Track 1: Increasing Diversity In Geosciences: The Urban Community College/Research University Partnership

该计划旨在解决吸引代表性不足的学生进入地球科学的必要性，以便为未来保持强大的国家劳动力。通过塔兰特县学院区（TCCD），一所社区学院，和得克萨斯大学阿灵顿（UTA），一所研究型大学之间的合作，20名代表不足的学生正在招募和准备从社区学院成功过渡到研究型大学，以完成学士学位。地质科学学位。学生们被安排在一个辅导计划与教师和同行导师谁会见了学生定期审查进展。学生预计将成功地在地质学，化学，生物学，数学和物理学的入门课程在他们的头两年，并参加暑期课程，包括在他们的第一年年底实地考察的经验和研究经验与UTA教师在他们的第二年年底的一部分。在专业发展和批判性思维的课程包括作为研究经验的一部分。该项目由PI主持的执行委员会监督，该委员会由教师导师，Co-PI和达拉斯-沃斯堡地区专业地球科学界的代表组成。项目评估的基础是：1）招收至少20名代表性不足的学生的能力，2）在参加要求苛刻的课程时保留的百分比，3）在TCCD获得科学学位的百分比，以及4）学生在地球科学学士学位转移到研究型大学的百分比。程序.如果证明是成功的，这种伙伴关系可以作为一个模式，合作社区学院和研究型大学在其他城市地区。

This program is addressing the necessity of attracting under-represented students to the geosciences in order to maintain a robust national workforce for the future. Through collaboration between Tarrant County College District (TCCD), a community college, and the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), a research university, 20 under-represented students are being recruited and prepared for successful transition from a community college to a research university in order to complete a B.S. degree in the Geosciences. The students are being placed in a mentoring program with faculty and peer mentors who meet with the students regularly to review progress. Students are expected to successfully take introductory courses in geology, chemistry, biology, math and physics during their first two years, and take part in a summer program that consists of a field trip experience at the end of their first year and research experience with UTA faculty at the end of their second year. A course in Professional Development and Critical Thinking is included as part of the research experience. The project is being overseen by a PI-chaired Executive Committee that consists of faculty mentors, the Co-PI's, and representatives from the professional geoscience community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Project evaluation is based on: 1) the ability to recruit at least 20 under-represented students, 2) the percentage retained while taking demanding courses, 3) the percentage at TCCD receiving an Associates of Science Degree, and 4) the percentage of students transferring to a research university in a geoscience B.S. program. If shown to be successful, this partnership can serve as a model for collaborating community colleges and research universities in other urban areas.