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

第1部分拟议项目的总体目标是进行一个三向转型计划，使用海洋学和西班牙语教育，国际和国家的教学经验，以及共同指导工具，以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养、激励和挑战下一代地球科学家提供了灵感。我们的MARLANI项目的核心是结合伍兹霍尔海洋研究所为期2周的课程，西班牙海洋研究所为期3周的课程，并创建两个由本科少数民族学生自己管理的指导和职业规划研究所，在两年的时间内指导两年制本科大学的本科生。第二部分纽约城市大学，斯塔顿岛学院，将采取海洋科学和语言跨学科的方法，以提高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计划，其中包括在伍兹霍尔马的伍兹霍尔海洋学研究所的课程和研究，在西班牙马拉加西班牙海洋学研究所的海外学习，以及西班牙裔和非西班牙裔本科生的地球科学密集的点对点指导计划。该项目将测试的假设，即教育经验，为西班牙裔本科生提供机会，参观和学习在美国和欧洲的顶级海洋研究机构的好处，将增加保留和改善职业前景。这个为期三年的计划旨在：（1）吸引西班牙裔学生从两年制本科科学课程到四年制本科学士学位。该计划包括：（1）建立一个地球与环境科学专业的学生培训平台;（2）建立一个中期框架--MentorPad，以留住他们并传播他们对地球与海洋科学的兴趣;（3）建立一个长期平台--CareerPad，以促进这些学生的专业发展并过渡到地球与海洋科学研究生课程或就业市场。我们将通过问卷调查，个人日记和访谈记录他们的经历，以了解他们的学术经历，比较参与者与未参与学生的教育途径，并通过CareerPad长期跟踪校友。通过量化参与这一项目与吸引少数群体进入地球科学之间的联系，（吸引力指标），这些计划中参与者和辅导学生的保留率（保留指标），以及参与者和指导学生进入研究生课程的接受程度（转换度量），该项目有可能成为美国地球科学实现更大多样性的典范。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，被认为是值得的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，

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.