Recruiting and Training the Next Generation of Geoscientists: Geosciences Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP) Track 2

地球科学多样性增强计划(GDEP)Track 2项目扩展了一个成功的创新伙伴关系(GDEP 2002-04)，以招募和指导来自代表性不足群体的学生进入地质学、自然地理学和考古学学科的研究和教育项目。GDEP Track 2建立在来自南加州大学S地质学、地理学、地质考古学和环境科学学科的16名教职员工之间异常强劲的跨学院和跨学科活动的基础上，为包括来自两所学院四个系的教师在内的全面、综合的地球科学项目创建了一个工作原型。该项目利用与高中(卡布里略、莱克伍德、长滩理工学院、密利根和威尔逊)和社区大学(塞里托斯、康普顿、埃尔卡米诺、长滩城、橙色海岸、马鞍峰和圣莫尼卡)建立的创新和成熟的合作伙伴关系，将促进地球科学领域的教育和职业发展。CSULB的教师导师正在实施一项计划，包括指导暑期研究项目、社区外展实地考察和研讨会、课堂访问和公共/私营部门实习。目标人口将通过GDEP-Track 2网络进入和流动，该网络包括课堂接触、重点实地研究和支助实习，而更多的学生及其家人以及Louis Stokes促进少数群体参与联盟(LSAMP)的学生将通过课堂访问、讲习班和社区外联实地考察接触到地球科学。通过伙伴关系，南加州理工大学将利用其科学和教育资源来吸引、留住本科生，并更好地为地球科学领域的机会做好准备。GDEP Track 2建立了一个网络和模式，以改变社区的文化，培养对地球科学学科及其潜力的认识。

The Geosciences Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP) Track 2 project extends a successful, innovative partnership (GDEP 2002-04) to recruit and mentor students from underrepresented groups into research and education programs in the geologic, physical geographic, and archaeologic disciplines. GDEP Track 2 builds on unusually strong inter-college and interdisciplinary activities among sixteen faculty members from CSULB''s geology, geography, geoarchaeology and environmental science disciplines to create a working prototype for a comprehensive, integrated geoscience program that includes faculty from four departments in two colleges. The project utilizes an innovative and proven collaborative partnership with high schools (Cabrillo, Lakewood, Long Beach Polytechnic, Millikan, and Wilson) and community colleges (Cerritos, Compton, El Camino, Long Beach City, Orange Coast, Saddleback, and Santa Monica) that will promote education and careers in the geosciences. Faculty mentors from CSULB are implementing a program of mentored summer research projects, community outreach field trips and workshops, classroom visits and public/private sector internships. A target population will enter and flow through the GDEP-Track 2 network of classroom exposure, focused field research and supported internships while a larger number of students and their families, as well as Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) students, will be exposed to the geosciences through classroom visits, workshops, and community outreach field trips. Through partnerships, CSULB will leverage its scientific and educational resources to attract, retain, and better prepare undergraduate students for opportunities in the geosciences. GDEP Track 2 establishes a network and model to change the culture of the community and to foster awareness of the geoscience disciplines and their potential.