HBCU-UP RAPID: HBCU Leadership Crisis on STEM Broadening Participation and Research Capacity Building - Impact and Implications

HBCU-UP RAPID：HBCU 在 STEM 扩大参与和研究能力建设方面的领导危机 - 影响和启示

• 批准号: 2344234
• 负责人: Trina Fletcher
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Florida International University
• 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: 2024-04-01 至 2025-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2344234&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HBCU; UP; RAPID; Leadership; Crisis

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) supports RAPID projects when there is an urgency concerning the availability of, or access to, data, facilities, or specialized equipment, including quick-response research on natural or anthropogenic disasters and similar unanticipated events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, several higher education institutions experienced changes in the president and chancellor positions. For Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), in 2022 alone, there were 23 leadership changes announced, and in 2023, 41 changes were announced, almost double within one year. Essentially, one in four HBCUs experienced a resignation or termination at the highest administrative level. These leadership changes have been an added challenge to the ongoing recovery efforts of many HBCUs that were also disproportionately impacted by the global pandemic. HBCUs are critical for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and workforce development and for their contributions to STEM research. HBCUs are critical players in helping the nation stay competitive globally and are a national asset, considering the large numbers of diverse students earning degrees in STEM from HBCUs. Unfortunately, excessive executive leadership turnover could negatively impact those efforts.This research study will explore the institutional impact of turnover at the President/Chancellor and executive cabinet levels at HBCUs. By using pilot data collected at one of the largest annual convenings of HBCU executives related to the impact and implications of HBCU leadership turnover, our proposed convening to collect rich qualitative data, and their feedback on the pilot survey results, will dynamically and strategically gain insight on this unprecedented challenge. This project will contribute to better understanding the impacts of leadership turnover and create recommendations for best practices. Ultimately, the results from this study are intended to increase stability at HBCUs experiencing leadership transitions so HBCUs can continue to play their important role in broadening participation in STEM, undertaking important STEM research, and providing excellent STEM educational programs.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.

历史上的黑人学院和大学-本科生计划（HBCU-UP）支持RAPID项目，当有关于可用性的紧迫性，或访问，数据，设施，或专用设备，包括对自然或人为灾害和类似的意外事件的快速反应研究，如COVID-19大流行病。于COVID-19疫情期间及之后，多间高等教育机构经历校长及校长职位变动。对于历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），仅在2022年，就宣布了23次领导层变更，而在2023年，宣布了41次变更，几乎在一年内翻了一番。基本上，四分之一的HBCU经历了最高行政级别的辞职或终止。这些领导层的变化对许多HBCU正在进行的恢复工作构成了额外的挑战，这些HBCU也受到全球大流行的不成比例的影响。HBCUs对科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和劳动力发展以及对STEM研究的贡献至关重要。HBCUs是帮助国家保持全球竞争力的关键参与者，是国家资产，考虑到大量不同的学生从HBCUs获得STEM学位。不幸的是，过多的行政领导人员更替可能会对这些努力产生负面影响。本研究将探讨HBCUs总裁/总理和行政内阁级别的更替对机构的影响。通过使用在HBCU高管最大的年度会议之一收集的关于HBCU领导层更替的影响和影响的试点数据，我们建议召开会议收集丰富的定性数据，以及他们对试点调查结果的反馈，将动态和战略性地洞察这一前所未有的挑战。该项目将有助于更好地了解领导层更替的影响，并为最佳做法提出建议。最终，这项研究的结果旨在增加HBCU经历领导层过渡的稳定性，以便HBCU能够继续在扩大STEM参与，开展重要的STEM研究和提供优秀的STEM教育计划方面发挥重要作用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得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来支持。