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，授予代表性不足的学生的工程学位部分几乎没有改善或根本没有改善。例如，在2000年，分别授予非裔美国人，拉丁裔和美国原住民学生的工程学位的8.6％，7.3％和0.7％。在2015年，授予同一学生团体的8.7％，12.8％和0.5％的学位。有关工程教育的最新统计数据表明，代表性不足的学生更有可能参加少数派服务机构（MSI）。然而，关于工程教育的大多数研究都来自白人的机构（PWIS），这可能会限制对代表性不足的学生和更多潜水员机构的发现的普遍性。此外，研究通常是在筒仓中进行的，跨学科协作不足。如果我们要在扩大参与工程和工程劳动力发展的参与方面（我们有针对性的社会影响），我们需要由利益相关者领导的收敛态度，这是支持潜水员工程未来的最前沿。采用基于资产的方法，例如社区文化财富（CCW），用于研究，管理和发展的各个方面，我们将开发一个MSI-LED的工程研究中心（ERC），该研究中心（ERC）着重于工程学生的成功，以建立在工程教育框架上。该ERC将成为工程学生成功研究发展的领导者，并将成为独特的位置，将发现转化为政策和实践，这些政策和实践解决了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），这些学生在本科生和研究生水平上均应。该ERC将汇集来自大休斯顿地区及其他地区MSI的跨学科研究人员的核心团队。该ERC的开发和执行的目的是成为MSI参与和协作的模型。 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.该计划赠款将利用敬业机构的距离，建立一个以类似挑战和研究兴趣为中心的研究人员和拥护者社区。随后的ERC将支持生产高影响力的，融合研究，重点是学生成功并扩大参与工程学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准评估来诚实地获得支持。