A Model to Explain the Institutional and Student Characteristics Related to STEM Baccalaureate Graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities Who Earn Doctoral Degrees

少数群体优质教育网络(QEM)与美国研究所(AIR)合作，正在研究一种模式，以适应历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的本科生STEM学生的成功毕业，这些学生后来获得博士学位。这项研究的主要目的是促进对HBCU特点的了解，这些特点使STEM本科生能够茁壮成长，并为他们随后攻读和获得博士学位做好准备。同样重要的是要了解哪些学生亚群，如那些历史上代表不足的少数族裔(URM)，在HBCU中的成功率最高。随着国家解决URM与非URM本科生和研究生之间的STEM成绩差距，所有人都认为，获得STEM本科生和高级学位的URM学生数量非常低。在我们国家的HBCU接受教育的学生也是如此，有一批学生成功地完成了STEM本科和博士学位。为了让所有美国公民都参与到我们国家推进STEM教育和科学事业的努力中来，我们还必须了解哪些变量正在增强学生成功的途径。这项研究项目有助于增进对STEM学位产生的这些关键机制的了解。这项研究将使用来自美国S高等教育综合数据系统的数据、学生调查以及学生、教职员工和管理人员的访谈。研究人员正在与一名评估员合作，该评估员正在实施形成性和终结性评估。该项目的顾问委员会包括了解HBCU学术知识并熟悉当前和相关理论、方法和研究的专家。该委员会正在向研究人员提供反馈，并建议对该项目的管理、研究实施以及对结果和发现的解释进行调整。为了传播的目的，QEM/AIR小组正在使用一个网站，在同行评议的期刊上发表文章，并在国家专业研究会议上发表论文。这项研究得到了教育和人力资源局(EHR)核心研究(ECR)计划的支持。ECR计划强调基础STEM教育研究，以产生该领域的基础知识。在基本、广泛和持久的关键领域进行投资：STEM学习和STEM学习环境，扩大STEM的参与，以及STEM劳动力发展。该计划支持积累强有力的证据，为理解、构建解释理论和建议干预和创新提供信息，以应对STEM兴趣、教育、学习和参与方面的持续挑战。额外的支持由EHR的历史黑人学院和大学-本科生计划(HBCU-UP)提供，该计划加强HBCU的STEM教育和研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network, in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), is studying a model aligned with the successful graduation of undergraduate STEM students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) who go on to earn doctoral degrees. The primary objective of this research is to advance understanding about the characteristics of HBCUs that enable STEM undergraduate students to thrive and prepare them to subsequently pursue and obtain doctoral degrees. It is also important to understand which student subsets, such as those who are historically underrepresented minorities (URM), succeed in HBCUs at the highest rates. As the nation addresses a STEM achievement gap between URM and non-URM undergraduate and graduate students, the number of students who are URMs and receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in STEM is, by all accounts, disproportionately low. This is also true of students who are educated at our nation's HBCUs, with a select group of students that are successfully completing STEM undergraduate and doctoral degrees. In order to engage all U.S. citizens in our nation's effort to advance STEM education and the scientific enterprise, we must also understand what variables are enhancing the pathways for student success. This research project is helping to advance knowledge about these key mechanisms for STEM degree production. The research will be conducted using data from the U.S.'s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS); student survey; and student, faculty and administrator interviews.The researchers are working with an evaluator, who is implementing formative and summative evaluations. The project's advisory board includes experts who have knowledge about HBCU scholarship and who are familiar with current and relevant theory, methods and research. The board is providing feedback to the researchers and suggesting adjustments to the project's management, research implementation, and interpretation of the results and findings. For dissemination purposes, the QEM/AIR team is using a web site, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and presenting at national professional research conferences. This research is supported by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources' (EHR) Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in the field. Investments are made in critical areas that are essential, broad and enduring: STEM learning and STEM learning environments, broadening participation in STEM, and STEM workforce development. The program supports the accumulation of robust evidence to inform efforts to understand, build theory to explain, and suggest intervention and innovations to address persistent challenges in STEM interest, education, learning and participation. Additional support is provided by EHR's Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), which enhances STEM education and research at HBCUs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.