATE Resources

社区学院招收的西班牙裔学生比例高于其他任何高等教育部门。此外，美国高等教育机构正在经历拉美裔学生入学人数的增长轨迹，目前在校生超过230万。西班牙裔服务机构（hsi）是必不可少的接入点，因为它们招收了大多数西班牙裔大学生，而且几乎一半的hsi是社区大学。该项目将连接两项NSF计划：Mentor-Connect (M-C) （du -1204463和du -1501183）和KickStarter (KS) （HRD-1450661）。这些倡议支持社区和技术学院了解NSF相关STEM项目的资助机会，并指导机构团队（教师和管理人员）发展他们的项目想法，起草提案并提交给感兴趣的项目。迄今为止，这两个项目共为9个州的32个hsi提供了服务，学生人数从400人到40,000人不等，西班牙裔入学率从27%到97%不等。该项目将使Mentor-Connect和KickStarter能够合作：1)通过一个结合两项计划的专业知识的项目，支持来自社区大学hsi （cc - hsi）的四个团队的三个年度小组；2)由经验丰富的ATE pi导师和/或与hsi相关的ATE资源支持群组；3)收集关于桥接战略和增强活动有效性的数据；4)评估作为ATE计划（或任何NSF计划）的概念验证模型的影响，以使其在种族和种族方面更加多样化。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Community Colleges enroll a higher percentage of Hispanic students than any other sector of higher education. Moreover, U.S. institutions of higher education are experiencing a growth trajectory of Hispanic student enrollment, with more than 2.3 million students currently enrolled. Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are essential points of access because they enroll a majority of all Hispanic college students and nearly half of all HSIs are community colleges. This project will bridge two NSF initiatives: Mentor-Connect (M-C) (DUE-1204463 and DUE-1501183) and KickStarter (KS) (HRD-1450661). These initiatives support community and technical colleges in learning about funding opportunities in relevant STEM programs at the NSF, and mentor institutional teams (faculty and administrators) in developing their project ideas, crafting a proposal, and submitting to the program of interest. To date, these two programs have collectively served 32 HSIs in nine states, with student enrollments ranging from 400 to 40,000 and Hispanic enrollment percentages ranging from 27% to 97%.This project will enable Mentor-Connect and KickStarter to work together to: 1) support three annual cohorts of four teams from Community College-HSIs (CC-HSIs) with a program that combines the expertise of the two initiatives; 2) support the cohorts with mentors who are experienced ATE PIs, and/or with HSI-relevant ATE resources; 3) collect data on the effectiveness of the bridging strategy and augmentation activities; and 4) assess the impact as a proof of concept model for the ATE program (or any NSF program) to become more ethnically and racially diverse.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.