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Exploring STEM Career Pathway Persistence Among Student Service Members and Veterans: A Mixed Methods Study of Social Support Networks

探索服务学生和退伍军人中 STEM 职业道路的持久性：社会支持网络的混合方法研究

基本信息

批准号：
1920482
负责人：
Ross Benbow
金额：
$ 55.68万
依托单位：
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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：
2019-11-01 至 2023-10-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1920482&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Exploring STEM Career Pathway Persistence

项目摘要

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Student military service members and veterans, who are undergraduate students, face numerous medical, financial and social obstacles that universities and communities must address to prevent this skilled talent pool from leaving STEM before entering, or re-entering, our nation's workforce. For example, many service members and veterans have family or work responsibilities that limit full-time enrollment in post-secondary education. With the appropriate academic and social support systems, veterans and service members can succeed in college and advance their careers. It is critical for our nation to better understand the needs of this unique population and the social support networks that contribute to persistence in STEM. Advancing a diverse and technically competent STEM workforce is critical for contributing to the progress of science and the health, prosperity and welfare of our nation. The project team is exploring the association between social support networks and persistence in undergraduate STEM education among student military service members and veterans. More specifically, knowledge is being advanced about trajectories and social support characteristics of veterans and student military service members, as well as about the network variables associated with persistence along STEM academic and workforce pathways. This mixed methods research includes collecting and analyzing survey and interview data. Results are being examined to advance knowledge about why STEM undergraduate students, who are military service members or veterans, persist in STEM. Study findings will also provide university and college administrators and educators with information about how their institutions might better provide social, academic, health and career support services to advance the persistence and career paths of STEM veteran and military service members who are undergraduate students at their schools. This research is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. The program supports the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to understand, build theory to explain, and suggest intervention and innovations to address persistent challenges in STEM interest, education, learning and participation.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.

学生军服役人员和退伍军人，大学和社区必须解决许多医疗，财务和社会障碍，以防止这些技能人才库在进入或重新进入我们国家的劳动力之前离开STEM。例如，许多服役人员和退伍军人有家庭或工作责任，限制了全日制中学后教育的入学。有了适当的学术和社会支持系统，退伍军人和服务成员可以在大学取得成功，并推进他们的职业生涯。对我们的国家来说，更好地了解这一独特人群的需求以及有助于坚持STEM的社会支持网络至关重要。推进多元化和技术能力的STEM劳动力对于促进科学进步和我们国家的健康，繁荣和福利至关重要。该项目团队正在探索社会支持网络与学生军人和退伍军人坚持本科STEM教育之间的关联。更具体地说，人们正在深入了解退伍军人和学生兵役成员的轨迹和社会支持特征，以及与STEM学术和劳动力途径上的持续性相关的网络变量。沿着STEM学术和劳动力途径。本研究采用混合研究方法，包括调查与访谈资料的搜集与分析。结果正在检查，以推进关于为什么干本科生，谁是军人或退伍军人，坚持干的知识。研究结果还将为大学和学院的管理人员和教育工作者提供有关他们的机构如何更好地提供社会，学术，健康和职业支持服务的信息，以促进STEM退伍军人和军队成员的持久性和职业道路，他们是他们学校的本科生。这项研究得到了NSF的EHR核心研究（ECR）计划的支持。ECR计划强调基础STEM教育研究，产生该领域的基础知识。投资是在关键领域是必不可少的，广泛的和持久的：干学习和干学习环境，扩大参与干，干劳动力发展。该计划支持积累强有力的证据，为理解、建立理论解释、提出干预和创新建议，以应对STEM兴趣、教育、学习和参与方面的持续挑战提供信息。该奖项反映了NSF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。