HSI Conference: Catalyzing Progress in Undergraduate STEM Education with Insights from Midwestern HSIs

关于加强本科STEM教育在西班牙裔服务机构的会议将组织和主办东北伊利诺伊大学（NEIU）在芝加哥，伊利诺伊州。会议将吸引来自中西部地区两年制和四年制公共和私营西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）的与会者。会议将编织在一起两个交叉的线程：1）在STEM教学的最佳实践，和2）HSI身份。一个特别的重点将是学生的过渡点和动力点（学术成就，往往推动学生前进）。这些过渡点包括K-12到大学，两年到四年，四年到研究生院，以及兵役到大学。这次会议是为了回应一封亲爱的同事信而提出的（17-092 -改善西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）的本科STEM教育）由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）发布，呼吁提交会议提案，以告知NSF新的西班牙裔服务机构计划的设计，将于2018财政年度成立。和分组会议，会议将通过探索STEM教育和教学法的测试实践，并确定与HSI身份相关的问题，包括这些机构面临的机遇，需求和挑战，将这两个主题结合起来。会议的总体目标将是探索潜在的可行解决方案，以应对HSIs本科STEM教育中的挑战和机遇。通过确定最佳实践，新颖的教学方法和多样化的机构战略，以及提供一个媒介来催化区域HSI之间的网络和合作举措，拟议的会议将以重要的方式为加强和改进STEM教育活动做出贡献。与会者将包括机构领导人，部门主席，

A conference on enhancing undergraduate STEM education at Hispanic-Serving Institutions will be organized and hosted at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) in Chicago, Illinois. The conference will attract participants from regional public two-year and four-year public and private Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) in the Midwest. The conference will weave together two intersecting threads: 1) Best practices in STEM pedagogy, and 2) HSI identity. A particular focus will be students' transition points and momentum points (academic achievements that tend to propel a student forward). These transition points include K-12 to college, two-year to four-year, four-year to graduate school, and military service to college. The conference was proposed in response to a Dear Colleague Letter (17-092 - Improving Undergraduate STEM Education in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)) issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) calling for submission of conference proposals to inform the design of NSF's new Hispanic-Serving Institution program, to be established in fiscal year 2018.Through keynote speakers, panels, workshops, lectures, and breakout sessions, the conference will integrate the two threads by exploring tested practices in STEM education and pedagogy, and identifying issues related to HSI identity, including opportunities, needs, and challenges faced by these institutions. The overarching goal of the conference will be to explore potential actionable solutions to challenges and opportunities in undergraduate STEM education at HSIs. By identifying best practices, novel pedagogical approaches, and diverse institutional strategies, as well as providing a medium to catalyze networking and collaborative initiatives among regional HSIs, the proposed conference will contribute in important ways to the enhancement and improvement of STEM educational activities. Participants will include institutional leaders, department chairs,