RCN-UBE Summit: A New Landscape for Undergraduate Biology Education

RCN-UBE峰会：本科生物教育新格局

• 批准号: 2233205
• 负责人: Gillian Bowser
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Colorado State 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=2233205&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Summit; New; Landscape

Broadening participation by increasing student diversity in academic science disciplines has shown limited progress over the last decade and recruitment and retention issues persist for those students historically underrepresented in science. In the RCN-UBE (Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education) program, over 50 collaborative networks of academic institutions work together to address undergraduate biology education and broadening participation in the sciences. The conference, RCN-UBE Summit: Creating New Landscapes in Undergraduate Biology Education, will bring together RCN-UBE network participants to explore how networks of institutions can work together to change the demographics of the science disciplines. The conference will convene science practitioners, educators, and university faculty to evaluate the role of networks in shifting the science enterprise towards a more inclusive approach by reaching across multiple institutional types from minority serving institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and larger research institutions. In the Summit, RCN-UBE network participants will present best practices and engage in facilitated workshop sessions to discuss topics in undergraduate education and broadening participation in the sciences. Each workshop session will also explore opportunities for new networks, especially those led by smaller and minority institutions, to form within a supportive environment of existing networks. Case studies and other materials will be presented to generate ideas and potential solutions to engage diverse students as participants in the production of scientific knowledge, and to develop innovative ways to increase the use of this knowledge in formal and informal science educational settings. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange/finalreport/).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.

在过去十年里，通过增加学生在学术科学学科的多样性来扩大参与度的进展有限，对于那些在科学领域历来代表性不足的学生来说，招生和留住学生的问题仍然存在。在RCN-UBE(本科生生物学教育研究协调网络)计划中，50多个学术机构合作网络共同努力，解决本科生生物学教育问题，扩大对科学的参与。这次会议，RCN-UBE峰会：在本科生物学教育中创造新的景观，将聚集RCN-UBE网络参与者，探讨机构网络如何合作来改变科学学科的人口结构。会议将召集科学从业者、教育工作者和大学教职员工，评估网络在通过跨越少数民族服务机构、历史上的黑人学院和大学以及更大的研究机构的多种机构类型，将科学企业转变为更具包容性的方法方面所起的作用。在首脑会议上，RCN-UBE网络参与者将介绍最佳做法，并参加促进讲习班，讨论本科教育和扩大对科学的参与等主题。每期讲习班还将探讨在现有网络的支持环境中形成新网络的机会，特别是那些由较小和少数群体机构领导的网络。将提供案例研究和其他材料，以产生想法和可能的解决方案，使不同的学生参与科学知识的生产，并开发创新的方式，在正式和非正式的科学教育环境中增加对这种知识的使用。该项目由生物科学局生物基础设施司和教育与人力资源局本科教育司共同资助，作为他们应对《本科生物学教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》中提出的挑战的努力的一部分(http://visionandchange/finalreport/).This奖反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。