Planning: EES-HSI Program: Expanding Diversity in STEM by Broadening Participation in CUREs through Multi-Institutional Experiential Learning Programs

规划：EES-HSI 计划：通过多机构体验式学习计划扩大 CURE 的参与，扩大 STEM 的多样性

• 批准号: 2332525
• 负责人: Anna Marti-Subirana
• 金额: $ 4.74万
• 依托单位: Maricopa County Community College District
• 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: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2332525&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; EES; HSI; Program; Expanding

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this planning proposal aims to identify strategies and funding opportunities directed to enhancing activities necessary to build STEM education capacity at 2-year HSIs, by creating cross-institutional Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) as an educational model for integrating undergraduate research into introductory non-major and major STEM community college courses that can be continued as Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs), and progress as undergraduate projects when students transfer to a 4-year university STEM major. CUREs are high impact practices embedded into the course curriculum that have been proposed as an inclusive strategy for increasing access to the educational benefits of research. While the impact of CUREs on student success parameters has been widely demonstrated in 4-year institutions, little is known of the benefits of CUREs in 2-year colleges, specifically those with significant percentages of underserved students, such as HSIs. Discussions will be focused on how cross-institutional CUREs can improve STEM educational outcomes at 2-year institutions, engage students in undergraduate research, and close the gap in STEM degree completion of underrepresented students. Planning session outcomes will be critical in advancing knowledge of the benefits and unique challenges involved in the design and implementation of cross-institutional CURE programs. They will also aid in the identification of core elements that contribute to cross-institutional collaborations for improved student learning outcomes and enhanced interest in STEM career pathways among underrepresented students.Planning sessions aim to lay the foundation for understanding benefits, methodology, and viability of implementing multi-institutional CUREs. CUREs will be designed with the goal of creating cohorts of STEM students and taking them through an academic pathway that involves experiential learning, mentoring, immersion in the process of science and engineering design, and opportunities to advance and persist in STEM careers. To address these topics and assess the feasibility of the proposed STEM cross-institutional CURE program, they will hold discussions that will build and expand upon their prior work with undergraduate research and CURE implementation at Phoenix College (PC), STEM mentoring programs at PC (Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement Program), and NSF funded Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics and Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment experience in managing and conducting REU programs. Planning sessions will build on NSF-funded MCCCD STEM-CURE Program (NSF EES 1832543) and recommendations from PC HSI Conference: Improving STEM Education at HSI Community Colleges by Introducing High Impact Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) (NSF HRD 2211811) and will increase knowledge and understanding of adapting CUREs for STEM students at 2-year HSIs. Results will be disseminated to governmental agencies and higher education organizations via educational research journals, presentations at regional and national conferences, and institutional social media outlets. Findings will inform funding priorities for high impact educational interventions in 2-year HSIs, and provide effective models for STEM student engagement and persistence. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Program will also generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在改善本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划，本规划提案旨在确定战略和资助机会，以加强在2年制HSI中建立STEM教育能力所需的活动。通过创建基于跨机构课程的本科研究经验（CUREs）作为一种教育模式，将本科研究整合到入门的非专业和主要的STEM社区大学课程中，这些课程可以继续作为本科生研究经验（reu），并在学生转到四年制大学STEM专业时作为本科项目进展。CUREs是嵌入课程课程的高影响力实践，已被提议作为一项包容性战略，以增加获得研究的教育效益。虽然治愈对学生成功参数的影响已经在四年制大学中得到了广泛的证明，但对两年制大学，特别是那些有大量服务不足学生的大学（如hsi），治愈的好处知之甚少。讨论将集中在跨机构治疗如何改善两年制院校的STEM教育成果，让学生参与本科研究，以及缩小代表性不足的学生在完成STEM学位方面的差距。规划会议成果对于提高对跨机构CURE项目设计和实施过程中所涉及的利益和独特挑战的认识至关重要。他们还将帮助确定有助于跨机构合作的核心要素，以改善学生的学习成果，并增强代表性不足的学生对STEM职业道路的兴趣。规划会议的目的是为理解实施多机构治愈的好处、方法和可行性奠定基础。CUREs的设计目标是创建STEM学生群体，并通过包括体验式学习，指导，沉浸在科学和工程设计过程中的学术途径，以及推进和坚持STEM职业的机会。为了解决这些问题并评估拟议的STEM跨机构CURE计划的可行性，他们将举行讨论，以建立和扩展他们之前在凤凰学院（PC）的本科生研究和CURE实施工作，PC的STEM指导计划（数学，工程，科学成就计划），以及美国国家科学基金会资助的生物介导和生物启发岩土技术中心和纳米技术使水处理中心在管理和实施REU项目方面的经验。规划会议将以美国国家科学基金会资助的MCCCD STEM- cure计划（NSF EES 1832543）和PC HSI会议的建议为基础：通过引入高影响力的基于课程的本科研究经验（CUREs） （NSF HRD 2211811）来改善HSI社区学院的STEM教育，并将增加对2年制HSI学生适应CUREs的认识和理解。研究结果将通过教育研究期刊、在区域和国家会议上的演讲以及机构社会媒体传播给政府机构和高等教育组织。研究结果将为两年制hsi中高影响力教育干预的资助优先事项提供信息，并为STEM学生的参与和坚持提供有效模型。HSI计划旨在加强HSI的本科STEM教育和能力建设。项目还将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。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。