Improving STEM Education at HSI Community Colleges by Introducing High Impact Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

在“改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划”的支持下，本次会议旨在确定美国西南城市和农村HSI社区学院的管理人员、员工、教师和学生在引入STEM课程中基于课程的本科研究经验（CUREs）等高影响力教育实践时面临的独特挑战。虽然cure对学生成功参数的影响已经在研究密集型的四年制大学中得到了广泛的证明，但对于社区学院和其他两年制教育机构，特别是那些服务不足学生比例很高的社区学院，如HSI社区学院，cure的好处却知之甚少。本次会议将提供一个平台，讨论经验教训，评估改进策略，并确定和提供有效的工具，以2年制HSI机构正在考虑在其计划中引入CURE，同时记录在STEM HSI社区大学课程中实施CURE的需求，障碍，成功和利益。会议的成果将包括：符合hsi需求的CURE设计、实施和评估的公平模式；四年制高校与城乡两年制高校在CURE设计和实施中的行业参与伙伴关系和协作策略；提高对STEM教学中高影响力实践的理解；提高了对hsi中文化相关性的理解；以及提高卫生服务机构获得外部资金以支持高影响力教育干预措施的成功率的最佳做法。会议旨在为理解在HSI cc中实施CURE的方法、益处和挑战奠定基础，并为建立四年制大学、农村和城市社区学院、行业和社区组织之间的有效合作战略奠定基础，以提高服务不足学生群体的教育质量。会议将建立在美国国家科学基金会资助的亚利桑那大学HSI会议：转变西班牙裔服务机构的STEM教育-来自西南地区的见解（NSF DUE 1748526）和亚利桑那中央学院HSI会议：全国农村拉美裔服务机构的STEM教育转型（NSF DUE 1940949），并将增加对具体挑战和机遇的认识和理解，这些挑战和机遇是引入高影响力的教育策略，如CUREs，代表了2年制hsi的STEM本科教育，以及如何更好地满足学生的需求。会议将产生一份载有会议成果、建议和资源的报告。会议结果将通过适当的教育研究期刊、在区域和国家会议上的发言以及机构社会媒体传播给政府机构和高等教育组织。会议的研究结果将为高影响力的hsi教育干预提供资金优先事项，并为学生参与和与行业和其他社区组织合作提供有效模式，最终影响hsi学生的职业准备。HSI计划旨在加强HSI的本科STEM教育和能力建设。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。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。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this conference aims to identify the unique challenges that administrators, staff, faculty and students in the US Southwest urban and rural HSI community colleges face when introducing high-impact educational practices such as Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) in STEM curricula. While the impact of CUREs on student success parameters has been widely demonstrated in research intensive 4-year institutions, little is known of the benefits of CUREs in community colleges and other 2-year educational institutions, specifically those with significant percentages of underserved students, such as HSI community colleges. This conference will provide a platform to discuss lessons learned, to evaluate strategies for improvement, and to identify and provide effective tools to 2-year HSI institutions that are considering the introduction of CUREs in their programs while documenting the needs, barriers, successes, and benefits associated with CURE implementation in STEM HSI community college courses. Conference outcomes will include: equity-minded models for CURE design, implementation, and assessment in line with the needs of HSIs; partnership and collaborative strategies among 4-year colleges and urban and rural 2-year colleges for industry engagement in CURE design and execution; improved understanding of high impact practices in STEM teaching and learning; improved understanding of what constitutes cultural relevance in HSIs; and best practices for improving the success rate of HSIs in obtaining external funding to support high impact educational interventions.The conference aims to lay a foundation for understanding methodology, benefits and challenges of CURE implementation in HSI CCs, and for establishing strategies of efficient collaboration between 4-year universities, rural and urban community colleges, industry, and community organizations in order to improve the quality of education of underserved student populations. The conference will build on NSF-funded University of Arizona HSI Conference: Transforming STEM Education in Hispanic Serving Institutions - Regional Insights from the Southwest (NSF DUE 1748526) and Central Arizona College HSI Conference: Transforming STEM Education at Rural Hispanic-Serving Institutions Across the Nation (NSF DUE 1940949) and will increase knowledge and understanding of the specific challenges and opportunities that introducing high impact educational strategies such as CUREs represent for STEM undergraduate education at 2-year HSIs and how to better serve the needs of students. The conference will generate a report with conference outcomes, recommendations, and resources. Conference results will be disseminated to governmental agencies and higher education organizations via appropriate educational research journals, presentations at regional and national conferences, and institutional social media outlets. Conference findings will inform funding priorities for high impact educational interventions in HSIs, and provide effective models for student engagement and collaboration with industry and other community organizations, ultimately impacting career preparedness of students attending HSIs. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also 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.