CAREER: Investigating the Critical Junctures: Strategies that Broaden Minority Participation in STEM Fields

该项目将对影响学生在教育管道关键时刻的决定的因素进行系统和实证（定量和定性）的纵向研究。 这些目标也是（a）扩大科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的参与，（B）提高美国各学院和大学STEM和STEM相关领域少数民族本科男性的招聘，保留和成功。具体来说，这项研究的目标是（a）估计黑人和拉丁裔男性背景的影响，K-12教育和大学的经验，他们的运动或过渡，通过干管道（B）模型，通过开发一个潜在的模型，使用全国代表性的数据，这样的决定（c）测试和完善潜在的模型，使用本地收集的数据和（d）采用定性访谈，仔细检查那些成功度过关键时刻的案例。教育计划旨在每年培养一批黑人和拉丁裔博士生（例如，第一年12人，包括5名少数民族男性，4名女性，2名在社区学院工作），通过将这项研究纳入研究生水平的研究设计/分析课程，就与STEM教育相关的问题进行实证研究，包括大规模的二级分析。 目标是培养博士毕业生，他们拥有进行严格研究/评估的技能，并且了解他们的社会责任，利用这些能力为社会服务。学生作为学生研究人员和共同演讲者参与。 将为20至40名黑人和拉丁美洲男子举行一次小型会议，作为扩大该项目第五年参与的一种外联形式。 从这项研究产生的知识将提高对如何设计方案，制定政策，并制定实践，改善教育管道为非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔男子在干领域的理解。这项研究将通过以下项目成果为政策和实践提供信息：（1）举办讲习班，利用项目产生的知识，并使教师、行政人员、家长和更广大的受众能够获得这些信息;（2）一个专门的网站，提供从本研究调查中获得的信息和出版物，包括但不限于进展报告、初步结果、年度报告、实证研究摘要和期刊文章;（3）总结和分享项目结果的出版物，包括同行评议的期刊文章、一本书长的手稿和学生出版物，包括论文和学位论文;（4）与PTA和当地学校官员就研究结果举行会议;以及（5）为家长、教职员工和学生提供的工具包，为扩大STEM领域的参与提供事实和“如何”建议。

This project will conduct a systematic and empirical (both quantitative and qualitative) longitudinal study of the factors that influence students' decisions at critical junctures in the educational pipeline. The goals are too (a) broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields and (b) improve the recruitment, retention, and success of minority undergraduate men in STEM and STEM-related fields across colleges and universities in the United States. Specifically, the goals of this study are to (a) estimate the impacts of Black and Latino males' backgrounds, K-12 educational and college experiences on their movement or transition through the STEM pipeline (b) model such decisions by developing a latent model using nationally representative data (c) test and refine the latent model using locally collected data and (d) employ qualitative interviews to examine closely cases of those who successfully navigate through critical junctures. The educational plan is designed to train a cadre of Black and Latino doctoral students, each year (e.g., 12 in year one including 5 minority men, 4 women, 2 employed at community colleges), to conduct empirical research, including large-scale secondary analyses, on issues related to STEM education by integrating this research in graduate-level research design/analysis courses. The goal is to produce doctoral graduates who possess the skills to conduct rigorous research/evaluation and who understand their social responsibility to use such capabilities in service to society. Students are involved as student researchers and co-presenters. A mini-conference will be held for 20-40 Black and Latino males as a form of outreach in broadening participation in Year Five of the project. Knowledge resulting from this study will enhance understanding about how to design programs, formulate policies, and enact practices that improve the educational pipeline for African American and Latino men in STEM fields. The study will inform policy and practice through the following project outcomes: (1) Workshops that leverage the knowledge produced by the project and make such information accessible to teachers, administrators, parents, and more general audiences; (2) A dedicated website that provides access to information and publications that result from this research investigation including, but not limited to, progress reports, preliminary findings, annual reports, empirical research summaries and journal articles; (3) Publications that summarize and share findings from the project including peer-reviewed journal articles, a book-length manuscript, and student publications including theses and dissertations; (4) Meeting with PTA and local school officials about the findings of the study; and (5) Toolkits for parents, faculty members, and students that provide facts and "how to" advice for broadening participation in STEM fields.