Targeted Infusion Project: Developing A Minor in Geoscience Application at Kentucky State University

肯塔基州州立大学（KSU）的历史上黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）有针对性的输液项目支持科学，技术，工程和技术（STEM）干预措施，以支持地球科学的未成年人学位课程。 这个STEM教育项目旨在通过加强该学科学前和本科阶段的STEM技能，增加来自代表性不足的少数群体的学生人数。 该项目的目标是：（1）为本科一级的辅修课程开发;（2）为大学预科和STEM教育开发一个夏桥方案;（3）利用网络学习资源和技术加强地球科学教学、学习和研究教学法及基础设施。主要活动包括开发一系列地球科学课程;设计有效的招聘工具和地球科学职业意识材料;为本科生和高中生开发研究项目，以加强课程设置、教学能力、实验室、基于网络学习的教学、学习和研究。教师发展活动包括将研究、技术和创新教学法纳入课程，重点是通过网络技术和可视化参与式学习模块，通过许多多学科活动学习科学。一个增强的地理空间实验室与空间数据库，软件和其他创新和网络教学和研究资源;增加网络与高中，州和联邦机构和其他大学的招聘和教学;增加跨计划协调在KSU招聘，管理未成年人和标题研究项目;有效的指导和及时的学生毕业。将每年对项目活动和影响进行年度评估和评价。该项目的整体影响提高了教学质量，创新课程和研究，并增加了STEM学科中竞争力不足的学生的产量。在该项目为期36个月的时间里，将有100多名学生受到该项目实施的影响。 宣传工作将介绍为少数群体服务的机构在吸引、征聘和留住地球科学和环境科学领域中人数不足的少数群体学生方面的成功做法。

Kentucky State University (KSU)'s Historically Black Colleges and Universities-Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) Targeted Infusion project supports science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM) interventions in support of a minor degree program in Geoscience. This STEM education project aims to increase the number of students from underrepresented minority groups by strengthening STEM skills at the precollege and undergraduate levels in this discipline. The project's objectives are to: (1) develop curricula for a minor at the undergraduate level; (2) develop a Summer Bridge Program for college preparation and STEM education; and (3) enhance geoscience teaching, learning, and research pedagogy and infrastructure using cyber-learning resources and techniques. Major activities include development of a sequence of geoscience courses; design of effective recruitment tools and geoscience career awareness materials; development of research projects for undergraduate and high school students to strengthen curricula, teaching capability, laboratory, cyber-learning-based teaching, learning, and research. Faculty development activities include engagement in integrating research, technology, and innovative pedagogy in curricula with an emphasis on learning science through many multidisciplinary activities via cyber technology- and visualization-based participatory learning modules.Expected outcomes of this three-year project include the availability of a sequence of three new courses for students who intend to minor in geosciences; an enhanced Geospatial Laboratory with a spatial database, software, and other innovative and cyber-teaching andresearch resources; increased networks with high schools, state and federal agencies and other universities for recruitment and teaching; increased cross-program coordination at KSU for recruitment, management of minor and caption research projects; and effective advising andtimely graduation of students. Annual assessment and evaluation of project activities and impacts will be evaluated everyyear. The overall impacts of the project enhance quality teaching, innovative curricula and research, and increased production of competitive underrepresented students in the STEM disciplines. Over the 36-month duration of the project, more than 100 students will be impacted by the project's implementation. Dissemination efforts will address successful practices in attracting, recruiting and retaining underrepresented minority students in geoscience and environmental science fields at minority-serving institutions.