HBCU-UP Targeted Infusion Project HT-ASSERT - Attaining and Sustaining STEM Excellence with Research Training

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。该项目在休斯敦-蒂洛森大学（HT）旨在实施基于探究的课程和本科研究，以改善和维持STEM学生的参与，培训，并过渡到STEM职业和研究生学习。该课程将强调现实世界的研究经验，重新配置课程目标，强调探究和基于问题的学习，并挑战学生使用批判性思维技能的核心科学实践。项目活动将促进STEM学生的知识和理解，提高该机构STEM毕业生的数量和准备。因此，该项目将对服务不足群体的STEM代表性产生社会影响。Huston-Tillotson的“通过研究培训实现并维持STEM卓越”（HT-ASSERT）计划的目标是通过强调本科研究来改善和维持HT自然科学学生的保留，参与和科学培训。 该项目将通过两个相互联系的项目活动加强本科生的研究：1）整合科学课程，突出探究和研究，从入门课程的科学技能建设开始，最终为每个学生提供一个顶峰独立的学生研究项目;二是发展物质和智力基础设施（实验室空间，教师专业知识和研究合作）需要在HT实施STEM教育的深刻而持久的变革。项目活动将与HT现有的STEM项目相结合，包括HT的STEM教育和校园学术充实计划。该项目将涉及在奥斯汀得克萨斯大学的合作教师。

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Huston-Tillotson University (HT) seeks to implement inquiry-based courses and undergraduate research to improve and sustain STEM student engagement, training, and transition to STEM careers and graduate study. The curriculum will emphasize real-world research experiences, reconfigure course objectives to emphasize inquiry and problem-based learning, and challenge students to use the critical-thinking skills central to the practice of science. Project activities will advance STEM students' knowledge and understanding, enhancing the number and preparedness of the institution's STEM graduates. Thus, this project will have a societal impact on STEM representation from underserved groups.The goal of Huston-Tillotson's "Attaining and Sustaining STEM Excellence with Research Training" (HT-ASSERT) program is to improve and sustain the retention, engagement, and scientific training of Natural Science students at HT by emphasizing undergraduate research. The project will enhance undergraduate research through two linked project activities: 1) integrate the science curriculum to highlight inquiry and research, beginning with scientific skill building in introductory courses and culminating in a capstone independent student research project for every student; and 2) develop the material and intellectual infrastructure (lab spaces, faculty expertise, and research collaborations) needed to enact deep and lasting transformation of STEM education at HT. Project activities will integrate with existing STEM programs at HT, including HT's STEM education and campus academic enrichment programs. This project will involve collaborating faculty at the University of Texas at Austin.