Broadening Participation in Life STEM Workshop

美国国家科学基金会的核心价值之一是确保更广泛的科学界的所有部分的包容性。Life STEM项目将提供一种机制，加强少数族裔服务机构的能力，帮助国家满足对未来更多样化STEM劳动力日益增长的需求。研讨会将为这些机构提供机会，通过创新的干预模式，提高他们在生命科学和生物科学领域激励、培养和留住代表性不足的K-12和本科生的能力。为了提高这些机构参与这一努力的能力，研讨会将重点关注前沿研究设计，并审查有效帮助STEM管道中代表性不足的学生的干预模式。斯佩尔曼学院将与少数民族质量教育网络和MER协会合作，为100-125名重点大学管理人员、教育和STEM研究人员以及赞助的研究办公室代表举办一次研讨会。研讨会参加者将以4-5人一组的小组，进一步了解基金会在STEM教育方面的使命和目标，并扩大STEM的参与范围。团队将获得参加研讨会的支持，代表们还可以分享个人成功帮助代表性不足的学生完成STEM领域课程的最佳实践。

One of the core values of the National Science Foundation is ensuring inclusiveness among all segments of the broader scientific community. This Life STEM project will provide a mechanism for strengthening minority serving institutions' capacity to help the nation meet the growing demand for a more diverse future STEM workforce. The workshop will provide opportunities for these institutions to increase their capacity to inspire, prepare, and retain underrepresented K-12 and undergraduate students in life science and bioscience fields through innovative models of interventions. To enhance the capacity of these institutions to participate in this endeavor, the workshop will focus on cutting edge research designs and review models of intervention shown to be effective in helping retain underrepresented students in the STEM pipeline.Working in concert with the Quality Education for Minority Network and MER Associates, Spelman College will host a workshop for 100-125 key university administrators, education and STEM researchers, and sponsored research office representatives. The workshop attendees will participate in teams of 4-5 members to learn more about the Foundation's mission and goals for STEM education and for broadening participation in STEM. Teams will be provided support to attend the workshop where representatives can also share best practices about individual successes in helping underrepresented students complete courses of study in STEM fields.