Planning Pathways to a Diverse Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Workforce in Northeastern and South-Central Pennsylvania

规划宾夕法尼亚州东北部和中南部多元化科学、技术、工程和数学劳动力的途径

• 批准号: 2322672
• 负责人: Sairam Rudrabhatla
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-03-15 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322672&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Pathways; Diverse; Science; Technology

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg Area Community College, and Luzerne County Community College. In addition to these four institutions, a wide range of academic, industry, and economic and workforce economic development partners serving the region will be engaged in this planning project. This collaborative planning project will develop science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pathways for workers and students from eleven high-need and minority serving Pennsylvania school districts to access educational programs and services that prepare them for successful STEM careers. The targeted high-growth corridor has seen significant increases in technology industry development over the past decade, including in areas of high national need such as logistics, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy, and others. The planning activities will lead to low-income student supports and seamless pathways and transitions across the (1) associate-to bachelor’s levels in engineering technology, engineering, computer science, information technologies, biology, chemistry, and mathematics, and (2) bachelor’s-to-graduate level in engineering, computer science, and information technology. Another novel element of the project is entrepreneurship training to help prepare all STEM students to participate in the innovation economy. The overall goal of this planning project is to establish a multi-institution collaborative partnership to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. Specifically, this project aims to advance understanding of the resources needed by students, families, communities, and institutions to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation of low-income students from STEM programs by (1) conducting institutional and community needs assessments to inform programming and research, (2) strengthening formal relationships and articulating agreements across participating institutions to facilitate pathways, (3) identifying culturally responsive recruitment and retention strategies, (4) involving industry and economic development partners to build relationships with prospective employers, and (5) incorporating techno-entrepreneurship programming in the targeted STEM pathways to provide diversity in post-graduation opportunity. Completion of this project will result in the development of a strategic plan to assist low-income students in entering and completing STEM education programs. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

该项目将通过支持宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡（Penn State Harrisburg），宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡（Harrisburg），哈里斯堡地区社区学院（Harrisburg Arim Community College）和卢塞恩县社区学院的宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡（Penn State Harrisburg），在宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡（Penn State Harrisburg），宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡（Penn State Harrisburg）支持高成就的低收入学生，有证明有经济需求的高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，以促进受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需求。除了这四个机构外，为该地区提供服务的各种学术，工业，经济和劳动力经济发展伙伴还将参与该计划项目。该协作计划项目将为11个高需求和少数民族的工人和学生开发科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）途径，为宾夕法尼亚州学区服务，以访问为成功的STEM职业准备的教育计划和服务。在过去的十年中，有针对性的高增长走廊在技术行业发展方面有了显着增长，包括物流，高级制造，可再生能源等高国家需求的领域。计划活动将导致低收入学生的支持和无缝的途径以及（1）与单身汉在工程技术，工程，计算机科学，信息技术，生物学，化学和数学方面以及（2）学士学位在工程，计算机科学和信息技术方面的学士学位。该项目的另一个新元素是企业家培训，旨在帮助所有STEM学生参加创新经济。该计划项目的总体目标是建立一个多机构的合作伙伴关系，以增加具有证明财务需求的低收入，高成就的大学生的茎学位完成。 Specifically, this project aims to advance understanding of the resources needed by students, families, communities, and institutions to increase enrollment, retention, and graduation of low-income students from STEM programs by (1) conducting institutional and community needs assessments to inform programming and research, (2) strengthening formal relationships and articulating agreements across participating institutions to facilitate pathways, (3) identifying culturally responsive recruitment and retention strategies, (4)涉及行业和经济发展伙伴与潜在雇主建立关系，以及（5）在目标的STEM途径中增加技术 - 企业家精神编程，以提供毕业后机会的多样性。该项目的完成将导致制定一项战略计划，以帮助低收入学生进入和完成STEM教育计划。该项目由NSF在科学，技术，工程和数学计划方面的奖学金提供资金，该计划旨在增加具有证明经济需求的低收入学术界才华横溢的学生的数量，他们在STEM领域获得了学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工人的教育，并为低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业以及学术/职业途径提供知识。这项奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来通过评估来支持的。