Collaborative Research BPE track 3: Minority Mentoring for Advancement and Participation in Engineering Hub

这个NSF Track 3扩大工程参与(BPE)项目旨在通过在工程中心的基础设施、资源共享、社区参与和基于证据的包容性指导中的“少数族裔促进和参与(少数族裔-MAP)”项目，解决少数族裔在工程领域的复原力、身份形成和学术成果。该中心将利用一个名为包容性辅导促进参与中心(IMAP Hub)的全接入、开放平台，通过工程实践社区动态地促进包容性辅导。该项目的催化活动预计将通过该中心的数据和技术生态系统使少数族裔在工程学中的代表性民主化，该生态系统将把学生导师与教师、行业导师和少数族裔地图网络中的雇主联系起来。IMAP中心将积极影响攻读工程学学位的学生的毕业率，并改善参与的少数族裔服务机构中工程学学生的职业准备，从而增强美国工程学劳动力的多样性。该项目将利用HBCU、领先公司和非营利组织的兴趣，通过包容性指导协作转变人力资本，从而创造一种朝着有影响力、有弹性的职业生涯的文化变革。该项目将由摩根州立大学工程卓越中心领导，与北卡罗来纳农业与技术州立大学、杰克逊州立大学、STEMConnector和Ziker Research合作。该项目的目标是：1)到2024年招募100名学生导师和教师或行业导师对，以测试和完善名为包容性辅导的创新辅导平台，以推进参与中心(IMAP Hub)；2)策划、开发和扩大包容性辅导资源和活动，到2027年包括10个少数族裔服务机构的300名学生导师；3)制定和实施一个框架，通过形成性和总结性评估找出中心包容性辅导实践中的差距；4)提供专业发展，以支持在年度暑期学院实施符合文化要求的包容性辅导实践，并开发和完善在线学生、教师和行业培训资源，以便在2024年前通过整合到IMAP中心平台的在线资源库提供基于证据的包容性指导实践；以及5)在年度暑期学院、STEMConnector年度STEM峰会、百万女性导师峰会和年度中学后创新实验室期间分享研究结果和演示文稿，以此作为扩大网络和扩大IMAP中心服务的战略。拟议的研究工作将调查促进工程学特性发展的指导方面，并有可能改善工程学中代表性不足群体的持久性和留存力。方法将包括从多个来源收集数据，包括使用IMAP使用数据进行数据分析，所有参与者的调查报告，以及对导师-被辅导者活动的观察。与工程师身份、职业意识和专业技能变化相关的结果将通过工程师身份调查(EIS)、面试协议和观察提供信息的事前和事后调查来衡量。IMAP中心的资源和研究成果将通过专门的网站、会议介绍、研讨会、时事通讯、出版物和社交媒体传播。该项目团队将通过与STEM Connector的成员合作来扩大导师和学员网络，其中包括100多个行业合作伙伴和MSI大学。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This NSF Track 3 Broadening Participation in Engineering (BPE) project aims to address the resilience, identity formation, and academic outcomes of minorities in engineering through the "Minority Mentoring for Advancement and Participation (Minority-MAP) in Engineering Hub’s infrastructure, resources sharing, community engagement, and evidence-based inclusive mentoring. The hub will leverage an all-access, open-platform called the Inclusive Mentoring to Advance Participation Hub (iMAP Hub) to dynamically foster inclusive mentoring through a community of practice in engineering. The project’s catalytic activities are expected to democratize minority representation in engineering through the hub’s data and technology ecosystem that will connect student mentees with faculty and industry mentors and employers in the Minority-MAP network. The iMAP Hub will positively impact the completion rates of students pursuing engineering degrees and improve the career preparation of engineering students at participating minority serving institutions, thereby enhancing the diversity of the US engineering workforce. The project will employ the interest of HBCUs, leading companies, and non-profit organizations to collaboratively transform the human capital via inclusive mentoring, thus creating a culture change towards an impactful, resilient career. This effort aligns with the NSF Broadening Participation in Engineering’s mission to strengthen the future U.S. engineering workforce.This project will be led by Center for Engineering Excellence at Morgan State University, in collaboration with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Jackson State University, STEMconnector, and Ziker Research. The goals of the project are to: 1) recruit 100 student mentees and faculty or industry mentor pairs by 2024, to test and refine an innovative mentoring platform called Inclusive Mentoring to Advance Participation Hub (iMAP Hub); 2) curate, develop, and expand inclusive mentoring resources and activities to include 300 student mentees at 10 minority-serving institutions by 2027; 3) develop and implement a framework to identify gaps in the hub’s inclusive mentoring practices through formative and summative evaluations; 4) provide professional development to support implementing culturally responsive, inclusive mentoring practices at annual Summer Institutes, and develop and refine online student, faculty, and industry training resources for evidence-based inclusive mentoring practices delivered through an online repository that is integrated into the iMAP Hub platform by 2024; and 5) share findings and presentations during annual Summer Institutes, STEMconnector's Annual STEM Summits, Million Women Mentors Summits, and annual Post-Secondary Innovation Labs as a strategy for growing the network and expanding iMAP Hub services. Proposed research efforts will investigate the aspects of mentoring that promote the development of an engineering identity and have the potential to improve the persistence and retention of underrepresented groups in engineering. Methods will include data collection from multiple sources, including data analytics using iMAP usage data, survey reports from all participants, and observations of mentor-mentee activities. Outcomes related to changes in engineering identity, career awareness, and professional skills will be measured through pre- and post-surveys informed by the Engineer Identity Survey (EIS), interview protocols, and observations. The iMAP Hub’s resources and research findings will be disseminated through a dedicated website, conference presentations, workshops, newsletters, publications, and social media. The project team will scale the network of mentors and mentees by working with STEMconnector's membership which includes over 100 industry partners and MSI universities.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.