Broadening Participation in STEM

美国研究院(AIR)将实施一项程序，以分析、参与和告知高等教育社区在劳动力发展和扩大科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)参与方面的方向和方法。AIR将收集专家和利益相关者的意见，为劳动力发展和扩大参与努力提供信息。这项研究将包括对美国高等教育机构中代表不足的群体STEM入学人数和毕业人数随时间的变化进行彻底分析。通过这项工作，将为STEM高等教育界提供加强全国高校STEM本科教育的建议。智力价值。国家STEM劳动力势在必行，以及美国面临的多样性挑战，需要进行严格的审查。该项目将促进本科生对STEM多样性的了解和理解。归根结底，这些知识可以为未来几代工人的培训和准备提供信息，从而增强美国的竞争力。将入学和完成数据的国家趋势分析、利益攸关方的投入以及对STEM奖学金和国家科学基金报告的审查整合在一起，将提供一个三角平台，在此基础上建立改进的劳动力发展战略。更广泛的影响。随着全球经济越来越依赖受过高等教育的劳动力可能产生的创新和想法，美国需要增加攻读STEM学科学位的美国公民人数。反过来，美国人口构成的变化使人们对社会各阶层教育多样性的持续担忧变得越来越重要。NSF劳动力发展和扩大参与项目组合旨在增强STEM的多样性，但该领域需要知道STEM学位生产的优势及其原因。通过征求广泛利益相关者的建议和反馈，将获得信息，为制定和加强方案和战略提供信息，并为改善本科水平的STEM教育提供方向。

The American Institutes for Research (AIR) will implement a process to analyze, engage, and inform the higher education communities' direction and approach to workforce development and broadening participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). AIR will gather expert and stakeholder input that informs workforce development and broadening participation efforts. The study will include a thorough analysis of underrepresented group STEM enrollment and graduation over time in institutions of higher education in the United States. As a result of this work, the STEM higher education community will be provided with suggestions for strengthening STEM education at the undergraduate level in colleges and universities throughout the nation.Intellectual Merit. The national STEM workforce imperative and the diversity challenge in the U.S. require critical examination. This project will advance the knowledge and understanding related to STEM diversity at the undergraduate level. Ultimately, this knowledge can inform the training and preparation of future generations of workers and thus strengthen U.S. competiveness. The integration of national trend analysis of enrollment and completion data, stakeholder input and review of STEM scholarship and NSF reports will provide a triangulated platform upon which to build improved workforce development strategies. Broader Impact. As the global economy depends increasingly on the kinds of innovations and ideas made possibly by a highly educated workforce, the United States needs to increase the number of American citizens who pursue degrees in STEM disciplines. Shifts in the demographic makeup of the U.S., in turn, make on-going concerns about educational diversity for all sectors of the community increasingly important. The NSF workforce development and broadening participation portfolio of programs is designed to enhance diversity in STEM, but the field needs to know where STEM degree production excels and why. By soliciting recommendations and feedback from a wide range of stakeholders, information will be obtained to inform the development and strengthening of programs and strategies, as well as provide direction for the improvement of STEM education at the undergraduate level.