HSI Pilot Project: STEM Undergraduate, Retention, Graduation, and Engagement (SURGE)

HSI 试点项目：STEM 本科生、保留、毕业和参与 (SURGE)

• 批准号: 2225211
• 负责人: Christian Traba
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: Fairleigh Dickinson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2225211&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Pilot; Project; STEM; Undergraduate

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 1 Pilot Project aims to transform how STEM is delivered at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) and change the STEM culture. Despite the abundance of STEM literature on Hispanic students, their persistence is alarmingly low. An internal self-assessment prepared by the SURGE team identified four STEM deficiencies, along with four institutional strengths. Based on this assessment, the team proposes three SURGE strategies that leverage institutional strengths. The team recognizes the need for institutional change to improve outcomes. As a result, SURGE will implement transformational and reorganizational changes that include 1) a dedicated area conducive to STEM learning, 2) academic support programs, 3) gateway courses that have been revised to include evidence-based pedagogies and practices, 4) an advisor network of faculty, staff, and peers, 5) paid research opportunities, 6) workshops on “STEM awareness”, 7) peer tutors, and 8) virtual learning programs. Through SURGE, students at FDU will experience a STEM environment more conducive to learning. The data will benefit urban institutions with similar student demographics, faculty teaching loads, and resources. SURGE will 1) launch a STEM Academic Center, 2) provide faculty with evidence-based, pedagogical, and cultural awareness workshops, and 3) implement research initiatives for STEM majors. These objectives will address three research questions: 1) How does each facet of SURGE improve Hispanic STEM students’ learning, retention, graduation, desire to attend graduate school, and interest in a STEM career? 2) Which activities are best aligned with increasing diversity in STEM and foundational elements required to build and sustain institutional capacity at FDU? And 3) Do non-cognitive and cultural barrier workshops improve Hispanic STEM students’ relationship with their faculty advisors and “STEM awareness”? Student interviews, experiences, surveys, and focus groups will be used to construct an evolving data-driven model which identifies limitations, and inefficiencies in SURGE. The team will ensure all data is thoroughly analyzed and used to contribute new knowledge on which high-impact activities 1) build institutional capacity to support STEM majors, 2) generate evidence to support program success and replicability, and 3) transform FDU through institutionalization of successful program components. SURGE will develop the capacity to impact 500 students through STEM workshops, award stipends to 46 STEM majors, and provide 30 STEM faculty with evidence-based and cultural barrier workshops. SURGE will improve the persistence of STEM majors through STEM engagement, and these students who are positively impacted by SURGE will disseminate “STEM awareness” to their peers. This “domino effect” design of SURGE is deliberate and is intended to have a lasting impact on the STEM culture at FDU. This data will benefit urban institutions with similar student demographics, faculty teaching loads, and resources. 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.

在改善本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI计划），这个轨道1试点项目旨在改变费尔利迪金森大学（FDU）的STEM交付方式，并改变STEM文化。尽管有大量关于西班牙裔学生的STEM文献，但他们的持久性却低得惊人。由浪涌团队编写的内部自我评估确定了四个STEM缺陷，沿着四个机构优势。根据这一评估，该小组提出了三个利用机构优势的浪涌战略。该小组认识到需要进行体制改革以改善成果。因此，浪涌将实施转型和重组的变化，其中包括1）一个专门的领域有利于干学习，2）学术支持计划，3）网关课程已修订，包括循证医学和实践，4）教师，工作人员和同行的顾问网络，5）付费研究机会，6）研讨会上的“干意识”，7）同行导师，（8）虚拟学习程序。通过SURGE，FDU的学生将体验到一个更有利于学习的STEM环境。这些数据将使具有相似学生人口统计数据、教师教学负荷和资源的城市机构受益。SURGE将1）启动STEM学术中心，2）为教师提供基于证据的，教学和文化意识研讨会，3）为STEM专业实施研究计划。这些目标将解决三个研究问题：1）如何每个方面的浪涌提高西班牙裔干学生的学习，保留，毕业，渴望参加研究生院，并在干职业的兴趣？2)哪些活动最符合STEM日益增加的多样性以及建立和维持FDU机构能力所需的基本要素？3）非认知和文化障碍研讨会是否改善了西班牙裔STEM学生与导师的关系和“STEM意识”？学生访谈，经验，调查和焦点小组将被用来构建一个不断发展的数据驱动模型，确定在浪涌的局限性和效率低下。该团队将确保对所有数据进行彻底分析，并用于贡献新的知识，这些知识是高影响力的活动1）建立机构能力以支持STEM专业，2）生成证据以支持计划的成功和可复制性，以及3）通过成功计划组件的制度化来改造FDU。SURGE将通过STEM研讨会发展影响500名学生的能力，向46个STEM专业提供津贴，并为30名STEM教师提供基于证据和文化障碍的研讨会。SURGE将通过STEM参与提高STEM专业的持续性，这些受到SURGE积极影响的学生将向同龄人传播“STEM意识”。这种“多米诺骨牌效应”的设计是故意的，旨在对FDU的STEM文化产生持久的影响。这些数据将使具有类似学生人口统计数据、教师教学负荷和资源的城市机构受益。HSI计划旨在加强本科STEM教育，并建立HSI的能力。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NSF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。