Conference: Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS)

会议：改变美世学生的工程访问权限 (TEAMS)

• 批准号: 2245762
• 负责人: James Maccariella
• 金额: $ 8.75万
• 依托单位: Mercer County Community College
• 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: 2023-06-01 至 2024-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2245762&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Transforming; Engineering; Access; Mercer

Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS) will engage the community by establishing collaborations between three target groups: high schools, colleges/universities, and the engineering industry. The TEAMS activities will include four conferences, college engineering tours, engineering project field trips, and a presentation of findings at a national engineering conference. The first conference will target area high schools, with a goal of identifying student barriers to engineering. The second conference will target colleges and universities, with a goal of identifying effective institutional interventions. The third conference will target the engineering industry, with a goal of identifying engineering employer needs. The final conference will be a summary roundtable discussion, with a goals of creating an engineering readiness summary and an engineering employee skills summary.TEAMS will broaden participation in engineering by establishing engineering mentoring opportunities, increasing engineering student engagement and motivation, and creating a partnership with engineering stakeholders. The TEAMS program will identify barriers to the engineering profession for those traditionally underserved, and promote participation of diverse students, faculty and professionals. Transforming Engineering Access for Mercer Students (TEAMS) will engage the community by establishing collaborations between three target groups: high schools, colleges/universities, and the engineering industry. The TEAMS activities will include four conferences, college engineering tours, engineering project field trips, and a presentation of findings at a national engineering conference. Conference 1: Area high schools. Target group: students, parents, teachers, and counselors. The goal is to identify student barriers to engineering. Conference 2: Colleges and universities. Target group: New Jersey engineering colleges and universities. The goal is to identify effective indicators for engineering student success in addition to effective institutional interventions.Conference 3: Engineering industry. Target group: engineering consulting firms and professional engineering societies. The goal is to identify engineering employer needs. While the data are assessed from the first three conferences, TEAMS will coordinate: (1) college engineering tours at area engineering programs, and (2) engineering project field trips. Summary Conference. Target group: all stakeholders. The goal is to create an engineering college readiness summary and create an engineering employee skills summary.TEAMS will assess student attitudes about engineering, knowledge about engineering careers, confidence, presence of engineering mentors, motivation, goals, and support. The goal is to identify student barriers to engineering, particularly for underrepresented groups. In addition, TEAMS will identify effective indicators for engineering student success and effective institutional interventions. Finally, TEAMS will identify engineering employer needs. In sum, TEAMS will develop (1) an engineering college readiness summary, and (2) an engineering employee skills summary. These summaries will be used to support institutionalization of lessons learned and will be disseminated to the broader community via a summary report. TEAMS will broaden participation in engineering by establishing engineering mentoring opportunities, increasing engineering student engagement and motivation, and creating a partnership with engineering stakeholders. The TEAMS program will increase the number of low-income, URM, and veteran STEM students who enroll in STEM disciplines, transfer to four-year institutions, and eventually meet local and regional workforce demand. The TEAMS program will identify barriers to the engineering profession for those traditionally underserved, and promote participation of diverse students, faculty, and professionals. Many low-income and nontraditional students begin their college careers at community colleges, and there is a national need to increase transfer success in these populations. The project team will broadly and strategically disseminate the TEAMS findings to promote institutional change.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.

改变美世学生(团队)的工程学途径将通过在三个目标群体之间建立合作来吸引社区：高中、学院/大学和工程业。团队的活动将包括四次会议，大学工程之旅，工程项目实地考察，以及在全国工程会议上展示研究成果。第一次会议将针对该地区的高中，目的是确定学生在工程方面的障碍。第二次会议将针对学院和大学，目的是确定有效的机构干预措施。第三次会议将以工程行业为目标，目的是确定工程雇主的需求。最后的会议将是一次总结圆桌讨论，目标是创建工程准备总结和工程员工技能总结。TEAMS将通过建立工程指导机会、增加工程学生的参与度和积极性以及与工程利益相关者建立伙伴关系来扩大对工程的参与。团队计划将为那些传统上缺乏服务的人确定工程专业的障碍，并促进不同学生、教师和专业人员的参与。改变美世学生(团队)的工程学途径将通过在三个目标群体之间建立合作来吸引社区：高中、学院/大学和工程业。团队的活动将包括四次会议，大学工程之旅，工程项目实地考察，以及在全国工程会议上展示研究成果。会议1：地区高中。目标群体：学生、家长、教师和辅导员。目标是找出学生在工程方面的障碍。会议2：高校。目标群体：新泽西工程学院和大学。目标是除了有效的制度干预外，确定有效的工科学生成功指标。会议3：工程行业。目标群体：工程咨询公司和专业工程学会。目标是确定雇主的工程需求。虽然数据是从前三次会议中评估的，但团队将协调：(1)区域工程项目的大学工程旅行，(2)工程项目实地考察。总结会议。目标群体：所有利益相关者。TEAMS将评估学生对工程的态度、关于工程职业的知识、信心、工程导师的存在、动机、目标和支持。目标是找出学生在工程方面的障碍，特别是对代表不足的群体。此外，团队将为工科学生的成功和有效的机构干预确定有效的指标。最后，团队将确定工程雇主的需求。总而言之，团队将开发(1)工程学院准备情况摘要，以及(2)工程员工技能摘要。这些摘要将用于支持总结经验教训的制度化，并将通过摘要报告向更广泛的社区传播。团队将通过建立工程指导机会、增加工程学学生的参与度和积极性以及与工程学利益相关者建立伙伴关系来扩大对工程学的参与。Teams计划将增加低收入、URM和经验丰富的STEM学生的数量，他们进入STEM专业，转到四年制院校，最终满足当地和地区的劳动力需求。团队计划将为那些传统上缺乏服务的人确定工程专业的障碍，并促进不同学生、教师和专业人士的参与。许多低收入和非传统学生在社区大学开始他们的大学生涯，全国都需要提高这些人群的转学成功率。项目团队将广泛和战略性地传播团队的发现，以促进机构改革。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。