HSI Conference: Dissecting the STEM Education Ecosystem in Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs):Regional Insights from Southern California

加州州立大学富勒顿分校将举办为期三天的地区性会议，重点讨论拉美裔服务机构(HSI)的STEM教育生态系统，以确定STEM本科教育中最关键的挑战和机遇，以及可能与国家科学基金会的使命相关的可行解决方案。这次会议的框架和指导是一个理论模型，该模型整合了社会认知职业理论和先前关于少数民族学生学业选择和结果相关因素的文献。会议将有来自八个关键利益攸关方团体的80名与会者参加，讨论六个主题：(1)准备大学前学生-进入STEM专业的差距和机会，(2)转变大学第一年的经历-创新教育技术和包容性教学，促进学生在STEM的学习和留住，(3)从两年制到四年制HSI的平稳过渡-机构伙伴关系的机遇和挑战，(4)在本科生研究经历中建立利益相关者联盟--学生坚持不懈的机会和挑战，(5)消除学术障碍-差距和学术补救机会，以及(6)维持HSI校园的生态系统--为学生的成功提供社会和文化包容性。会议将使用鉴赏性探究(AI)方法来指导六个会议主题的小组讨论，每个主题代表生态系统中STEM教育过程的一个方面。使用这种方法，学员将通过关注HSI最大的资产、能力、能力和资源来为学生的成功创造新的可能性，从而形成共同的变革和创新愿景。预期的成果是一份全面的报告，它将作为一份基于证据的综合报告，以支持在HSIS建立本科生STEM教育中心。这次活动也是为了促成合作伙伴的联盟，继续讨论改善HSIS的STEM本科教育。这一奖项反映了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。

California State University Fullerton will conduct a three-day regional conference focused on the STEM education ecosystem at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) to identify the most critical challenges and opportunities in STEM undergraduate education and actionable solutions that may be relevant to the mission of the National Science Foundation. The conference is framed and guided by a theoretical model that integrates social cognitive career theory and prior literature on factors related to minority students' academic choices and outcomes. The conference will host 80 participants from eight critical stakeholder groups to discuss six themes: (1) Preparing pre-college students - gaps in and opportunities for entering STEM majors, (2) Transforming the first-year college experience - innovative educational technology and inclusive pedagogies for student learning and retention in STEM, (3) Smoothing transitions from two- to four-year HSIs - opportunities and challenges for institutional partnerships, (4) Building coalitions among stakeholders in undergraduate research experience - opportunities and challenges for student persistence, (5) Removing academic barriers - gaps and opportunities for academic remediation, and (6) Sustaining ecosystems at HSI campuses - social and cultural inclusiveness for student success. The conference will use the Appreciative Inquiry (AI) methodology to guide the panel discussions of the six conference themes, each representing an aspect in the STEM education process in the ecosystem. Using this approach, participants will develop a shared vision for change and innovation by focusing on HSIs' greatest assets, capabilities, capacities, and resources to create new possibilities for student success. The expected deliverable is a comprehensive report that will serve as an evidence-based synthesis to support the establishment of a center for undergraduate STEM education at HSIs. The event is intended also to result in coalitions of partners to continue discussions about improving STEM undergraduate education at HSIs.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.