GP-EXTRA: MARLANI. MARine and LANguage Interdisciplinary approach to enhancing number, diversity, and professional development of undergraduate students in Earth Sciences

拟议项目的总体目标是实施一项三方改革计划，利用海洋学和西班牙语教育、国际和国家教学经验以及共同指导工具来提高地球科学本科少数民族的数量、多样性和专业发展。对海洋的研究为在一个相互联系的全球世界中培训、激励和挑战下一代地球科学家提供了灵感。我们MARLANI项目的核心是将伍兹霍尔海洋研究所为期两周的课程与西班牙海洋研究所为期三周的课程相结合，并创建两个由少数族裔本科生自己运营的指导和职业规划学院，以指导两年制本科学院的本科生。纽约市立大学斯塔滕岛学院将采取海洋科学和语言交叉学科的方法，以增加地球科学本科生的数量、多样性和专业发展。该项目将实施一项变革性的计划，其中将包括在马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的课程和研究，在西班牙马拉加的西班牙海洋研究所进行的海外学习，以及为西班牙裔和非西班牙裔本科生提供的密集的地球科学对等指导计划。该项目将检验一种假设，即为拉美裔本科生提供访问美国和欧洲顶级海洋研究机构并在其学习的机会的教育经历的好处，将增加留校率并改善职业前景。这个为期三年的计划旨在：(1)吸引两年制本科科学专业的拉美裔学生进入四年制地球和环境科学本科学士学位；(2)开发一个中期框架MentorPad，留住他们，并扩大他们对地球和海洋科学的兴趣；以及(3)创建一个长期平台CareerPad，促进这些学生的职业发展，并过渡到地球和海洋科学或就业市场的研究生课程。我们将通过问卷调查、个人日记和访谈记录他们的经历，了解他们的学术经历，比较参与者和没有参与的学生的教育途径，并通过CareerPad对校友进行长期跟踪。通过量化参与这个项目与吸引少数族裔进入地球科学(吸引力指标)、留住这些项目的参与者和指导学生(保留指标)以及接受参与者和指导学生进入研究生项目(过渡指标)之间的关联，该项目有可能成为美国地球科学领域实现更大多样性的典范。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Part 1The overarching goal of the proposed project is to conduct a three-way transformative program that uses oceanography and Spanish language education, international and national teaching experiences, and co-mentoring tools to enhance number, diversity, and professional development of undergraduate minorities in Earth Sciences. The study of the ocean provides inspiration to train, energize, and challenge the next generation of Earth scientists in a connected global world. At the core of our MARLANI project is thecombination of 2-week courses at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 3-week courses at Spanish Institute of Oceanography, and the creation of two institutes for mentoring and career planning run by undergraduate minority students themselves, to mentor undergraduates from a two-year undergraduate college over a two-year period.Part 2The City University of New York, College of Staten Island, will undertake a marine science and language interdisciplinary approach to enhance the number, diversity, and professional development of undergraduate students in Earth Sciences. The project will implement a transformative program that will include classes and research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole MA, a study-abroad at Spanish Institute of Oceanography in Malaga Spain, and an intense peer-to-peer mentoring program in geosciences for Hispanic and non-Hispanic undergraduates. The project will test the hypothesis that the benefits of an educational experience that offers the opportunity for Hispanic undergraduates to visit and learn at top oceanographic research institutions in both the US and Europe, will increase retention and improve career prospects. This three-year program aims at: (1) attracting Hispanic students from two-year undergraduate science programs into the four-year undergraduate B.S. in Earth and Environmental Science; (2) developing a mid-term framework, the MentorPad, that retains them and spread their interest in the Earth and ocean sciences; and (3) creating a long-term platform, the CareerPad, that facilitates these students' professional development and transition into graduate programs in Earth and ocean science or the job market. We will document their experiences through questionnaires, personal diaries, and interviews to shed light on their academic experiences, compare the educational pathway of participants with those of students who did not participate, and follow up with alumni over the long-term through the CareerPad. By quantifying the association between participation in this project and attraction of minorities into geosciences (attraction metrics), retention of participants and mentored students in these programs (retention metrics), and the acceptance of participant and mentored students into graduate programs (transition metrics), the project has the potential to become a model to achieve greater diversity in the geosciences in the US.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.