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.

提高西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）西班牙裔学生STEM专业的毕业率将有助于扩大STEM职业领域的参与。德克萨斯州立大学旨在利用提交给国家教育统计中心（NCES）的数据，确定投资投入与拉美裔服务机构拉美裔学生成功毕业之间的联系。将确定与更有效地将西班牙裔学生从STEM学位毕业的机构相关的HSI输入模式，并与HSI利益相关者进行沟通，以帮助告知管理和行政实践。该项目旨在通过增加对HSI实践及其对毕业成功的影响的研究来推进该领域的知识。这些知识将进一步影响美国的学术、技术和专业劳动力。该项目采用了数据包络分析（DEA）的优化模型，这是一种用于评估组织效率的技术。利用NCES综合高等教育数据系统（IPEDS）的数据，DEA将用于为hsi提供决策框架，以便在资源有限的情况下有效地使STEM专业的西班牙裔学生毕业。该项目意义重大，因为它旨在通过确定导致STEM学生有效毕业的关键投入，帮助hsi减轻对资源有限的担忧。该项目将通过解释DEA数据、构建数据科学技能和推进数据科学教育研究网络的培训，建立开展教育研究的能力。该项目得到了EHR核心研究：STEM教育研究能力建设（ECR: BCSER）竞赛的支持，该竞赛旨在培养个人在STEM学习和学习环境中开展高质量基础STEM教育研究的能力，扩大STEM领域的参与，以及STEM劳动力的发展。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。

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.