Implementation Project: Pathway Ready Opportunities for Growth, Research, and Excellence in STEM Skills (PROGRESS) Project

HBCU-UP计划中的实施项目为设计、实施、研究和评估综合机构努力提供支持，通过加强科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究，增加学生人数和他们的准备质量。Prairie View a&m大学的“STEM技能成长、研究和卓越（进步）途径准备机会”项目旨在通过增加PVAMU的STEM毕业生数量来支持少数族裔学生在STEM劳动力中的代表性。该项目旨在培养具有全球竞争力的候选人，为STEM的不同部门带来人才，并为国家STEM劳动力做出贡献。该项目的理论框架指出，STEM教育的成功成果是将心理和社会环境因素与STEM资本建设相结合。PROGRESS项目将通过跨学科的STEM教育设计方法培养学生的STEM知识和专业能力。PROGRESS项目的具体目标是通过专注于STEM专业的坚持来增加Prairie View a&m大学STEM毕业生的数量。潜在的社会影响包括获取有助于实现目标的资产，包括STEM文化资本和STEM社会资本。通过发展21世纪的学习、识字和生活技能，学者们将收集必要的工具来建立他们的STEM资本。生物、化学、物理和数学等学科的STEM专业学生将有机会获得自然科学内外的资源，强调科学和职业选择的跨学科性质。PROGRESS项目将专注于三个目标，以培养这些技能并帮助学生发展STEM资本，包括设计和实施a) Panther PROGRESS网络，为STEM学生提供学术、职业和研究指导，b)跨学科STEM课程，以及c)基于课程的本科研究经验（CUREs）。该项目旨在利用研究和循证战略来提高STEM教育的质量并实现这些目标。对项目目标的评估是通过形成性和总结性方法进行的，这些方法用于记录结果和跟踪基准进展。该奖项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。

Implementation Projects in the HBCU-UP program provide support to design, implement, study and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. The Pathway Ready Opportunities for Growth, Research, and Excellence in STEM Skills (PROGRESS) Project at Prairie View A & M University seeks to support the representation of students from minoritized groups in the STEM workforce by increasing the number of STEM graduates from PVAMU. The project aims to produce globally competitive candidates, bring talent to different sectors in STEM, and contribute to the national STEM workforce. The project's theoretical framework states that successful outcomes in STEM education occur by blending psychological and social-environmental factors with STEM capital-building. The PROGRESS Project will cultivate STEM knowledge and professional competency in students through an interdisciplinary STEM educational design approach. The specific goal of the PROGRESS Project is to increase the number of STEM graduates at Prairie View A&M University through focusing on persistence in STEM majors. The potential societal impact involves acquiring assets that will help achieve the goal, including STEM cultural capital and STEM social capital. By developing 21st-century learning, literacy, and life skills, scholars will collect the tools necessary to build their STEM capital. STEM majors in the disciplines of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics will have access to resources within and outside of the natural sciences, emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of science and career options. The PROGRESS Project will focus on three objectives to build these skills and help students develop STEM capital, including designing and implementing a) a Panther PROGRESS Network for STEM students to access academic, career, and research mentoring, b) interdisciplinary STEM courses, and c) Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). The project aims to use research and evidence-based strategies to improve the quality of STEM education and achieve these goals. An evaluation of the project’s objectives is underpinned by formative and summative methods for documenting outcomes and tracking benchmark progress.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.