Pacific Alliance for Supporting Individuals with Disabilities in STEM Fields Partnership (Pacific Alliance)

科学、技术、工程和数学残疾学生太平洋联盟(STEM)项目将增加STEM中学后教育项目中的残疾个人(IWD)数量，并最终增加夏威夷的STEM劳动力。太平洋联盟将采用实践共同体(COP)模式，为残疾学生提供STEM指导、学术技能干预、研究经验和实习机会。夏威夷大学马诺阿分校(UHM)将在瓦胡岛和夏威夷群岛的支线高中招募社会保障人员，火奴鲁鲁社区学院、迎风社区学院和夏威夷社区学院的社会保障人员，以及密歇根大学和夏威夷大学希洛分校的社会保障人员。合作团队将采用循证实践和有希望的干预措施，推动学生通过关键时刻完成学位，进入劳动力大军或STEM研究生学位课程。太平洋联盟将致力于实现以下目标：1：在瓦胡岛和夏威夷岛的高中，每年增加20%的招收参加STEM学位课程的高中学生(瓦胡岛，5年从170人增加到423人；夏威夷岛，从40人增加到58人)。在瓦胡岛的社区学院和大学伙伴机构中，将STEM残疾学生的毕业率(副学士学位、学士学位和研究生学位)每年提高10%，从拥有STEM副学士学位的10人增加到16人；从拥有学士学位的60人增加到97人；从拥有硕士、S或更高学位的12人增加到19人。提高夏威夷社区学院和大学伙伴机构残疾STEM学生的毕业率(副学士学位、学士学位和研究生学位)，每年增加25%，从5名拥有STEM副学士学位的毕业生增加到8名；从3名拥有学士学位的毕业生增加到5名；在2年内从0名STEM硕士或更高学位毕业生增加到1名。3：将Alliance毕业生(高中、副学士和毕业生)成功进入STEM就业的比率提高5%(5年内从150名毕业生的基线增加到191名)。

The "Pacific Alliance" for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) project will increase the numbers of individuals with disabilities (IWD) in STEM postsecondary education programs and ultimately the STEM workforce in Hawai`i. The Pacific Alliance will employ a Community of Practice (COP) model as they provide students with disabilities (SWDs) STEM mentoring, academic skill interventions, research experiences, and internships. The primary institution, the University of Hawai`i at Manoa (UHM), will engage SWDs in feeder high schools on Oahu and Hawai`i Islands, SWDs at Honolulu Community College, Windward Community College and Hawai`i Community College, and SWDs at UHM and the University of Hawai`i at Hilo. The partnership team will employ evidence-based practices and promising interventions to advance students through critical junctures to degree completion and into the workforce or graduate STEM degree programs. The following objectives will be addressed by the Pacific Alliance:1: Increase the recruitment of IWD in high schools on Oahu and Hawai`i Island who enroll in STEM degree programs at partnering 2 and 4 year institutes of higher education (IHE) by 20% per year (on Oahu, from 170 to 423 over 5 years; on Hawai`i Island, from 40 to 58 over 2 years).2a. Increase the graduation rates (associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees) for STEM students with disabilities in Oahu based community colleges and university partner institutions by 10% per year from 10 graduates with Associates degree in STEM to 16; from 60 graduates with Bachelors degree to 97; from 12 graduates with Master?s or higher degrees in STEM to 19 over 5 years.2b. Increase the graduation rates (associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degrees) for STEM students with disabilities in Hawai`i Island community colleges and university partner institution by 25% per year, from 5 graduates with Associates degree in STEM to 8; from 3 graduates with Bachelors degree to 5; and from 0 graduate with Masters or higher degrees in STEM to 1 over 2 years.3: Increase successful entry (employed) rates of Alliance graduates (high school, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate) into STEM employment by 5% (from a baseline of 150 graduates to 191 over 5 years).