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GP-IMPACT: Geosciences Streamlined Pipeline And Research for Community Colleges (Geo-SPARCC)

GP-IMPACT：地球科学简化了社区大学的流程和研究 (Geo-SPARCC)

基本信息

批准号：
1801306
负责人：
Renee Clary
金额：
$ 32.56万
依托单位：
Mississippi State University
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：
2018-08-01 至 2023-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801306&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
GP IMPACT Geosciences Streamlined Pipeline

项目摘要

Increased participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is an area of national concern, especially as enrollment in STEM disciplines and development of the STEM workforce is not keeping pace with the need. This is particularly true in the geosciences where the lack of diversity compounds the problem. This Geosciences Streamlined Pipeline And Research for Community Colleges (Geo-SPARCC) at Mississippi State University (MSU) fills a gap in the awareness of and education in the geosciences through collaboration with the State's community colleges. Mississippi is a rural state with a strong community college system, enrolling greater than 75,000 students, ~42% from underrepresented groups (majority African American). Mississippi State University collaborates with Jones County Junior College to develop engaging online versions of introductory geology courses, which will be available to all community college students through Mississippi's Virtual Community College Consortium. The Geo-SPARCC project also develops an e-mentoring network to recruit community college students to consider geosciences degrees and careers, and facilitate their transfer into a 4-year university. The MS Virtual Community College Consortium fosters sustainability of Geo-SPARCC and has the potential to help significantly increase the number of underserved and underrepresented populations in the geosciences.The Geosciences Streamlined Pipeline And Research for Community Colleges (Geo-SPARCC) project proposes a collaboration between Mississippi State University (MSU) and Mississippi's community colleges (CCs) to develop a pathway from 2 year to 4 year institutions via online instruction and e-mentoring. Geo-SPARCC will 1) interest/recruit CC students in geosciences through engaging online physical/historical geology courses; 2) provide individualized research and field opportunities within online courses; and 3) develop an e-mentoring/social media program between MSU Geosciences faculty/graduate students and CC students. Jones County Junior College (JCJC), the lead CC on the Geo-SPARCC project, will make Geo-SPARCC's online geology courses available through the Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC), providing access for students at all 15 Mississippi CCs as well as MS high school students in dual enrollment courses. The Geo-SPARCC online courses will include personalized research/field components where students conduct independent research and geocaching, and opportunities to participate in MSU Geosciences-led field excursions. Career video vignettes included in the online course design will introduce students to geosciences employment opportunities. Geo-SPARCC further provides CC students with directed individual study research opportunities that can culminate in student presentations at the Mississippi Academy of Science annual conference. Sustainability is ensured since the Geo-SPARCC online courses will be offered in perpetuity by JCJC through the MSVCC, with MSU collaborating with JCJC beyond the Geo-SPARCC project to provide credentialed adjunct instructors to teach the online courses.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.

提高对 STEM（科学、技术、工程和数学）的参与度是全国关注的一个领域，特别是在 STEM 学科的招生和 STEM 劳动力的发展跟不上需求的情况下。在地球科学领域尤其如此，缺乏多样性使问题变得更加复杂。密西西比州立大学 (MSU) 的社区学院地球科学简化管道和研究 (Geo-SPARCC) 通过与该州社区学院的合作，填补了地球科学意识和教育方面的空白。密西西比州是一个农村州，拥有强大的社区大学系统，招收超过 75,000 名学生，其中约 42% 来自代表性不足的群体（大多数为非裔美国人）。密西西比州立大学与琼斯县初级学院合作开发引人入胜的地质学入门课程在线版本，该课程将通过密西西比州虚拟社区学院联盟向所有社区学院学生开放。 Geo-SPARCC 项目还开发了一个电子辅导网络，以招募社区学院的学生考虑地球科学学位和职业，并促进他们转入四年制大学。 MS 虚拟社区学院联盟促进了 Geo-SPARCC 的可持续性，并有潜力帮助显着增加地球科学领域服务不足和代表性不足的人口数量。社区学院地球科学简化管道和研究 (Geo-SPARCC) 项目提议密西西比州立大学 (MSU) 和密西西比州社区学院 (CC) 之间合作，开发一条从 2 年到 4 年的途径机构通过在线指导和电子辅导。 Geo-SPARCC 将 1) 通过在线物理/历史地质学课程吸引/招募地球科学领域的 CC 学生； 2）在在线课程中提供个性化的研究和实地机会； 3) 在密歇根州立大学地球科学系教师/研究生和 CC 学生之间开发电子辅导/社交媒体计划。琼斯县初级学院 (JCJC) 是 Geo-SPARCC 项目的牵头 CC，将通过密西西比州虚拟社区学院 (MSVCC) 提供 Geo-SPARCC 的在线地质学课程，为所有 15 个密西西比州 CC 的学生以及双重注册课程的 MS 高中生提供访问机会。 Geo-SPARCC 在线课程将包括个性化研究/实地部分，学生可以在其中进行独立研究和地理藏宝，并有机会参加密歇根州立大学地球科学学院主导的实地考察。在线课程设计中包含的职业视频片段将向学生介绍地球科学的就业机会。 Geo-SPARCC 进一步为 CC 学生提供定向个人学习研究机会，这些机会最终可以在密西西比科学院年会上进行学生演讲。由于 Geo-SPARCC 在线课程将由 JCJC 通过 MSVCC 永久提供，因此可持续性得到了保证，密歇根州立大学在 Geo-SPARCC 项目之外与 JCJC 合作，提供经过认证的兼职讲师来教授在线课程。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。