Strengthening Student Motivation and Resilience through Research and Advising

该实施和评估项目旨在提高参与 STEM 学习领域代表性不足的群体的工程系学生的保留率和毕业率。该项目团队的活动将特别注重西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生，为他们提供资源和职业发展机会，以提高他们在工程队伍中的学术和就业成功率。旧金山州立大学工程学院将与天际线学院和加拿大学院合作，为从社区学院转学的学生提供循证师资发展、本科生研究机会以及改进的建议。 HSI-工程成功中心的发展将为转学生提供学术支持、咨询服务、职业咨询以及获得奖学金和实习的帮助，以便他们能够获得工程领域的全职工作。该项目将回答两个研究问题：1）什么类型的学术和非学术支持将产生最高的保留率、毕业率和就业率？ 2) 教师专业发展对学生学习经历和成功有何影响？该项目将提高教学和研究意识，更好地帮助不同文化的学生群体获得工程学位，同时准备对未来的技术劳动力产生重大影响。该项目将使用数据驱动和基于证据的方法来确定代表性不足的工程学生成功的障碍，并产生关于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的新知识。三个目标支撑着这一目标。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，并为新转学生举办转学咨询日活动。其次是建立 HSI 工程成功中心 (ESC)，为学生提供实习、与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、包容性教学和指导研讨会系列以及工程教师学习社区。研究结果以及开发的新颖方法、模型和工具将通过期刊出版物、会议/研讨会和教师学习社区进行传播。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。改善本科生 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划（HSI 计划）旨在加强本科生 STEM 教育、扩大 STEM 参与并建设 HSI 的能力。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 (i) 关于学生的参与学习，(ii) 如何有效地实现 STEM 多样化和增加参与，以及 (iii) 提高我们对如何建设机构能力的理解。 HSI 计划支持的项目也将从这些方法中汲取灵感，以产生有关如何实现这些目标的新知识。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.