Collaborative Research: Pushing Students Away: Developing a Research Agenda for Broadening Participation of African Americans in Engineering and Computer Science

合作研究：将学生拒之门外：制定扩大非裔美国人对工程和计算机科学参与的研究议程

• 批准号: 1926935
• 负责人: Jeremi London
• 金额: $ 12.76万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1926935&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Pushing; Students; Away

While there have been substantial initiatives designed to broaden the participation of underrepresented groups, producing a diverse workforce is unlikely if the country continues to lose them at each of the major junctures along the education-to-workforce pathway: K-12 education, undergraduate education, graduate education, and workforce. While researchers have published numerous studies on underrepresented groups over the past four decades, trends have not significantly improved, suggesting a disconnection between research and practice and a greater need to investigate the issue of broadening participation at every major segment throughout the education-to-workforce pathway. As a result, the investigators propose to conduct a research project that critically examines the Innovation Cycle of Educational Practice and Research as it relates to broadening participation in engineering and computer science. This study will advance our understanding of the disconnect between research and practice, identify barriers to progress, and set a national agenda for broadening the participation of African Americans in engineering and computer science. The agenda will unify the current literature on this topic, frame key issues, and pose significant questions around the development of a diverse engineering workforce. Aligned with current NSF broaden participation interests and priorities, this agenda will provide: (1) researchers with a backdrop for identifying problems that can be investigated empirically; and (2) practitioners with practical strategies for addressing barriers present in their local context. The research design, guiding this study, will enable us to synthesize the plethora of existing recommendations, while obtaining feedback from researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders alike. The research design will also serve as a model for subsequent studies on broadening the participation of other underrepresented groups in STEM. Further, to readjust current practices for addressing this persistent problem and figure out what is pushing students away, this project involves systematically reviewing the theoretical and scientific literature on barriers to participating and proposing new solutions for each juncture of the education-to-workforce pathway; interviewing subject-matter experts (n=60) to discuss their professional experiences regarding broadening the participation of African Americans and what can be done to gain momentum in African Americans participation in engineering; and conducting a Delphi study (n=20) to reach consensus on the key issues and gaps in our understanding, significant questions, and breakdowns in the Innovation Cycle of Educational Practice and Research. This project will produce the following outcomes: (1) a literature review synthesizing and highlighting the current state of research and practice on broadening the participation of African Americans and an Innovation Cycle of Broadening Participation; (2) a conceptual model that depicts the current relationship between research and practice in this context; and (3) an outline of a national agenda for coordinating the efforts of stakeholders committed to broadening participation of African Americans in engineering and computer science.

虽然已经有大量举措旨在扩大代表不足群体的参与，但如果国家继续在教育向劳动力过渡的每个主要关口失去他们，那么就不太可能产生多样化的劳动力：从12岁到12岁的教育、本科教育、研究生教育和劳动力。尽管研究人员在过去40年里发表了许多关于代表性不足群体的研究，但趋势并没有显著改善，这表明研究和实践之间存在脱节，更有必要调查在整个教育到劳动力过程中的每个主要部分扩大参与的问题。因此，研究人员提议开展一个研究项目，严格审查教育实践和研究的创新周期，因为它与扩大工程和计算机科学的参与有关。这项研究将促进我们对研究和实践之间脱节的理解，找出进步的障碍，并为扩大非裔美国人在工程和计算机科学领域的参与制定国家议程。议程将统一当前关于这一主题的文献，框架关键问题，并围绕多元化工程劳动力的发展提出重要问题。与当前NSF扩大参与兴趣和优先事项相一致，该议程将为：(1)研究人员提供一个背景，以确定可以进行经验调查的问题；(2)为实践者提供解决其当地背景下存在的障碍的实用战略。指导这项研究的研究设计将使我们能够综合现有的过多建议，同时从研究人员、从业者和其他利益相关者那里获得反馈。这项研究设计还将作为后续研究的范本，以扩大其他代表性不足的群体在科技教育管理方面的参与。此外，为了重新调整当前解决这一顽固问题的做法，并找出是什么在推动学生远离，这个项目涉及系统地审查关于参与的障碍的理论和科学文献，并为教育到劳动力路径的每个节点提出新的解决方案；采访主题专家(n=60)，讨论他们在扩大非裔美国人参与工程方面的专业经验，以及如何才能在非裔美国人参与工程方面获得动力；以及进行德尔福研究(n=20)，以就我们理解中的关键问题和差距、重大问题以及教育实践和研究创新周期中的故障达成共识。该项目将产生以下成果：(1)文献综述，综合并突出关于扩大非裔美国人参与的研究和实践的现状，以及扩大参与的创新周期；(2)描述这方面当前研究与实践之间关系的概念模型；以及(3)协调致力于扩大非裔美国人参与工程和计算机科学的利益攸关方努力的国家议程大纲。

项目成果

A SYSTEMATIC MAPPING OF SCHOLARSHIP ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

扩大非裔美国人参与工程和计算机科学的奖学金系统规划

• DOI: 10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2020027889
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
• 作者: London, Jeremi S.;Lee, Walter C.;Phillips, Canek;Van Epps, Amy S.;Watford, Bevlee A.
• 通讯作者: Watford, Bevlee A.