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HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Building Paths to Civil Engineering Student Success

HSI 实施和评估项目：构建土木工程学生成功之路

基本信息

批准号：
2225157
负责人：
Kevin Lansey
金额：
$ 49.97万
依托单位：
University of Arizona
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-01-01 至 2026-12-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225157&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
HSI Implementation Evaluation Project Building

项目摘要

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this project aims to develop and document successful approaches to broaden access to academic success in civil engineering and improve persistence for underserved students. Appropriate support must be provided to help capable students as they transition to and move through an engineering program. A range of interventions have shown to have positive impacts individually but a comprehensive evaluation on their relative value from a programmatic perspective is lacking. These academic support and mentoring activities are expected to heighten students’ sense of belonging at a large university and build their identity as engineers. This research will quantitatively evaluate the impact of a holistic set of evidence based activities on persistence, retention, advancement rate and overall academic performance to identify the most promising interventions for inclusion and diversity in engineering programs.To assess effectiveness, an intersectional study will identify the interventions that provide the most meaningful support services for underserved groups in engineering including URM, women, and Pell recipients. Cohorts will include engineering students admitted under new admission criteria, with and without support interventions. Impacts will be assessed by quantitative measures (retention, advancement toward degree, probation status, GPA, etc.) and qualitative themes from personal narratives collected from individual interviews and focus groups. The interventions are guided by three objectives. First is to promote a sense of belonging within the academic program through focused peer and faculty mentoring and participation in student activities as individuals and in a student cohort. Second is to improve academic performance through academic support courses, tutoring and a summer academic advancement program. Third is to develop their engineering identity through internships, practitioner mentoring, career development/professionalism content, and involvement in engineering clubs. Finally, inclusive mentoring training will be provided to faculty, practitioners, and peers. Results will be shared through journal publications and professional presentations. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs.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.

在改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划）的支持下，该项目旨在开发和记录成功的方法，以扩大土木工程学术成功的机会，并提高服务不足学生的持久性。必须提供适当的支持，以帮助有能力的学生，因为他们过渡到并通过工程计划移动。一系列干预措施已显示出单独产生积极影响，但缺乏从方案角度对其相对价值的全面评价。这些学术支持和指导活动预计将提高学生对大型大学的归属感，并建立他们作为工程师的身份。这项研究将定量评估一套完整的基于证据的活动对持久性，保留率，进步率和整体学业成绩的影响，以确定最有希望的工程项目包容性和多样性的干预措施。为了评估有效性，一项交叉研究将确定为工程中服务不足的群体提供最有意义的支持服务的干预措施，包括URM，妇女，和佩尔收件人。队列将包括根据新的录取标准录取的工程专业学生，有和没有支持干预。影响将通过量化措施（保留，对学位的进步，试用状态，GPA等）进行评估。从个人访谈和焦点小组收集的个人叙述中的定性主题。这些干预措施以三个目标为指导。首先是通过有针对性的同行和教师指导以及作为个人和学生群体参与学生活动来促进学术课程中的归属感。其次是通过学术支持课程，辅导和夏季学术进步计划来提高学习成绩。第三是通过实习、从业者指导、职业发展/专业内容以及参与工程俱乐部来发展他们的工程身份。最后，包容性的指导培训将提供给教师，从业人员和同行。研究结果将通过期刊出版物和专业演讲分享。HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育，扩大STEM的参与，并建立HSI的能力。实现这些目标，鉴于HSIs的多样性和背景，需要创新的方法，激励机构和社区转型，促进基础研究（i）参与学生学习，（ii）关于如何有效地使STEM多样化和增加参与，以及（iii）该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得支持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。