IGE: Enhancing Diversity by Changing Institutional Culture and Scaffolding Student Success

IGE：通过改变机构文化和支撑学生成功来增强多样性

• 批准号: 1856189
• 负责人: BRIDGET WALSH
• 金额: $ 49.98万
• 依托单位: Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2024-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1856189&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGE; Enhancing; Diversity; Changing; Institutional

Racial, ethnic and gender diversity enhances creativity and is essential for sustained innovation, entrepreneurial activity and global competitiveness. However, diversification at the graduate level remains a major challenge for many universities. What is needed is a comprehensive, scalable and cost-effective approach that can address: low ethnic/racial diversity; low doctoral degree completion rates, and inadequate preparation to succeed in graduate school and pursue academic, private sector and professional careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). This National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) award to the University of Nevada, Reno will test a novel recruitment, retention and career preparedness approach for increasing the representation of first-generation college students and students from historically underrepresented groups in STEM graduate education. Students will be engaged in two 3-week summer boot camps as well as additional professional development, mentoring, and social network support activities during the first 1.5 years of graduate school. Unique elements of this project include (1) intentional development of a recruitment/retention positive feedback loop, (2) family/community involvement to enhance support groups, and (3) training in marketable skills (e.g. communication via virtual reality platforms). Outcomes from this project will generate new knowledge concerning best practices for recruitment and retention of historically underrepresented populations. While this project is broadly focused on recruitment, retention and career preparedness for historically underrepresented groups of graduate students, there are five major areas being addressed. Specifically, the project will test interventions and compare results across control and test groups to examine potential changes in: (1) academic performance and research quality, (2) non-financial family support, (3) ease of navigation toward degree completion and career placement, (4) recruitment and retention, and (5) student research and communication skills. Interventions include quantitative disciplinary and transferrable skills modules, social support networks and enhanced mentoring and mentor training. Formative/summative assessment and hypothesis testing procedures will include surveys, academic performance comparisons, course evaluations, focus groups, one-on-one interviews, social network interviews, FIG (Family Involvement in Graduate School) assessment of students/family members and National Resource Mentoring Network surveys of faculty members. Interventions will be evaluated individually and collectively to determine whether student and faculty participation enhanced graduate education outcomes, improved mentor/mentee relationships and enhanced recruitment of historically underrepresented groups and first-generation students through positive feedback loops. The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is focused on research in graduate education. The goals of IGE are to pilot, test and validate innovative approaches to graduate education and to generate the knowledge required to move these approaches into the broader community.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.

种族、族裔和性别多样性可增强创造力，对持续创新、创业活动和全球竞争力至关重要。然而，研究生一级的多样化仍然是许多大学面临的一个重大挑战。我们需要的是一个全面的，可扩展的和具有成本效益的方法，可以解决：低民族/种族多样性;低博士学位完成率，以及在研究生院取得成功和追求学术，私营部门和科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的职业生涯的准备不足。授予内华达州大学里诺分校的美国国家科学基金会研究生教育创新（IGE）奖将测试一种新型的招聘、保留和职业准备方法，以增加第一代大学生和学生的代表性STEM研究生教育中历史上代表性不足的群体。 学生将参加两个为期3周的夏季靴子营地，以及额外的专业发展，指导和社会网络支持活动在研究生院的第一个1.5年。 该项目的独特元素包括（1）有意开发招聘/保留积极反馈循环，（2）家庭/社区参与以加强支持团体，以及（3）市场技能培训（例如通过虚拟现实平台进行沟通）。这一项目的成果将产生关于征聘和留住历来任职人数不足的人的最佳做法的新知识。 虽然这个项目主要侧重于招聘，保留和职业生涯的准备，为历史上代表性不足的研究生群体，有五个主要领域正在解决。 具体而言，该项目将测试干预措施，并比较控制组和测试组的结果，以检查以下方面的潜在变化：（1）学习成绩和研究质量，（2）非经济家庭支持，（3）易于导航到学位完成和职业安置，（4）招聘和保留，以及（5）学生研究和沟通技巧。干预措施包括量化的纪律和可转移技能模块、社会支持网络以及加强辅导和导师培训。 形成性/总结性评估和假设检验程序将包括调查，学习成绩比较，课程评估，焦点小组，一对一访谈，社交网络访谈，FIG（家庭参与研究生院）对学生/家庭成员的评估和国家资源指导网络对教师的调查。干预措施将单独和集体进行评估，以确定学生和教师的参与是否提高了研究生教育成果，改善了导师/学员关系，并通过积极的反馈循环增强了历史上代表性不足的群体和第一代学生的招聘。 研究生教育创新（IGE）计划的重点是研究生教育的研究。IGE的目标是试验、测试和验证研究生教育的创新方法，并产生将这些方法推广到更广泛的社区所需的知识。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知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

项目成果

Familial roles and support of doctoral students

博士生的家庭角色和支持

• DOI: 10.1111/fare.12848
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Family Relations
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Walsh, Bridget A.;Mitchell, Sarah;Batz, Ruby;Lee, Angela;Aguirre, Matthew;Lucero, Julie;Edwards, Adrienne;Hambrick, Keira;Zeh, David W.
• 通讯作者: Zeh, David W.

Historically Underrepresented Graduate Students’ Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

历史上代表性不足的研究生 — COVID-19 大流行期间的经历

• DOI: 10.1111/fare.12574
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Family relations
• 影响因子: 2.2
• 作者: Walsh, B. A.;Woodliff, T. A.;Lucero, J.;Harvey, S.;Burnham, M. M.;Bowser, T. L.;Aguirre, M.;Zeh, D. W.
• 通讯作者: Zeh, D. W.