Building an Alliance for New Careers in STEM (KC-BANCS): A Collaborative Model for the Inclusion of Youth and Veterans with Disabilities

“建立STEM新职业联盟(KC-BANCS)：接纳残疾青年和退伍军人的合作模式”是一个项目，将提高堪萨斯城地区残疾高中生和大学生在STEM教育途径中的参与度和成功程度。其结果将是更多的退伍军人和其他学生完成副学士学位和本科学位，并最终进入STEM劳动力大军。KC-BANKS联盟的牵头机构密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校(UMKC)将与两家授予副学士学位的机构合作：大都会社区学院(MCC)和堪萨斯城社区学院(KCCC)。该项目将与Project Lead Way和Project Uplink合作，接触到来自堪萨斯城42所高中的中学生。此外，与退伍军人向上绑定和当地退伍军人服务办公室的合作将为退伍军人学生招募提供合作伙伴。KC-BANCS联盟将致力于以下目标：1)增加残疾学生和退伍军人进入STEM专上学术课程的人数(大学前的学习经历)；2)增加在STEM领域完成两年和四年学位的残疾学生和退伍军人的人数(支持和保留专上经验)；3)增加STEM残疾学生进入STEM相关职业的劳动力；以及4)开发联盟伙伴关系模式，将STEM教育工作者、社区组织和残疾青年/退伍军人作为平等的合作伙伴和合作者。资源开发研究所(RDI)的评估团队将与KC-BANCS联盟团队合作，进行形成性和终结性评估。在项目的初始阶段，RDI小组将与KC-BANKS合作，并联系UMKC和每个合作组织的人员，以确定谁可以提供目前在教育机构就读的残疾学生的数据。RDI评估员将与这些指定人员合作建立程序，根据这些程序，每个机构将提供关于残疾学生数量的分类基线数据，以包括残疾学生的类型、种族/族裔、性别和STEM专业；以及完成STEM副学士学位、学士学位和研究生学位的数据。

The "Building an Alliance for New Careers in STEM (KC-BANCS): A Collaborative Model for the Inclusion of Youth and Veterans with Disabilities" is a project that will increase the participation and success of high school and college students with disabilities within the Kansas City region in STEM education pathways. The result will be an increase in veterans and other students who complete associate and undergraduate degrees and ultimately enter the STEM workforce. The KC-BANKS Alliance's lead institution, the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), will partner with two associate degree granting institutions: Metropolitan Community College (MCC) and Kansas City Kansas CC (KCCC). The project will work with Project Lead the Way and Project UpLink to access secondary students from 42 Kansas City high schools. Additionally, collaborations with Veterans Upward Bound and local Veteran Services Offices will provide partnering for veteran student recruitment. The following objectives will be addressed by the KC-BANCS Alliance:1) To increase the number of students and veterans with disabilities who enter STEM post-secondary academic programs (pre-college pipeline experiences);2) To increase the number of students and veterans with disabilities who complete two-year and four year degrees in STEM fields (support and retention in post-secondary experiences);3) To increase the number of STEM students with disabilities who enter the workforce in STEM related careers; and 4) To develop an Alliance Partnership Model that engages STEM educators, community organizations, and youth/veterans with disabilities as equal partners and collaborators.An evaluation team from the Resource Development Institute (RDI) will work with the KC-BANCS Alliance team to conduct formative and summative evaluation. During the initial phase of the project the RDI team will work with KC-BANKS and contact people at UMKC and each of the partnering organizations to identify key personnel who can supply data on students with disabilities currently attending the educational institutions. RDI evaluators will work with these designated personnel to establish procedures by which each institution will supply disaggregated baseline data on the number of students with disabilities to include type of disability, race/ethnicity, gender, and STEM major for those students with disabilities; as well as data on those completing STEM associate, baccalaureate and graduate degrees.