Conference Proposal: The 2nd National Symposium to Build HBCU Research Capacity through Collaborative Partnerships with STEM Advocates and Policymakers

第一部分第二届国会黑人核心小组基金会年度立法会议(ALC)历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)研究行动实践(RAP)研讨会将以先前的工作为基础，扩大HBCU在STEM中代表不足的学生的国家优先事项决策方面的影响力。自2018年以来，少数民族优质教育(QEM)网络积极参与NSF Includes计划，并对HBCU STEM制作进行了原创性研究。以集体影响为范式，促进专业领域的知识生成和综合，本次研讨会将推进促进社会变革的创新战略。QEM在STEM倡议和HBCU社区会议方面拥有近29年的领导经验。本次会议建立在使用组织学习理论和焦点小组研究的研究基础上，以了解HBCU获取知识并将知识转化为动态能力的过程。第二部分，研讨会将提升研究和机构合作伙伴关系，以推进STEM政策和决策，并与行业领袖、民选官员和决策者建立合作。给予HBCU的研究更大的影响力来影响社会变革，将有助于国家努力扩大STEM劳动力并使其多样化。尽管HBCU只占我们国家大学的一小部分，但不成比例地，HBCU的STEM学位获得者是非洲裔美国人。会议的传播战略将催化HBCU的研究人员和决策者合作，以支持国家的多元化STEM劳动力的目标。会议的预期成果是一项研究-行动-政策计划，该计划将在HBCU研究人员、社会倡导者和决策者之间分享在建立实践社区方面的工作成果。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 second Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Research Action Practice (RAP) Symposium will build on prior work to expand the influence of HBCUs on decision making with respect to national priorities for underrepresented students in STEM. Since 2018, The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network has actively participated in the NSF INCLUDES Program and has conducted original research on HBCU STEM production. Using collective impact as a paradigm to facilitate knowledge generation and synthesis across professional sectors, this symposium will advance innovative strategies to foster social change. QEM brings nearly 29 years of leadership in STEM initiatives and conferences with the HBCU community. This conference builds on research that uses organizational learning theory and focus group research to understand the process through which HBCUs acquire knowledge and translate knowledge into dynamic capabilities.Part 2The symposium will elevate research and institutional partnerships to advance STEM policy and decision making, and build collaborations with industry leaders, elected officials and decision makers. Giving research at HBCUs greater leverage to impact social change will contribute to national efforts to grow and diversify the STEM workforce. Though a small segment of our Nation's colleges, HBCUs disproportionately graduate African American STEM degree recipients. The conference's dissemination strategies will catalyze HBCU researchers and decision makers to collaborate to support the Nation's goal of a diversified STEM workforce. An expected outcome of the conference is a research-action-policy plan that will share what works in building a community of practice between HBCU researchers, social advocates and decision makers.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.