GP-GO: The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geosciences Education and Opportunities (Scripps-GEO) Program

虽然美国的人口趋势表明少数民族人口在不断增长，但少数民族在地球科学中的代表性仍然不足，即使相对于其他STEM领域也是如此。因此，招聘和留住少数族裔学生是一个高度优先的问题，对于维持和加强地球科学领域的智力健康和劳动力来说是必要的。该项目在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥建立了加州大学圣迭戈分校斯克里普斯海洋研究所、三所当地两年制学院，即圣地亚哥城市学院、圣地亚哥梅萨学院和西南学院，以及该地区的地球科学专业人员之间的区域伙伴关系。这一伙伴关系将通过研讨会课程和带薪实习机会相结合的方式，为我们学术机构中人数不足的一年级和二年级本科生带来对地球科学教育和职业应用的更多认识。这一合作还将在学生、教师和雇主之间建立牢固的指导关系，在学生整个教育过程中的关键时刻为学生提供支持；例如，当社区大学的学生考虑转到四年制学位时。斯克里普斯海洋地球科学教育和机会研究所(Scripps-GEO)计划是一个为期三年的项目，利用斯克里普斯杰出的地球科学教育和实习机会来建立一个区域地球科学学习生态系统(GLE)，致力于建立一个框架和可持续的机制，为追求地球科学事业和研究生院的不同和有才华的学生提供更多的途径。拟议的GLE将包括来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校和三家当地拉美裔服务机构(圣地亚哥城市学院、圣地亚哥梅萨学院和西南学院)的教职员工和学生，并与当地和地区地球科学专业人员建立伙伴关系。拟议的项目是基础建设，将集中在三个主要领域：(1)建立Scripps-GEO计划，以加强我们地区在地球科学劳动力应用方面的教师、机构和公共合作伙伴关系；(2)启动以学生为中心的项目组成部分，特别是以职业为重点的研讨会课程和Scripps的学年实习机会，目标是招收本科教育早期的学生，即一年级或二年级学生；以及(3)对我们的结果进行批判性评估，并确定在准备工作中最有效的战略，这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

While demographic trends in the United States indicate ever-growing minority populations, minorities remain under-represented in geosciences, even relative to other STEM fields. Thus, recruitment and retention of minority students a high priority and is necessary to maintain and enhance the intellectual health and workforce in the geosciences. This project builds a regional partnership in San Diego, California between Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego, three local two-year colleges, i.e. San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College, and Southwestern College, and geoscience professionals in the region. This partnership will bring increased awareness of geoscience education and career applications to first and second year underrepresented undergraduate students in our academic institutions through a combination of seminar courses and paid internship opportunities. The partnership will also build strong mentoring relationships between students, faculty and employers that will support students at critical junctures throughout their education; for example, as community college students consider transferring into four-year degrees. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Geosciences Education and Opportunities (Scripps-GEO) Program, is a three-year project that leverages outstanding geoscience educational and internship opportunities at Scripps to establish a regional geosciences learning ecosystem (GLE), dedicated to building a framework and sustainable mechanisms for increasing the pathway of diverse and talented students that pursue careers and graduate school in geosciences. The proposed GLE will include faculty and students from UC San Diego and three local Hispanic Serving Institutions (San Diego City College, San Diego Mesa College and Southwestern College), in partnerships with local and regional geoscience professionals. The proposed project is foundation building and will focus on three main areas: (1) establish the Scripps-GEO Program to strengthen faculty, institutional and public partnerships in geoscience workforce applications in our region, (2) initiate student-focused project components, specifically career-focused seminar courses and academic-year internship opportunities at Scripps, targeted at recruiting students early in their undergraduate education, i.e. first or second year students, and (3) critically evaluate our results and identify strategies that are most effective in preparing, advancing and retaining diverse students in degrees and careers in the geosciences.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.