Collaborative Research: Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences in North Carolina

该项目是北卡罗来纳州立大学(NCSU)、研究I大学(Research I University)、北卡罗来纳农业技术州立大学(NC A&A；T)、历史悠久的黑人大学和罗伯逊社区学院(Robeson Community College，RCC)的合作项目，罗伯逊社区学院是一所服务于主要少数族裔学生群体的社区学院。该项目将发展和加强两个参与的少数群体服务机构的地球科学教育和研究能力，使它们能够与一所主要的研究型大学合作，通过地球科学课程学习、有系统的本科生研究培训以及学术和专业支助活动，扩大来自代表性不足群体的学生参与地球科学教育和研究的机会。NCSU现有地学学士、硕士和博士课程，而NC A&T和RCC都没有地球科学学位课程。该计划的目标是为北卡罗来纳州农工大学和中国农业大学的少数民族学生群体提供成为地球科学家的机会，方法是在北卡罗来纳州农工大学增加入门水平的课程，在北卡罗来纳州农工大学的物理课程中增加地球物理学专业，并加强北卡罗来纳农工大学和中国农工大学地球科学的研究基础设施和本科生研究培训。该计划将强调本科生研究，将包括地球科学课程改进和综合支持活动，以最大限度地留住和毕业，并有评估元素来评估每个计划元素。

ABSTRACTCollaborative Research: Enhancing Diversity in Geosciences in North Carolina This project is a collaborative effort between North Carolina State University (NCSU), a Research I University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), an Historically Black University, and Robeson Community College (RCC), a community college serving a predominantly minority student body. This project will develop and enhance geoscience education and research capabilities at two participating minority serving institutions, enabling them to collaborate with a major research university to expand opportunities for students from underrepresented groups to participate in geoscience education and research through geoscience course study, structured undergraduate research training, and academic and professional support activities. NCSU has existing bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in geosciences, while neither NC A&T nor RCC has geoscience degree programs. The objective of this program is to provide an opportunity for the minority student populations at NC A&T and RCC to become geoscientists by adding introductory level courses at RCC and by adding a geophysics concentration to the physics program at NC A&T, and by enhancing research infrastructure and undergraduate research training in geosciences at NC A&T and RCC. The program will emphasize undergraduate research, will include geoscience curriculum enhancement and comprehensive support activities to maximize retention and graduation, and has assessment elements to evaluate each program element.