Building Capacity: Integrating Research, Mentoring, and Industry Collaborations to Improve STEM Recruitment and Retention

改善本科生STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划(HSI计划)旨在加强本科生STEM教育，并在HSIS建设能力。人类安全倡议计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。菲尼克斯学院的这一项目将通过将基于多学科课程的本科生研究经验(CURE)纳入全区大学的STEM课程来推进HSI计划的目标。该节目将针对三个目标受众开发治疗方法。对于非理科专业的学生，它将开发一种基于社区的治疗模式，旨在促进科学素养、对科学的积极态度以及招收STEM专业的学生。对于STEM专业，它将开发一种治愈模式，旨在提高STEM专业的留住、转学和学位完成率。对于未来的STEM专业人员，它将开发一种劳动力治愈模式，旨在提高与劳动力相关的技能和对STEM职业的兴趣。该项目预计将有3000多名社区大学学生参与。这个项目的具体目标是：1)提高学生对STEM学科的兴趣，特别是在STEM中代表性不足的学生中；2)增加STEM入门课程的招生和留学生；3)增加从两年制HSI转到四年制院校STEM学位课程的学生人数；以及4)与行业建立跨行业的合作伙伴关系，以改善劳动力准备并提高两年制HSI学生对STEM职业的兴趣。该项目为制定、实施和评估两年制和四年制机构入门课程中的治疗方法制定了一项综合计划。该计划将在开发多学科治疗模块的过程中培训和指导社区学院教师，这些模块解决与大学研究人员、行业合作伙伴和当地社区相关的研究问题。找出与实施两年制HSIs课程相关的独特障碍和最佳实践，将是其他两年制和四年制HSIs机构的有用资源，包括希望提高学生从两年制转到四年制课程的成功率的两年制HSIs。该项目产生的知识将在马里科帕县社区学院学区系统内共享，并通过地方、地区和国家出版物和会议分发给更大的教育社区。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。

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims. This project at the Phoenix College will advance the aims of the HSI Program by incorporating multi-disciplinary Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) into STEM curricula in colleges throughout the district. The program will develop CUREs for three targeted audiences. For non-science majors, it will develop a community-based CURE model designed to promote science literacy, positive attitudes toward science, and recruitment of students into STEM majors. For STEM majors, it will develop a CURE model designed to increase retention, transfer and degree completion of STEM majors. For future STEM professionals, it will develop a workforce CURE model designed to improve workforce-related skills and interest in STEM careers. The program is expected to involve more than 3000 community college students. The specific goals of this project are to 1) promote increased interest in STEM disciplines, especially among students from groups that are underrepresented in STEM; 2) increase recruitment and retention of students in introductory STEM courses; 3) increase the number of students from two-year HSIs who transfer into STEM degree programs at four-year institutions; and 4) establish cross-sector partnerships with industry to improve workforce readiness and promote interest in STEM careers among two-year HSI students. The project has constructed a comprehensive plan for developing, implementing, and assessing CUREs in introductory courses at two- and four-year institutions. The program will train and mentor community college faculty in the process of developing multidisciplinary CURE modules that address research questions relevant to university researchers, industry partners, and the local community. Identification of the unique barriers and best practices associated with the implementation of CUREs at two-year HSIs will be a useful resource for other two-year and four-year institutions, including two-year HSIs that want to increase the transfer success of students from two-year to four-year programs. Knowledge generated from this project will be shared within the Maricopa County Community College District system, and distributed to the larger educational community through local, regional, and national publications and conferences.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.