PNW-AGEP: Pacific Northwest Alliiance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

太平洋西北研究生教育和教授联盟（PNW-AGEP）将是一个由五个博士学位授予机构组成的战略联盟，这些机构位于美国一个地理和文化独特的地区，该地区拥有极高的美洲原住民人口，目前还没有由美国国家科学基金会资助的AGEP项目。PNW-AGEP的长期目标是增加传统上代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人口中完成STEM学科博士课程的学生数量，并促进他们成功过渡到美国高校的教职岗位。普尔曼的华盛顿州立大学将是牵头机构，与俄勒冈州立大学、爱达荷大学、蒙大拿大学和蒙大拿州立大学密切合作。PNW-AGEP最初将侧重于开发URM学生项目，以支持每个机构与能源，农业和环境领域广泛相关的STEM学科。该计划拨款提案涉及四个项目目标：(1)确定影响参与机构STEM学科博士课程的URM组学生入学和成功完成或流失的因素；(2)确定增加URM STEM博士项目招生的策略；(3)确定URM学生从STEM博士项目到美国高校教师职位的现有优势、挑战和障碍；(4)制定一项战略，最大限度地发挥现有优势的合作效益，最大限度地减少现有障碍和挑战对招收URM学生进入STEM学科博士课程以及将URM博士生转变为教师职位的影响。每个项目目标将通过四个总体策略来实现：(1)收集和分析机构数据；(2)对URM博士教育的利益相关者（本科生、研究生、最近的博士毕业生、教师、管理人员和部落官员）的调查；(3)识别类似AGEP项目的成功策略；(4)访问潜在合作院校。该建议的智力价值来自于其基于证据的方案设计方法。科学有效的定量和定性数据收集方法将用于评估参与机构与URM博士生培训相关的优势，挑战和障碍。这些方法将成为PNW-AGEP强有力的形成性评估计划的基础。建立利益相关者之间的沟通网络，将促进以学生为中心，以教师为导向的PNW-AGEP作为一个具有巨大协同潜力的战略联盟的快速实施。a ？最佳实践?该文件描述了指导URM STEM学科博士生的成功策略，将是该项目的直接成果。PNW-AGEP的更广泛影响将包括越来越多拥有STEM学科博士学位的URM专业人士开始他们的大学教师职业生涯，他们对职业选择中固有的可能性充满热情。这一规划项目将为加强协作联系、机构能力和知识基础奠定基础，这些都是成功实施全面的全球环境评估项目所必需的。PNW-AGEP的其他更广泛的影响包括：URM团体个人的参与增加；通过引入指导博士生的最佳实践，参与机构的学生和教师将研究与教学、培训和学习更紧密地结合起来；加强对博士生非技术能力的培训，包括教学、沟通和领导技能。

The Pacific Northwest Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (PNW-AGEP) will be a strategic alliance of five doctoral-granting institutions in a geographically and culturally unique area of the United States that has an exceptionally high Native American population and is not currently served by an NSF-funded AGEP program. The long-range goals for the PNW-AGEP are to increase the number of students from traditionally under-represented minority (URM) populations who complete doctoral programs in STEM disciplines and to facilitate their successful transition into faculty positions at US colleges and universities. Washington State University in Pullman will be the lead institution, working in close collaboration with Oregon State University, University of Idaho, The University of Montana, and Montana State University. The PNW-AGEP will initially focus on development of URM student programs in support of STEM disciplines at each institution that are broadly related to the area of Energy, Agriculture, and the Environment. This planning grant proposal addresses four project goals: (1) to determine factors affecting enrollment and successful completion or attrition of students from URM groups in doctoral programs in STEM disciplines at participating institutions; (2) to identify strategies for increasing URM enrollment in STEM doctoral programs; (3) to determine existing strengths, challenges, and barriers related to the movement of URM students from STEM doctoral programs to faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities; and (4) to develop a strategy that will maximize the collaborative benefits of existing strengths and minimize the impact of existing barriers and challenges to recruitment of URM students into doctoral programs in STEM disciplines and to the transition of those URM doctoral students into faculty positions. Each project goal will be accomplished with four general strategies: (1) collection and analysis of institutional data; (2) surveys of stakeholders in URM doctoral education (undergraduate students, graduate students, recent doctoral graduates, faculty, administrators, and tribal officials); (3) identification of successful strategies of similar AGEP programs; and (4) visits to potential partner institutions.The intellectual merit of this proposal is derived from its evidence-based approach to program design. Scientifically valid quantitative and qualitative data collection methods will be used to assess strengths, challenges, and barriers related to URM doctoral student training at participating institutions. These methods will become the baseline for a strong formative assessment plan for the PNW-AGEP. The establishment of communication networks between stakeholders will facilitate rapid implementation of the student-centered and faculty-driven PNW-AGEP as a strategic alliance with great synergistic potential. The development of a ?best practices? document for faculty, which describes successful strategies for mentoring URM doctoral students in STEM disciplines, will be an immediate outcome of this project.The broader impacts of the PNW-AGEP will include increased numbers of URM professionals with PhDs in STEM disciplines beginning their careers as university faculty who are passionate about the possibilities inherent in their career choice. This planning project will set the stage for enhancing collaborative linkages, institutional capabilities, and knowledge base required for the successful implementation of a full AGEP project. Other broader impacts of the PNW-AGEP include: increased participation of individuals from URM groups; greater integration of research with teaching, training, and learning by students and faculty at participating institutions through introduction of best practices for mentoring doctoral students; and improved training of doctoral students in non-technical competencies, including teaching, communication, and leadership skills.