Strengthening Student Motivation and Resilience through Research and Advising

该实施和评估项目旨在提高工程专业学生的保留率和毕业率，这些学生来自在STEM研究领域中代表性不足的群体。项目团队的活动将特别强调西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生，为他们提供资源和职业发展机会，以提高他们在工程劳动力中的学术和就业成功。旧金山州立大学工程学院将与Skyline学院和Cañada学院合作，提供基于证据的教师发展、本科生研究机会，并为从社区学院转学的学生提供更好的建议。hsi工程成功中心的发展将为转校生提供学术支持、咨询服务、职业咨询，并帮助他们获得奖学金和实习机会，以便他们能够在工程领域获得全职工作。该项目将回答两个研究问题：1)哪种类型的学术和非学术支持将产生最高的留校率、毕业率和就业率？2)教师专业发展对学生学习经验和成功的影响是什么？该项目将提高人们对教学和研究的认识，使文化多样化的学生群体更好地获得工程学位，同时准备对未来的技术劳动力产生重大影响。该项目将采用数据驱动和基于证据的方法，确定代表性不足的工程专业学生成功的障碍，并就提高学生保留率和毕业率、自我效能、专业发展和劳动力准备的最佳实践产生新的知识。这一目标的基础是三个目标。首先是与社区大学合作伙伴一起制定和实施暑期研究实习计划，并为新转学生提供转学建议日活动。二是建立HSI工程成功中心（ESC），为学生提供实习、行业交流和职业发展的机会。第三是为教师的专业发展开发资源，包括暑期教师教学研讨会、包容性教学和指导系列研讨会以及工程学院学习社区。研究结果和开发的新方法、模型和工具将通过期刊出版物、会议/专题讨论会和教师学习社区传播。所获得的知识将满足国家促进多样化和准备充分的STEM劳动力的需求。改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划（HSI计划）旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并在HSI建立能力。考虑到hsi的多样性和背景，实现这些目标需要创新的方法来激励机构和社区转型，并促进基础研究(1)关于参与式学生学习的研究，(2)关于如何有效地使STEM多样化和增加参与的研究，以及(3)提高我们对如何建立机构能力的理解。HSI计划支持的项目也将借鉴这些方法，为如何实现这些目标提供新的知识。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。

This implementation and evaluation project aims to increase the retention and graduation rates of engineering students from groups who are underrepresented in their participation in STEM fields of study. The project team's activities will have a particular emphasis on Hispanic/Latinx students, providing them resources and career development opportunities to increase their academic and employment success in the engineering workforce. The School of Engineering at San Francisco State University, in a collaborative effort with Skyline College and Cañada College, will provide evidence-based faculty development, undergraduate research opportunities, and improved advising for students transferring from community colleges. The development of an HSI-Engineering Success Center will provide transfer students academic support, advising services, career counseling, and assistance in securing scholarships and internships so they can gain full-time employment in engineering. The project will answer two research questions: 1) What types of academic and non-academic supports will yield the highest retention, graduation, and employment rates? 2) What is the impact of faculty professional development on student learning experiences and success? The project will raise awareness in teaching and research to better equip a culturally diverse student population to earn engineering degrees while preparing to make a substantial impact on the technical workforce of the future.This project will use a data-driven and evidence-based approach to identify the barriers to success of underrepresented engineering students and to generate new knowledge on the best practices in increasing students’ retention and graduation rates, self-efficacy, professional development, and workforce preparedness. Three objectives underpin this goal. First is to develop and implement a Summer Research Internship Program together with community college partners and a Transfer Advising Days event for new transfer students. Second is to establish an HSI Engineering Success Center (ESC) to provide students internships, networking opportunities with industry, and career development. Third is to develop resources for the professional development of faculty members, including Summer Faculty Teaching Workshops, an Inclusive Teaching and Mentoring Seminar Series, and an Engineering Faculty Learning Community. The results and novel approaches, models, and tools developed will be disseminated through journal publications, conferences/symposia, and faculty learning communities. The knowledge gained will address a national need to promote a diverse and well-prepared STEM workforce. The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also draw from these approaches to generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.