ACE Implementation Grant: STEM Global Undergraduate Research Initiative

该项目的总体目标是创建一项可持续的努力，包括课程内容、国际研究伙伴关系、本科生的海外研究经验和学术调查，这将加强霍华德大学工程和科学本科生毕业后成为参与全球事务的领导者的准备。该项目的目标是开发一种系统的方法，通过课程和课程改革为工程和理科学生培养全球领导力；在霍华德大学工程和科学教师与国际机构的工程和科学教师之间建立可持续的研究伙伴关系，使学生能够以虚拟和面对面的方式参与国外的研究项目；对该项目进行学术考试？S采用教育方法，提高工程和科学学生的文化和全球意识；为了成为其他机构通过广泛传播该项目来培养全球参与的工程和理科学生的典范项目？S的研究成果和实施活动。该项目包括一项横断面研究研究，采用混合方法方法，以更好地了解参与国际研究经历的非裔美国本科生的经历和观点。这项研究将确定各种国际研究地点的特点，确定帮助学生成功驾驭其国际研究经验的因素，确定国际研究经验对学生的更广泛影响，并为有关全球参与和文化的学术文献做出贡献。

The overarching goal of this project is to create a sustainable effort, inclusive of curriculum components, international research partnerships, research abroad experiences for undergraduates, and scholarly inquiries, that will enhance the preparedness of undergraduate engineering and science students at Howard University to be globally engaged leaders upon graduation. The project has the objectives to develop a systematic approach to preparing engineering and science students for global leadership through curricular and course reform; to establish sustainable research partnerships between Howard University engineering and science faculty and engineering and science faculty at international institutions that will allow for student participation on research projects abroad both virtually and in person; to conduct scholarly examinations of the project?s educational approaches to enhancing the cultural and global awareness of engineering and science students; and to serve as a model program for other institutions seeking to prepare globally engaged engineering and science students by widespread dissemination of the program?s research findings and implementation activities.The project includes a cross-sectional research study takes a mixed-method approach to better understand the experiences and perspectives of African-American undergraduate students who participate in an international research experience. The study will identify the characteristics of various international research sites, identify factors that help students successfully navigate their international research experience, identify the broader impacts of the international research experience on students, and contribute to the scholarly literature on global engagement and culture.