Regional Conference on Servingness for Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Southern California

在改善本科STEM教育的支持下：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）计划，这个为期一天的会议旨在汇集来自南加州的HSI，讨论旨在提高学生成绩的有希望的做法。HSI是西班牙裔和拉丁裔学生社会流动性的关键驱动力，南加州地区拥有超过85所2年和4年的HSI，这些HSI已经实施，研究和完善了许多实践，从而提高了学生的参与度和成果。虽然攻读本科学位的西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生人数继续增长，但这一人群的毕业率仍然低于许多同龄人。本次会议将允许与会者分享成功和经验教训，并探索实施新想法或参与区域合作的机会，以促进西班牙裔/拉丁裔学生的公平。会议将包括四个主要活动：全体演讲，与HSI领导人的小组讨论，海报会议，以及关注兴趣和需求领域的主题突破。本次研讨会的区域重点为参与机构提供了一个机会，利用其地理位置的接近作为一个启动点，努力加强学生的成果。从加西亚在HSIs的机构服务的概念，本次会议的驱动问题如下。在南加州的HSIs背景下，什么是服务性？在南加州的背景下，服务性的指标是什么？该地区的不同机构如何解决服务问题？有希望的做法将汇编成一个数据库，广泛传播，会议将利用会前和会后调查进行评价，探讨分享的做法和会议产生的协作。 将编制一个实践数据库，并广泛分享，以使该地区和全国的HSI受益。HSI计划旨在加强本科生STEM教育，扩大STEM参与，并建立HSI的能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program, this one-day conference looks to bring together HSIs from Southern California to discuss promising practices intended to improve student outcomes. HSIs are key drivers of social mobility for Hispanic and Latinx students, and the Southern California region houses over 85 2- and 4-year HSIs that have implemented, studied, and refine many practices that have resulted in improved student engagement and outcomes. While the number of Hispanic/Latinx students pursuing undergraduate degrees continues to grow, graduation rates in this population remains lower than in many of their peer groups. This conference will allow participants to share successes and lessons learned and to explore opportunities to implement new ideas or engage in regional collaboration with the goal of promoting equity for Hispanic/Latinx students. The conference will include four main activities: a plenary lecture, a panel discussion with HSI leaders, a poster session, and themed breakouts focused on areas of interest and need. The regional focus of this workshop provides an opportunity for participating institutions to use their geographic proximity as a launching point effort to strengthen student outcomes. Building from Garcia's notion of institutional servingness at HSIs, the driving questions for this conference are as follows. What is servingness in the context of the HSIs in Southern California? What are indicators of servingness in the context of Southern California? And how are different institutions in the region addressing servingness? Promising practices will be compiled into a database that will be widely disseminated, and the conference will conduct an evaluation using pre- and post-conference surveys that will explore practices shared and collaborations arising from the gathering. A database of practices will be compiled and shared broadly to benefit HSIs within the region and nationwide. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs.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.