Collaborative Research - HSI ATE Hub - Diversifying the ATE Program with Hispanic Serving Institutions using Culturally Inclusive Mentoring and ATE Resources

社区学院招收拉美裔学生的比例比其他任何高等教育部门都高。此外，美国高等教育机构正在经历拉美裔学生入学人数的增长轨迹，目前有超过230万名学生。拉美裔服务机构(HSI)是重要的入学地点，因为它们招收了大多数拉美裔大学生，而且几乎一半的HSI是社区大学。该项目将架起两个国家科学基金会倡议的桥梁：导师-连接(M-C)(到期-1204463和到期-1501183)和Kickstarter(KS)(人力资源开发-1450661)。这些计划支持社区和技术学院了解NSF相关STEM项目的资助机会，并指导机构团队(教职员工和管理人员)开发他们的项目想法，起草提案，并提交给感兴趣的项目。到目前为止，这两个项目总共为9个州的32个HIS提供了服务，学生入学人数从400到40,000人不等，西班牙裔学生的入学率从27%到97%不等。该项目将使Mentor-Connect和Kickstarter能够合作：1)支持社区学院-HIS(CC-HIS)的三个年度队列，其计划结合了这两个计划的专业知识；2)支持具有PI经验的导师和/或HSI相关资源的队列；3)收集关于桥梁战略和增强活动的有效性的数据；以及4)评估作为ATE计划(或任何NSF计划)变得更加种族和种族多样化的概念验证模型的影响。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。

Community Colleges enroll a higher percentage of Hispanic students than any other sector of higher education. Moreover, U.S. institutions of higher education are experiencing a growth trajectory of Hispanic student enrollment, with more than 2.3 million students currently enrolled. Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) are essential points of access because they enroll a majority of all Hispanic college students and nearly half of all HSIs are community colleges. This project will bridge two NSF initiatives: Mentor-Connect (M-C) (DUE-1204463 and DUE-1501183) and KickStarter (KS) (HRD-1450661). These initiatives support community and technical colleges in learning about funding opportunities in relevant STEM programs at the NSF, and mentor institutional teams (faculty and administrators) in developing their project ideas, crafting a proposal, and submitting to the program of interest. To date, these two programs have collectively served 32 HSIs in nine states, with student enrollments ranging from 400 to 40,000 and Hispanic enrollment percentages ranging from 27% to 97%.This project will enable Mentor-Connect and KickStarter to work together to: 1) support three annual cohorts of four teams from Community College-HSIs (CC-HSIs) with a program that combines the expertise of the two initiatives; 2) support the cohorts with mentors who are experienced ATE PIs, and/or with HSI-relevant ATE resources; 3) collect data on the effectiveness of the bridging strategy and augmentation activities; and 4) assess the impact as a proof of concept model for the ATE program (or any NSF program) to become more ethnically and racially diverse.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.