SACNAS: Initiatives For Equity In The Geosciences

摘要SACNAS：地球科学公平倡议该项目由奇卡诺人与美洲原住民科学促进协会（SACNAS）发起，在未来五年内，每年招募地球科学、环境科学、地球科学和天文学专业的美洲原住民和奇卡诺/拉丁裔本科生参加SACNAS全国会议。该项目还支持一年一度的SACNAS会议的一个会议，该会议将重点讨论地球科学的进展。未来的学生候选人将被联系并告知SACNAS的倡议，并以旅行和住宿补助的形式提供参加全国会议的经济援助。在会议上，学生们参加小组研讨会，展示研究海报，参加科学专题讨论会，并与科学家、教师、工程师和专业人员进行有意义的一对一交流。为了理论化和衡量外展努力的影响，SACNAS将在模型中添加一个跟踪维度，以证明计划性努力是否影响学生决定继续他们的研究生院和以后的教育。跟踪系统将在每学年结束时和毕业后对学生进行调查，调查内容涉及许多教育变量和学术实践。最终，该项目增加了美国原住民和墨西哥裔/拉丁裔地球科学学生和科学家在nsf支持的研究和教育计划中的代表性。

ABSTRACTSACNAS: Initiatives for Equity in the GeosciencesThis project of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) seeks to recruit Native American and Chicano/Latino undergraduate students in the geosciences, environmental sciences, earth sciences, and astronomy each year for the next five years to attend and to participate in the SACNAS National Conference. The project also supports a session at the annual SACNAS conference that will focus on advances in the geosciences. Prospective student candidates are contacted and informed of the SACNAS initiative and offered financial assistance in the form of travel and lodging grants to attend the National Conference. At the conference, students attend small group workshops, present research posters, participate in scientific symposia, and exchange ideas in meaningful one-on-one interactions with scientists, teachers, engineers, and professionals. In an effort to theorize and measure the impact of outreach efforts SACNAS will add a tracking dimension to the model for purposes of demonstrating whether programmatic efforts impact student decisions to continue their education into graduate school and beyond. The tracking system will survey students at the end of each academic year and after graduation across a number of educational variables and academic practices. Ultimately, this project increases the representation of Native American and Chicano/Latino geoscience students and scientists within NSF-supported research and education initiatives.