Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Engineering Student Success Initiatives

规划补助金：工程学生成功计划工程研究中心

• 批准号: 2126082
• 负责人: Jerrod Henderson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 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 2023-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126082&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Grant; Engineering; Research; Center

The National Science Board reports that, since 2000, the portion of engineering degrees awarded to underrepresented students has improved very little or not at all. For example, in 2000, 8.6%, 7.3%, and 0.7% of engineering degrees were awarded to African Americans, Latinx, and Native American students, respectively. In 2015, 8.7%, 12.8%, and 0.5% of degrees were awarded to those same student groups. Recent statistics on engineering education shows that underrepresented students are more likely to attend Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI). Yet, most of the research on engineering education comes from Predominantly-White Institutions (PWIs), which may limit the generalizability of findings for underrepresented students and more diverse institutions. Furthermore, research often is done in silos with insufficient interdisciplinary collaboration. If we are going to move the needle on broadening participation in engineering and engineering workforce development—our targeted societal impact—we need a convergent approach led by stakeholders at the forefront of supporting a diverse engineering future—MSIs. Employing asset-based approaches such as Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) for all aspects of research, management, and development, we will develop an MSI-led Engineering Research Center (ERC) that focuses on Engineering Student Success founded on Engineering Education frameworks. This ERC will become a leader in the development of engineering student success research and will be uniquely positioned to translate findings into policies and practices that address the success (defined as recruitment, retention, and graduation) of underrepresented engineering students, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This ERC will bring together a core team of interdisciplinary researchers from across MSIs in the Greater Houston area and beyond. The aim for the development and execution of this ERC is to become a model of MSI engagement and collaboration. The ERC proposal that will result from the planning grant will pursue research and development work that focuses on a) research relating to underrepresented student success, b) interventions designed to strengthen engineering workforce pathways (i.e., K-12, community college, and four-year institutions), c) rigorous and culturally responsive project evaluation, and d) dissemination of engineering education research to the academic community, practitioners, and policymakers. This planning grant will leverage the proximity of engaged institutions to build a community of researchers and advocates centered on similar challenges and research interests. The subsequent ERC will support the production of high-impact, convergent research focused on student success and broadening participation in engineering.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.

国家科学委员会报告说，自2000年以来，工程学位授予代表性不足的学生的比例几乎没有改善，或者根本没有改善。例如，在2000年，8.6%，7.3%和0.7%的工程学位被授予非裔美国人，拉丁美洲人和美洲原住民学生，分别。在2015年，8.7%，12.8%和0.5%的学位被授予这些相同的学生群体。最近的工程教育统计数据显示，代表性不足的学生更有可能参加少数民族服务机构（MSI）。然而，大多数关于工程教育的研究来自白人占主导地位的机构（PWI），这可能会限制代表性不足的学生和更多样化的机构的调查结果的普遍性。此外，研究往往是在筒仓中进行的，没有充分的跨学科合作。如果我们要扩大工程和工程劳动力发展的参与-我们的目标社会影响-我们需要一个由利益相关者领导的融合方法，支持多元化的工程未来-MSI。采用基于资产的方法，如社区文化财富（CCW）的研究，管理和发展的各个方面，我们将开发一个MSI主导的工程研究中心（ERC），专注于工程教育框架基础上的工程学生成功。ERC将成为工程专业学生成功研究发展的领导者，并将具有独特的优势，将研究结果转化为政策和实践，以解决本科和研究生阶段代表性不足的工程专业学生的成功（定义为招聘，保留和毕业）。该ERC将汇集来自大休斯顿地区及其他地区MSIs的跨学科研究人员核心团队。开发和执行ERC的目的是成为MSI参与和合作的典范。ERC提案将由规划补助金产生，将致力于研究和开发工作，重点是a）与代表性不足的学生成功有关的研究，B）旨在加强工程劳动力途径的干预措施（即，K-12，社区学院和四年制机构），c）严格和文化上敏感的项目评估，以及d）向学术界，从业者和决策者传播工程教育研究。这项规划补助金将利用参与机构的邻近性，建立一个以类似挑战和研究兴趣为中心的研究人员和倡导者社区。随后的ERC将支持生产高影响力，集中在学生的成功和扩大参与工程的聚合研究。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得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的支持。