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任何其他高等教育部门。 此外，美国高等教育机构正在经历西班牙裔学生入学率的增长轨迹，目前有超过230万名学生入学。 西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）是访问的重要点，因为他们招收了所有西班牙裔大学生的大多数，近一半的HSI是社区大学。该项目将连接两个NSF计划：Mentor-Connect（M-C）（DUE-1204463和DUE-1501183）和KickStarter（KS）（HRD-1450661）。这些举措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）开发他们的项目想法，制定提案并提交给感兴趣的项目。到目前为止，这两个项目已经在9个州为32个HSI提供了服务，学生入学人数从400到40，000不等，西班牙裔入学率从27%到97%不等。1）支持来自社区学院-HSIs（CC-HSIs）的四个团队的三个年度队列，该计划结合了两项举措的专业知识; 2）通过有经验的ATE PI导师和/或与HSI相关的ATE资源来支持队列; 3）收集关于桥接策略和增强活动的有效性的数据;以及4）评估作为ATE计划的概念模型的验证的影响（或任何NSF计划）该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估来支持审查标准。

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.