Mentoring Effectiveness in Undergraduate Research: An Examination of Its Impacts on Minority Students? Self-Efficacy and Persistence in STEM Fields

本科生研究中的指导有效性：考察其对少数族裔学生的影响？

• 批准号: 1826797
• 负责人: George French
• 金额: $ 397.16万
• 依托单位: Clark Atlanta University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1826797&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Mentoring; Effectiveness; Undergraduate; Research; Examination

GEORGIA ALABAMA LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (GA-AL LSAMP) STEM PATHWAY AND RESEARCH ALLIANCENon-technical paragraphThe Georgia-Alabama LSAMP STEM Pathways and Research Alliance is comprised of the nine partner institutions, namely, Clark Atlanta University (Lead institution), Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia State University, J.F. Drake Community and Technical College, Lawson State Community College, Morehouse College, University of West Georgia, Paine College and Spelman College. The alliance will provide transformative leadership in the education and preparation of underrepresented minority students by replicating the most successful strategies from our model institutions (Georgia State university and Spelman College) among the rest of our alliance partners. Through a combination of mentoring in undergraduate research, technology enhancement, academic advising, professional development programs, scientific presentations and new pathways for transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges and universities, students will improve their performance and their progress towards earing BS degrees in STEM fields and will be prepared for pursuing graduate studies in these areas. This will in effect increase the number of qualified and diverse professionals available for the STEM workforce. A significant component of the program is the mentoring of students by faculty. We will assess the mentoring capacity of faculty at the 4-year institutions within the alliance and examine the impact of faculty development on mentoring competence and on students? outcomes, such as science-self efficacy, persistence, degree completion in STEM fields, and enrollment in graduate programs in these fields.Technical paragraphThe Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (GA-AL LSAMP) is comprised of nine partner institutions, namely, Clark Atlanta University (Lead institution/HBCU), Atlanta Metropolitan State College (community college), Georgia State University (GSU/MSI), J.F. Drake Community and Technical College (MSI) Lawson State Community College (MSI), Morehouse College (all male/HBCU), University of West Georgia, (UWG), Paine College (HBCU), and Spelman College (all female/HBCU). Through a combination of mentoring in undergraduate research, technology enhancement, academic advising, professional development programs, scientific presentations and new pathways for transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges and universities, the alliance will increase the number of underrepresented minority science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students, in this case predominantly African Americans, who graduate with BS degrees. The alliance will work collaboratively to accomplish the following goals: 1) Progressively increase the number of minority students recruited into STEM majors by 10 % over five-years, 2) Progressively increase persistence and progression of minority STEM students in the alliance to an average of 85% over five-years, 3) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM students transferring from alliance two-year community colleges to four-year baccalaureate institutions by 10% over five- years, 4) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM baccalaureate graduates from the academic year 2016 -2017 baseline total of 629 by 10% over five years, 5) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM baccalaureate graduates who compete successfully for entry into graduate degree programs from over five-years, and 6) Conduct educational research to access the impact of mentoring in undergraduate research on GA-AL LSAMP scholars' persistence, progress and graduation as minority STEM majors. The program will in effect, increase the number of qualified and diverse professionals available for the STEM workforceThis 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.

佐治亚·阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (GA-AL LSAMP) STEM 途径和研究联盟非技术段落佐治亚州 - 阿拉巴马州 LSAMP STEM 途径和研究联盟由九个合作机构组成，即克拉克亚特兰大大学（牵头机构）、亚特兰大都会州立学院、佐治亚州立大学、J.F. Drake 社区和技术中心 学院、劳森州立社区学院、莫尔豪斯学院、西乔治亚大学、潘恩学院和斯佩尔曼学院。该联盟将通过在我们的其他联盟合作伙伴中复制我们的模范机构（佐治亚州立大学和斯佩尔曼学院）最成功的策略，在少数族裔学生的教育和准备方面提供变革性领导。通过结合本科生研究、技术增强、学术咨询、专业发展计划、科学演示和从 2 年制到 4 年制学院和大学转学的新途径，学生将提高他们的表现并取得 STEM 领域的理学士学位，并为在这些领域攻读研究生做好准备。 这实际上将增加 STEM 劳动力中合格且多样化的专业人员的数量。该计划的一个重要组成部分是教师对学生的指导。 我们将评估联盟内四年制院校教师的指导能力，并考察教师发展对指导能力和学生的影响？佐治亚州路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (GA-AL LSAMP) 由九个合作机构组成，即克拉克亚特兰大大学（牵头机构/HBCU）、亚特兰大大都会州立学院（社区学院）、 佐治亚州立大学 (GSU/MSI)、J.F. 德雷克社区与技术学院 (MSI) 劳森州立社区学院 (MSI)、莫尔豪斯学院（均为男性/HBCU）、西乔治亚大学 (UWG)、潘恩学院 (HBCU) 和斯佩尔曼学院（均为女性/HBCU）。通过结合本科生研究、技术增强、学术咨询、专业发展计划、科学演示以及从两年制到四年制学院和大学转学的新途径等方面的指导，该联盟将增加少数族裔科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学生的数量，在这种情况下，他们主要是获得学士学位的非裔美国人。联盟将共同努力实现以下目标： 1) 在五年内逐步将招收 STEM 专业的少数族裔学生人数增加 10%， 2) 在五年内逐步将联盟中少数族裔 STEM 学生的坚持和进步率平均提高到 85%， 3) 在五年内逐步将联盟两年制社区学院转学到四年制学士学位院校的少数族裔 STEM 学生人数增加 10%， 4） 从 2016 -2017 学年基线总数 629 人开始，五年内逐步增加少数族裔 STEM 学士学位毕业生人数，增加 10%，5) 五年多来逐步增加成功竞争进入研究生学位课程的少数族裔 STEM 学士学位毕业生人数，以及 6) 开展教育研究，了解本科生研究中的指导对 GA-AL LSAMP 学者的坚持、进步和发展的影响。 作为少数民族 STEM 专业毕业。该计划实际上将增加 STEM 劳动力的合格和多样化专业人员的数量。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。