Fostering Two-Year College Collaborations with Disciplinary Societies

促进大学与学科协会的两年合作

• 批准号: 2311493
• 负责人: Ellen Iverson
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Carleton 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: 2023-04-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2311493&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Fostering; Two; Year; College; Collaborations

This workshop will serve the national interest by enhancing the involvement of two-year college faculty in the fabric of disciplinary societies. Two-year colleges play a critical role in undergraduate education, development of the local workforce, and promoting the stability of their communities. As such, they hold tremendous potential for disciplines to expand the number and diversity of majors and professionals in the field. Yet, national and disciplinary reports highlight a disconnect between two-year college instructors and their respective disciplinary societies. This project will facilitate and evaluate a multi-stage virtual workshop that includes participants from disciplinary societies and two-year college faculty to enhance two-year college disciplinary engagement and raise awareness of funding opportunities applicable to two-year colleges. The workshop will be significant in supporting the development of discipline-specific action plans, exploring cross-disciplinary possibilities, and identifying ways to sustain two-year faculty involvement in disciplinary societies. The virtual workshop will include 60 to 75 participants from 12 disciplines from multiple institutions and will consist of two synchronous two-day meetings with asynchronous work in between. The goal will be for participants to develop and initiate discipline-specific and cross-disciplinary action plans that enhance the involvement of two-year college faculty in their respective disciplinary societies. During the first two days of the workshop, participants will participate in active plenary sessions, develop discipline-specific action plans and explore multi-discipline STEM-focused projects. Then, asynchronously over several months, teams will receive feedback, revise action plans, and begin implementation. Finally, during the last two days of the workshop, teams will present and receive feedback on action plans and learn more about external funding opportunities. Cross-disciplinary teams will also engage in discussions regarding initiating and sustaining ongoing support for partnerships between two-year colleges and disciplinary societies. The project will be evaluated through surveys and project artifacts and will advance understanding of how organizational identity influences change processes. The project website and the associated report will be distributed to all participants, professional disciplinary societies, and will be available to all in the professional and academic scientific community. The NSF program description on Advancing Innovation and Impact in Undergraduate STEM Education at Two-year Institutions of Higher Education supports projects that advance STEM education initiatives at two-year colleges. The program description promotes innovative and evidence-based practices in undergraduate STEM education at two-year colleges.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.

该讲习班将通过加强两年制大学教师参与学科协会的结构来服务于国家利益。两年制学院在本科教育、当地劳动力发展和促进社区稳定方面发挥着关键作用。因此，他们拥有巨大的潜力，学科扩大该领域的专业和专业人员的数量和多样性。然而，国家和学科报告突出了两年制大学教师与各自学科协会之间的脱节。该项目将促进和评估一个多阶段的虚拟研讨会，其中包括来自学科协会和两年制大学教师的参与者，以加强两年制大学的学科参与，并提高对适用于两年制大学的资助机会的认识。该研讨会将在支持学科的具体行动计划的发展，探索跨学科的可能性，并确定如何维持为期两年的教师参与学科社会显着。虚拟研讨会将包括来自多个机构的12个学科的60至75名与会者，将包括两个同步的为期两天的会议，其间进行异步工作。目标是让参与者制定和启动特定学科和跨学科的行动计划，以加强两年制大学教师在各自学科协会的参与。在研讨会的前两天，与会者将参加活跃的全体会议，制定特定学科的行动计划，并探索多学科STEM重点项目。然后，在几个月的时间里，团队将收到反馈，修改行动计划，并开始实施。最后，在讲习班的最后两天，各小组将提出行动计划并收到反馈，并更多地了解外部供资机会。跨学科团队还将参与讨论启动和维持两年制学院和学科协会之间的伙伴关系的持续支持。该项目将通过调查和项目工件进行评估，并将促进对组织身份如何影响变革进程的理解。项目网站和相关报告将分发给所有参与者、专业学科协会，并将提供给所有专业和学术科学界人士。NSF关于在两年制高等教育机构中推进本科STEM教育的创新和影响的项目描述支持在两年制大学中推进STEM教育计划的项目。该项目旨在促进两年制大学本科STEM教育的创新和循证实践。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。