GP-UP: Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities in Atmospheric Sciences at NCAT

在大气科学的颜色学者的数量相对较低，甚至更糟糕的是，显示出下降的趋势，突出了强烈需要吸引，留住，并毕业于大气科学专业的学生的颜色更大的数量。北卡罗来纳州农业和技术州立大学（北卡罗来纳州）A T）旨在加强其本科大气科学和气象学（ASME）计划，以增加从历史上被排斥的社区，特别是非洲裔美国人，在大气科学的学生的招聘，保留和毕业。这一努力将有助于使STEM劳动力多样化，并支持一个STEM识字的社会。该项目旨在通过向北卡罗来纳州注入创新做法来解决这一劳动力短缺问题。A T的ASME计划，从而建立了一个坚实的基础，将多样化和进一步加强未来的大气科学家和气象学家的劳动力的途径。拟议的活动不仅将确保该项目的成功完成，而且还具有以下知识价值：（1）加强地球科学方面的普通教育，这将有助于学生在地球科学的跨学科性质范围内提高对环境可持续性挑战的认识; 2）接触研究人员的专业知识在广泛的主题-大气化学，山区气象学，热带气象学和极地气象学; 3）透过专业发展活动，提高学生对学业及就业机会的认识。 为了实现该项目的总体目标，即加强北卡罗来纳州大气科学中代表性不足的少数民族的招聘和保留。为此&，PI团队将采取以下做法：1）吸引-加强本科生的地球科学通识教育，并开展K12外联活动，吸引学生参加ASME课程; 2）桥接-为被ASME课程录取的学生建立夏桥计划，以弥合任何知识或技能差距，特别是数学方面的差距，从而为学生参加ASME课程做好准备;（3）以小组为本的学习-采用小组为本的教学方法，以促进学生的学习，并最大限度地提高学生的保留率;（4）以研究为本的培训-采用以研究为本的教学方法，让学生积极参与各种研究项目，并提高学生在口头交流、科技写作和研究方面的技能;（五）服务学习-通过志愿者气象观测员计划让学生参与服务学习，将联合收割机学习目标与社区参与结合起来。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值进行评估，被认为值得支持和更广泛的影响审查标准。

The number of scholars of color in Atmospheric Sciences is relatively low, and even worse, shows a decreasing trend, highlighting the strong need to attract, retain, and graduate larger numbers of students of color majoring in the Atmospheric Sciences. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) seeks to strengthen its undergraduate Atmospheric Science and Meteorology (ASME) program to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of students from historically excluded communities, particularly African Americans, in the Atmospheric Sciences. This effort will contribute to diversifying the STEM workforce and supporting a STEM-literate society. This project seeks to address this workforce shortfall by infusing innovative practices into N.C. A&T’s ASME program, thus building a solid foundation for the pathway that will diversify and further strengthen the future atmospheric scientist and meteorologist workforce. The proposed activities will not only ensure the project’s successful accomplishment but also have the following intellectual merits: 1) enhanced general education in the Geosciences, which will help students gain an increasing awareness of environmental sustainability challenges within the context of the Geosciences’ interdisciplinary nature; 2) exposure to research faculty expertise over a wide range of topics—atmosphere chemistry, mountain meteorology, tropical meteorology, and polar meteorology; 3) enhanced student awareness of academic and career opportunities through professional development activities. To achieve this project’s overarching goal of Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities in Atmospheric Sciences at N.C. A&T, the PI team will adopt the following practices: 1) Attracting – enhancing undergraduate students’ general education in geosciences and conducting a K12 outreach activity to attract students to the ASME program; 2) Bridging – establishing a summer bridge program for students admitted to the ASME program to bridge any knowledge or skills gaps, particularly in math, thereby preparing students for the ASME curriculum; 3) CB learning – adopting Cohort-Based (CB) educational practices as appropriate to enhance student learning and maximize student retention; 4) RB training – utilizing Research-Based (RB) educational practices to actively involve students in various research projects and enhance students’ skills in oral communication, technical writing, and research; and 5) Service learning – engaging students in service learning through the Volunteer Weather Observer Program to combine learning goals with community engagement.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.