BCSER: Developing Expertise in Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) to Guide Investigations of Best Practices at HSIs Efficiently Graduating Hispanics with STEM Degrees

BCSER：发展数据包络分析 (DEA) 方面的专业知识，指导 HSI 的最佳实践调查，有效地使西班牙裔学生获得 STEM 学位

• 批准号: 2125636
• 负责人: Omar Lopez
• 金额: $ 33.67万
• 依托单位: Texas State University - San Marcos
• 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: 2021-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2125636&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BCSER; Developing; Expertise; Data; Envelope

Improving graduation rates of STEM majors for Hispanic students at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) will contribute to the goal of broadening participation in STEM career fields. Texas State University aims to identify links between investment inputs and success in graduating Hispanic students from Hispanic-Serving Institutions using data submitted to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). Patterns in HSI inputs that are associated with institutions that are more efficient at graduating Hispanic students in STEM degrees will be identified and communicated with HSI stakeholders to help inform management and administrative practices. The project aims to advance knowledge in the field through increasing research on HSI practices and their impacts on graduation success. This knowledge will further impact the U.S. academic, technical, and professional workforce. The project employs optimized models incorporating Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a technique used to evaluate organizational efficiency. Using data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) at NCES, DEA will be used to provide a framework for decision-making at HSIs to effectively graduate Hispanic students in STEM majors with limited resources. The project is significant in that it aims to assist HSIs in mitigating the frequent concern of limited resources by identifying critical inputs that lead to effective graduation of STEM students. The project will build capacity for conducting education research through training in interpreting DEA data, building data science skills, and advancing data science education research networks. The project is supported through the EHR Core Research: Building Capacity in STEM Education Research (ECR: BCSER) competition that is designed to build individuals’ capacity to carry out high-quality fundamental STEM education research in STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation in STEM fields, and STEM workforce development.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.

西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）的西班牙裔学生的STEM专业毕业率提高了，将有助于扩大参与STEM职业领域的目标。德克萨斯州立大学的目标是通过提交给国家教育统计中心（NCE）的数据来确定来自西班牙裔服务机构的西班牙裔学生的投资和成功的西班牙裔学生之间的联系。与机构在毕业，在STEM学位上更有效的机构相关的HSI投入的模式将与HSI利益相关者进行识别，以帮助管理管理和行政实践。该项目旨在通过增加对HSI实践的研究及其对毕业成功的影响来提高现场知识。这些知识将进一步影响美国的学术，技术和专业劳动力。该项目采用了包括数据包络分析（DEA）的优化模型，该模型用于评估组织效率。使用NCES综合教育数据系统（IPEDS）的数据，DEA将用于为HSIS提供决策框架，以有效地在资源有限的STEM专业的西班牙裔学生中毕业。该项目的意义很大，因为它旨在通过确定导致有效毕业的STEM学生的关键投入来帮助HSIS缓解有限资源的关注。该项目将通过培训来解释DEA数据，建立数据科学技能并推进数据科学教育研究网络来建立教育研究的能力。通过EHR核心研究支持该项目：STEM教育研究（ECR：BCSER）竞争的建立能力，旨在建立个人在STEM学习和学习环境中进行高质量基本的STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与以及STEM劳动力发展的范围，这反映了NSF的法定任务和审查的审查，这是通过评估的范围来进行的，这是通过评估的范围来弥补的。

项目成果

Finding Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) for STEM Education Best Practices: When a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

寻找西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 进行 STEM 教育最佳实践：当一张图片胜过千言万语时

• DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2022.2051707
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Journal of Latinos and Education
• 影响因子: 0.9
• 作者: López, Omar S.