BPC-DP: Community Outreach Opportunities with Research in Data Science (COORDS)

该奖项全部或部分由2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。为了更好地培养精通数据的劳动力，大学越来越多地将数据科学的原则纳入STEM课程。新兴的教学实践，鼓励学生采取真正的兴趣在主题和理解的材料，他们可以解决问题的水平，可以特别有效地扩大参与计算。洛约拉大学，Arrupe学院和芝加哥青年学习组织MAPSCorps之间的合作伙伴关系旨在为代表性不足的群体的学者设计芝加哥的数据科学途径。通过研究，培训和指导机会，本科生，博士后研究员和教师将解决具有挑战性的数据科学研究问题，同时指导下一批学者。 在STEM课程中阐述计算/数据科学的原理变得越来越普遍。通过在种族正义研究所（IRJ）在洛约拉大学芝加哥的编程，学生将沉浸在整个日历年的实践经验，以及由密集的本科生暑期实习计划的补充。作为IRJ的近同伴指导设计教学方法的一部分，该项目将招募本科生直接与高中生一起工作，由芝加哥的IRJ（博士后）研究员监督。在与芝加哥青年学习组织MAPSCorps的数据科学编程合作中，该项目将通过结构化指导集中于体验式STEM学习。这个BPC示范项目的主要目标是：1）通过实习，研讨会和在线课程，提供培训机会和播种研究活动，为成功的STEM研究和学习方法创造经验，2）培养学生，特别是来自芝加哥的代表性不足的学生，他们为劳动力做好了充分的准备，并将选择继续接受STEM相关学科的教育和培训。由于与MAPSCorps的编程，这项计划还将加强芝加哥现有的信息学和计算科学推广计划，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响进行评估，被认为值得支持审查标准。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2).To better prepare a data-savvy workforce, universities are increasingly incorporating principles of data science throughout STEM curricula. Emerging teaching practices that encourage students to take a genuine interest in the subject matter and understand the material on a level where they can problem solve can be particularly effective for broadening participation in computing. This partnership between Loyola University, Arrupe College, and the Chicago youth learning organization, MAPSCorps aims to design a data science pathway in Chicago for scholars from underrepresented groups. Through research, training, and mentorship opportunities, undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty will address challenging data science research questions while mentoring the next cohort of scholars. Incorporating principles of computational/data science in STEM curriculums has become more prevalent. Through the programming at the Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ) at Loyola University Chicago, students will be immersed in hands-on experiences throughout the calendar year as well as complemented by an intensive undergraduate summer internship program. As part of IRJ’s pedagogical approach of near-peer mentoring design, the project will recruit undergraduate students to work directly with high school students overseen by an IRJ (Postdoctoral) Fellow in Chicago. In a collaborative effort with the data science programming of the Chicago youth learning organization, MAPSCorps, the project will be centered on experiential STEM learning through structured guidance. The primary objectives of this BPC demonstration project are to 1) create an experience for successful STEM research and learning methods through internships, symposium, and online coursework, providing training opportunities, and seeding research activities, and 2) generate a pipeline of students, particularly underrepresented students from Chicago, who are well prepared for the workforce and will choose to continue their education and training in STEM related disciplines. As a result of the programming with MAPSCorps, this programming will also strengthen the existing informatics and computational science outreach programs in the Chicagoland are by utilizing a group of well-trained faculty and undergraduate researchers with broad expertise as research mentors and instructors.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.