Implementation Project: Preparing the Pipeline of Next Generation STEM Professionals

实施项目为传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）提供支持，以设计、实施、研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生人数，并通过加强教育和研究提高他们的准备质量。肯塔基州立大学（Kentucky State University）的这个项目旨在以之前成功的规划拨款为基础，提高非裔美国人和其他历史上被剥夺权利群体的学生在STEM学科中的参与度。该项目将提高STEM领域的教学方法和研究能力，营造一个支持性的学习和研究环境，并开发新的项目驱动和基于探究的课程和项目，为学生提供学术支持。该项目将影响该机构的所有STEM专业。该项目的目标是：增加生物、计算机科学、数学、物理、预工程、地理空间技术和环境研究专业的学生入学率；让学生参与体验式研究项目和实习，以提高他们的科学技能；评估和设计STEM课程、教师教学方法、主修和副修STEM学位课程，以确保这些课程符合大学重新调整的学术课程目标和质量提升计划，同时解决学生的不同文化背景和学习风格。该项目将由内部和外部咨询委员会和评估人员指导和评估。该项目由历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目和促进竞争研究的既定项目（EPSCoR）共同资助。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。

Implementation Projects provide support to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthen education and research. The project at Kentucky State University seeks to build on a previous successful planning grant to increase participation of African-American and other students from historically disenfranchised groups in STEM disciplines. The project will enhance teaching pedagogy and research capacity in STEM fields, foster a supportive learning and research environment, and develop new project-driven and inquiry-based curricula and programs that will provide academic support to students. The project will impact all STEM majors at the institution.The objectives of the project are to: increase enrollment of students in biology, computer science, mathematics, physics, pre-engineering, geospatial technology, and environmental studies programs; involve students in experiential research projects and internships to enhance their scientific skills; and assess and design STEM curricula, faculty pedagogy, and major and minor STEM degree programs to ensure that these programs meet the university’s realigned academic program goals and quality enhancement programs while addressing the diverse cultural backgrounds and learning styles of the students. The project will be guided and evaluated by internal and external advisory boards and evaluators.This project is jointly funded by the Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.