Enrichment : Testing the Concept of a Virtual Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing STEM Students at the Postsecondary Level

在高等教育阶段测试聋人和听力障碍STEM学生虚拟联盟的概念是一个丰富的项目，将促进聋人和听力障碍学生如何在STEM教育中访问网络社会和支持网络的知识。该项目将建立当前和最近毕业的主流聋哑和听障STEM学生的全面基线概况，然后通过虚拟的STEM残疾学生联盟制定具体计划，以丰富这些学生的学习成绩。有一个具体的项目目标，从四个或五个高等教育项目中选出参加预期联盟的聋人和听力障碍学生，建立STEM教育的基线概况。将创建一个基线概况，以提供足够的信息，准确描述预期参加最终联盟的第一批学生的教育，背景，STEM兴趣领域和支持要求。基线数据的结构将允许在计划联盟中最终建立学生跟踪系统。该档案将足够详细，以提供有关所服务学生的人口统计数据，他们对提供支持服务的偏好以及参与联盟的预期好处的报告。个人资料将与拟议的残疾教育研究项目数据管理系统一致。该项目将具体解决以下问题：查阅国家数据库和报告，了解有关美国STEM项目中聋哑和听力障碍学生的信息。2 .分析《聋人和听障学生学院和大学项目》（2007）中列出的项目，以确定自我报告有聋人或听障学生参加的STEM项目。与四个高等教育计划网络（PEPNet）地区的主要成员和领导进行四个在线焦点小组，讨论当前和最近毕业的聋哑和听力障碍STEM学生的学业成功相关的关键属性。在过去的12年里，PEPNet网络一直由美国教育部资助，并且正在与这个拟议的项目合作。确定四到五所高等教育机构作为未来stem残疾学生联盟的合作伙伴。以2008年6月在工业及科技署/理工学院举行的全国网络基础设施峰会的成果为基准，找出为STEM学生提供成功支援服务的要素。6. 找出能够为聋哑和听障学生虚拟实施的成功联盟的特点。开发和试验一个基本的、原型的网络基础设施系统，该系统可以支持stem中残疾学生虚拟联盟的功能。芭芭拉·麦基是地区公认的项目评估专家，她将担任该项目的外部评估员。项目信息和结果将通过PEPNet、专业期刊出版物和其他rde资助的项目向公众传播。

The Testing the Concept of a Virtual Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing STEM Students at the Postsecondary Level is an enrichment project that will advance the knowledge of how students who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing access a cyber-enabled social and support network in STEM education. This enrichment project will establish a comprehensive baseline profile of current and recently graduated mainstreamed Deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM students and then formulate specific plans for enriching the academic performance of these students through a virtual Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM. There is a specific project goal to establish a baseline profile of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM education from four or five postsecondary programs selected to participate in the expected Alliance. A baseline profile will be created to provide sufficient information to accurately describe the education, background, STEM interest area, and support requirements of the expected first group of students to participate in the eventual Alliance. The structure of the baseline data will permit the eventual establishment of a student tracking system in the projected alliance. The profile will be sufficiently detailed to provide reporting on the demographics of the students served, their preferences regarding provision of support services and anticipated benefits of participating in the alliance. Profile data will be consistent with proposed Research in Disabilities Education Project Data Management System.The project will specifically address the following:1. Examine national databases and reports for information regarding deaf and hard-of-hearing students in STEM programs across the USA.2. Analyze programs listed in the College and University Programs for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students (2007) to determine STEM programs that self-reported as having deaf or hard-of-hearing students enrolled.3. Conduct four on-line focus groups with key members and leadership of the four Postsecondary Education Programs Network (PEPNet) regions regarding key attributes related to academic success of current and recently graduated deaf and hard-of-hearing STEM students. The PEPNet network has been funded by the US Department of Education for the last 12 years and is partnering on this proposed project.4. Identify four or five postsecondary institutions to partner for a future Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM.5. Identify elements of successful support services for STEM students, utilizing as a baseline the results of the national Summit on Cyberinfrastructure held at NTID/RIT in June 2008. 6. Identify the features of successful Alliances that can be implemented virtually for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.7. Develop and pilot a rudimentary, prototype, cyberinfrastructure system that can support the features of a virtual Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM.Dr. Barbara McKee, a recognized regional expert in project evaluation, will serve as the external evaluator for this project. The project information and findings will be disseminated to the public via PEPNet, professional journal publications, and to other RDE-funded projects.