Planning Proposal: Saint Augustine's University STEM Ecosystem Analysis

历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生计划（HBCU-UP）为加强HBCUs的STEM本科教育和研究提供支持。使用混合方法的研究设计，该项目计划进行影响辅导，招聘，持久性，跨学科研究的因素的机构分析，并制定实用的方法，以提高本科STEM专业的成功。 圣奥古斯丁大学旨在收集适当的数据，参与选民，并与机构利益相关者开展合作活动，为研究活动和课程改进的发展提供信息和指导。该规划项目符合HBCU-UP计划的目标，旨在加强机构能力建设，以加强STEM本科教育和研究工作。保留和学生准备不足是导致少数群体参与STEM途径的重要基本因素。该规划项目的目标是进行生态系统分析，以了解和开发实用的方法来影响辅导，招聘，基础设施，保留，能力建设，本科生研究和课程修改与大学的战略目标和使命一致。来自教学效果研究和机构景观分析的数据将建立指标，以加强STEM部门。扩大与STEM公司、政府实验室和研究密集型机构的外部合作伙伴关系将扩大STEM教育和职业的参与。有效策略的提取和综合将产生变革性的解决方案，以改善代表性不足的STEM学生的学术和专业经验。编纂规划项目的经验数据也将刺激未来的赠款提案的发展，以提高圣奥古斯丁大学的成本效益的缓解活动的成功和可持续性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provides support to strengthen STEM undergraduate education and research at HBCUs. Using a mixed methods research design, this project plans to conduct an institutional analysis of factors that affect the mentoring, recruitment, persistence, interdisciplinary research and develop practical approaches to enhancing the success of undergraduate STEM majors. Saint Augustine’s University seeks to collect appropriate data, engage constituents and conduct collaborative activities with institutional stakeholders that will inform and guide the development of research activities and curriculum improvements. This planning project aligns with the goals of the HBCU-UP program in its efforts to bolster institutional capacity building for the purpose of enhancing STEM Undergraduate education and research endeavors. Poor retention and student preparation are important underlying elements contributing to reduced minority participation in the STEM pathway. The objective of this planning project is to conduct an ecosystem analysis to understand and develop practical approaches to impact mentoring, recruitment, infrastructure, retention, capacity building, undergraduate research, and curricular modifications aligned with the university's strategic goals and mission. Data from pedagogical efficacy studies and an institutional landscape analysis will establish metrics to enhance STEM departments. Expansion of external partnerships with STEM companies, government laboratories, and research-intensive institutions will broaden participation in STEM education and careers. The extraction and synthesis of effective strategies will produce transformative solutions to improve underrepresented STEM students' academic and professional experiences. Codifying empirical data from the planning project will also stimulate future grant proposal development to enhance the success and sustainability of cost-effective mitigation activities at Saint Augustine's University.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.