Building Capacity: Building Capacity of Women in STEM

改善本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划（HSI计划）旨在加强本科STEM教育并建立HSI的能力。HSI计划支持的项目也将产生关于如何实现这些目标的新知识。 这个项目在山圣玛丽的大学将通过增加保留在干推进HSI计划的目标，并准备学生在干的研究和其他机会。 通过这个项目，圣玛丽山大学旨在提高本科生的STEM教育质量，其中大多数是西班牙裔女性。该项目的目的有三个方面：1）提高学生对STEM的兴趣，动机和保留; 2）为学生提供STEM的外部研究机会，实习和未来的就业机会做好准备; 3）提高学生对STEM研究和参加研究生院的兴趣。与此目的相一致，该项目旨在实现四个成果：1）提高本科STEM专业课程的满意度; 2）提高本科学生在STEM专业的保留率; 3）增加本科生对研究的参与;以及4）增加进入研究生院或在STEM领域就业的STEM毕业生人数。通过增加研究生院和STEM劳动力中的女性和西班牙裔代表，该项目可以促进STEM领域的多样性和公平性。该项目计划通过以下方式改善本科STEM教育：1）修订生物学，化学和数学课程; 2）为STEM专业课程的学生提供学术支持; 3）提供暑期课程，为学生准备大学STEM课程和未来的研究机会; 4）为学生提供同行和教师指导支持; 5）支持研究和实习经验。大学将专门研究同侪指导对学生保留的影响。虽然其他研究人员已经研究了同伴指导，但该项目独特的女性和西班牙裔学生组合以及多年的指导将提供重要的新信息。 将收集定性和定量数据。该项目将确定参与者在多大程度上实现了项目目标和业务目标。该计划将增加最佳实践的知识体系，以吸引西班牙裔服务机构和拥有大量女学生的机构的本科STEM学生。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (HSI Program) aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also generate new knowledge about how to achieve these aims. This project at Mount Saint Mary's University will advance the aims of the HSI Program by increasing retention in STEM, and preparing students for research and other opportunities in STEM. Through this project, Mount Saint Mary's University aims to improve the quality of STEM education for its undergraduate students, the majority of whom are Hispanic women. The purpose of this project is three-fold: 1) increase student interest, motivation, and retention in STEM; 2) prepare students for external research opportunities, internships, and future employment opportunities in STEM; and 3) increase student interest in conducting STEM research and attending graduate school. Aligned with this purpose, the project seeks to achieve four outcomes: 1) increased satisfactory completion of undergraduate STEM major courses; 2) increased undergraduate student retention in STEM majors; 3) increased undergraduate participation in research; and 4) increases in the number of STEM graduates who enter graduate school or are employed in STEM fields. By increasing women and Hispanic representation in graduate school and the STEM workforce, the project can contribute to increased diversity and equity in STEM fields. The project plans to improve undergraduate STEM education by: 1) revising biology, chemistry, and mathematics courses; 2) providing academic support for students in STEM major courses; 3) offering summer programs that prepare students for collegiate STEM courses and future research opportunities; 4) providing students with peer and faculty mentoring support; and 5) supporting research and internship experiences. The University will specifically examine the effect that peer mentoring has on student retention. Although peer mentoring has been examined by other researchers, this project's unique combination of women and Hispanic students, and multi-year mentoring will provide important new information. Both qualitative and quantitative data will be collected. The project will determine the extent to which the participants met the project goals as well as operational objectives. The program will add to the body of knowledge on best practices to engage undergraduate STEM students at both Hispanic-serving institutions and institutions that have large populations of female students.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.