Expanding The Capacity Of The Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education Through Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Infrastructure Education

通过将多样性、公平和包容性融入基础设施教育来扩大基础设施转型和教育中心的能力

• 批准号: 2121376
• 负责人: Kristen Sanford
• 金额: $ 6.09万
• 依托单位: Lafayette College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2121376&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expanding; Capacity; Center; Infrastructure; Transformation

This project aims to serve the national interest by expanding the capacity of the Center for Infrastructure Transformation and Education (CIT-E) to support civil, construction, and environmental engineering faculty members in their efforts to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into infrastructure education. The causes of inequitable infrastructure are many; however, given its leading role in infrastructure-related education and research, the civil and environmental engineering (CEE) faculty has an obligation to recognize and address the need for systemic change. Historically, CEE faculty members have not received formal training on DEI issues. While such training is becoming more common, a gap remains. This Level 1 Capacity Building project will support CIT-E, an existing and thriving community of practice (CoP), through providing the foundation for future work in developing a multi-institutional effort to transform the CEE education community into a community that can sustain growth in DEI integration. The collaborative research project is a joint effort by the University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Lafayette College, Colorado State University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.With the increased capacity generated by this expanded network and a shared vision, the CIT-E CoP work will be transformative. Leveraging the CIT-E and the CoP, the project frames the work through the lens of two continua: race neutral/race conscious and inclusion infrastructure/exclusion infrastructure. This project will develop i) CIT-E communal understanding of how DEI and infrastructure are related; ii) what the interaction among members reveals about DEI; iii) how members of the CoP can educate one another by addressing DEI issues in education, research, and professional practice; and iv) how the CoP can inspire real and lasting change. Specifically, this project will increase the capacity of CIT-E through the following project objectives: i) gather evidence by compiling a list of non-normative examples of successful institutional efforts that positively impact DEI; ii) assess CIT-E resources and needs via Asset Mapping; iii) evaluate Community of Practice as an appropriate Change Theory; iv) recruit additional stakeholders and organizations to CIT-E based on the gaps identified in previous project objectives; v) identify, cluster, and prioritize ways of integrating DEI into CEE education using Group Concept Mapping (GCM); and vi) provide the foundation for developing a multi-institutional effort to transform the CEE education community into a community that can sustain growth in DEI integration. The Research Team will ensure that key stakeholders, including experts in Change Theory, DEI strategies, and curriculum development are invited to provide external peer review of the project. The Research Team will facilitate working sessions to address larger tasks such as GCM and Asset Mapping. Through a collaboration with the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRISS), the project will i) build the capacity of the geographically-dispersed Research Team by accelerating the team’s integration to operate as a highly-functioning team and ii) explore how Team Science might add value to efforts to expand the work. The NSF IUSE: EHR Program supports research and development projects to improve the effectiveness of STEM education for all students. Through the Institutional and Community Transformation track, the program supports efforts to transform and improve STEM education across institutions of higher education and disciplinary communities.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.

该项目旨在通过扩大基础设施转型和教育中心(CIT-E)的能力来服务于国家利益，以支持土木工程、建筑和环境工程教师努力将多样性、公平和包容性(DEI)融入基础设施教育。基础设施不公平的原因是多方面的；然而，鉴于其在与基础设施相关的教育和研究中的主导作用，土木工程和环境工程学院有义务认识到并解决系统性变革的必要性。从历史上看，中东欧的教职员工没有接受过关于Dei问题的正式培训。虽然这类培训正变得越来越普遍，但仍存在差距。这一一级能力建设项目将为CIT-E这一现有的蓬勃发展的实践社区提供支持，为今后开展多机构工作奠定基础，将中东欧教育社区转变为一个能够在Dei一体化中持续增长的社区。该合作研究项目是由威斯康星大学、普拉特维尔分校、拉斐特学院、科罗拉多州立大学、弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学联合开展的。随着这个扩大的网络和共同愿景产生的能力增加，CIT-E COP工作将具有变革性。利用CIT-E和COP，该项目通过两个连续体的镜头来框定工作：种族中立/种族意识和包容性基础设施/排斥基础设施。这一项目将发展i)环境与发展部与基础设施是如何联系在一起的共同理解；ii)成员之间的互动揭示了环境与发展部的情况；iii)缔约方会议成员如何通过解决教育、研究和专业实践中的环境与发展问题相互教育；以及iv)缔约方会议如何激发真正和持久的变化。具体地说，该项目将通过以下项目目标提高CIT-E的能力：i)通过汇编积极影响教育和发展部的成功机构努力的非规范性范例清单来收集证据；ii)通过资产图评估CIT-E的资源和需求；iii)评估实践共同体作为适当的变革理论；iv)根据以前项目目标中确定的差距，招募更多的利益攸关方和组织到CIT-E；v)利用团体概念图(GCM)确定将Dei纳入CEE教育的方式、分类和优先次序；(六)为发展多机构努力提供基础，以便将中东欧教育界转变为能够在经济和社会一体化方面持续增长的社区。研究小组将确保邀请主要利益攸关方，包括变革理论、Dei战略和课程开发方面的专家，对该项目进行外部同行审查。研究小组将促进工作会议，以处理GCM和资产映射等更大的任务。通过与社会科学研究所(IRIS)的合作，该项目将：i)通过加速团队的整合，培养分散在不同地理位置的研究团队的能力，使其成为一个高度运作的团队；ii)探索团队科学如何为扩大工作的努力增加价值。NSF IUSE：EHR计划支持研究和开发项目，以提高所有学生的STEM教育的有效性。通过机构和社区转型轨道，该计划支持高等教育机构和学科社区转变和改进STEM教育的努力。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。

项目成果

Re-contextualizing Civil Engineering Education: A Systematic Review of the Literature

土木工程教育的重新语境：文献的系统回顾

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Sanford, K.;Paige, F.;Parker, P.;Valdes-Vasquez, R.;Canevari, P.;Larsen, T.;& Diacik, E.
• 通讯作者: & Diacik, E.

WIP - Community of Practice as a theory of change for Infrastructure Education

WIP - 实践社区作为基础设施教育变革的理论

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference
• 作者: Sanford, K. L.;Paige, F.;Parker, P. J.;Valdes-Vasquez, R.
• 通讯作者: Valdes-Vasquez, R.