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

本项目的总体目标是开展一个三方转型项目，利用海洋学和西班牙语教育、国际和国内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。海洋研究为在全球互联的世界中训练、激励和挑战下一代地球科学家提供了灵感。MARLANI项目的核心是在伍兹霍尔海洋研究所开设两周的课程，在西班牙海洋学研究所开设三周的课程，并创建两个由少数民族本科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学院的本科生。纽约城市大学史泰登岛学院将采用海洋科学和语言跨学科的方法，以增加地球科学本科生的数量、多样性和专业发展。该项目将实施一个变革性的项目，其中包括在伍兹霍尔硕士的伍兹霍尔海洋研究所进行课程和研究，在西班牙马拉加的西班牙海洋研究所进行海外学习，以及为西班牙裔和非西班牙裔本科生提供一个密集的对等地球科学指导项目。该项目将测试一个假设，即为西班牙裔本科生提供在美国和欧洲顶级海洋学研究机构参观和学习的机会的教育经历的好处，将增加保留率并改善职业前景。这个为期三年的项目旨在：(1)吸引西班牙裔学生从两年制本科科学专业进入四年制地球与环境科学本科学士学位；(2)制定一个中期框架，即MentorPad，以留住他们并传播他们对地球和海洋科学的兴趣；(3)创建一个长期的平台，即CareerPad，促进这些学生的专业发展，并过渡到地球和海洋科学的研究生课程或就业市场。我们将通过问卷调查、个人日记和访谈来记录他们的经历，以揭示他们的学术经历，比较参与者与未参加的学生的教育途径，并通过CareerPad对校友进行长期跟踪。通过量化该项目的参与与少数族裔对地球科学的吸引力（吸引力指标）、这些项目中参与者和受指导学生的保留（保留指标）以及参与者和受指导学生接受研究生课程（过渡指标）之间的关系，该项目有可能成为美国地球科学实现更大多样性的典范。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，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.