Building Capacity to Retain Underrepresented Students in STEM Fields

美国国家科学基金会投资了一些针对代表性不足的人群和机构的项目，以实现其扩大STEM参与的目标。本次研讨会为少数族裔服务机构提供了一个参与对话的机会，讨论如何有效地创建、实施和评估干预模式，这些模式将促进有关在STEM领域保留代表性不足的少数族裔的知识。它将促进当地学校或符合条件的少数民族服务机构的K-12和本科生在生命科学和生物科学方面的知识。该研讨会将侧重于帮助少数族裔服务机构使用研究设计，并审查干预的最佳实践，这些实践被证明可以有效地帮助代表性不足的学生应对影响他们在STEM领域和职业生涯中的长期压力。研讨会的目标受众将是参与机构及其本科生，并与当地K-12学校合作。罗格斯大学纽瓦克分校与少数民族素质教育和MERAssociates合作，将提供一个独特的环境，召集100多名与会者参加研讨会。与会者包括院长和/或系主任；干教师;教育研究人员，以及学术事务副校长、教务长或其他管理人员等机构代表。参与者将以4-5人的小组合作，解决与课程开发、教师支持和学生参与相关的科学研究主题和活动。研讨会的成果将提供有关成功策略、未来研究领域的见解，以及对更好的干预模式的需求的认识，以支持STEM中代表性不足的少数民族学生。

The NSF invests in a number of programs targeting underrepresented populations and institutions relative to its meeting its goals for broadening participation in STEM. This workshop provides minority serving institutions with an opportunity to engage in dialogue about effective ways to create, implement, and evaluate models of intervention that will advance knowledge about retaining underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. It will advance knowledge in life science and the biosciences for K-12 and undergraduate students attending local schools or eligible minority-serving institutions. The workshop will focus on assisting minority serving institutions with use of research designs, and review of best practices for intervention shown to be effective in helping underrepresented student cope with chronic stresses that interfere with their retention in STEM fields and careers. The target audience for the workshop will be the participating institutions and their undergraduate students, in partnership with local K-12 schools. In collaboration with Quality Education for Minority and MERAssociates, Rutgers University Newark will provide a unique setting to convene more than 100 participants to attend the workshop. The participants will include deans and/or department chairs; STEM faculty; educational researchers, and institutional representatives such as Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs, Provosts, or other administrators. The participants will work in teams of 4-5 to address science research topics and activities related to curriculum development, teacher support, and student engagement. Outcomes from the workshops will provide insights about successful strategies, areas of future research, and awareness about the need for better intervention models that support underrepresented minority students in STEM.