Planning Project for the STEM Center for Research and Development - Increasing Minority Students in STEM Disciplines

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科计划（HBCU-UP）为设计、实施和评估战略提供支持，这些战略可以导致全面的机构努力，以增加获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）本科学位的学生数量，并通过加强STEM教育和研究来提高他们的准备质量。哥伦比亚特区大学的这个项目旨在为“STEM研究与发展中心——增加STEM学科的少数民族学生”奠定基础。该项目的目标是：为STEM学生提供信息和积极的支持，旨在留住他们，并为他们进入研究生院或工作做好准备；并为教师提供支持，以扩大他们的教学和研究技能，使他们能够更好地准备传授知识和帮助学生发展技能，因为他们建立了成功的导师/学员关系。作为该项目的一部分的活动包括：在学习技能、学术范围界定技能、研究生院和奖学金申请准备、学年研究机会以及暑期实习等方面为学生提供支持；向教师提供为期一年的小额资助，以支持他们发起和推进研究和课程改革、培训学生和促进专业发展。该项目将以正在进行的评价以及外部和内部指导委员会为指导。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities -Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provides support to design, implement, and assess strategies that can lead to comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the number of students receiving undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and enhance the quality of their preparation by strengthening STEM education and research. The project at the University of the District of Columbia seeks to establish the foundation for a "STEM Center for Research and Development - Increasing Minority Students in STEM Disciplines". The goals of the project are: to provide STEM students with information and active support designed to retain them and prepare them for graduate school or the workforce; and to provide faculty with support that will expand their teaching and research skills so that they will be better prepared to impart knowledge and assist in the development of students' skills as they forge successful mentor/mentee relationships. Activities that are part of this project are: support for students in such areas as study skills, academic scoping skills, graduate school and fellowship application preparation, research opportunities during the academic year, as well as summer internships; one-year mini-grants to faculty members to give them the support needed to initiate and advance research and curricular reforms, train students, and promote professional development. The project will be guided by an on-going evaluation and by external and internal steering committees.