NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions

这一人力资源开发-1834620是由国家科学基金会包括共同资助的，其重点是催化科技创新企业协作努力实现包容性变革。这个NSF Includes联盟由NSF科学与技术卓越研究中心(CREST)计划共同资助，该计划针对CREST提供支持，以增强少数族裔服务机构的研究能力，并促进新知识的发展和STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的学生的扩大存在。NSF Includes Alliance由NSF拉美裔服务机构(HSI)计划共同资助，该计划旨在提高攻读STEM副学士学位或学士学位的学生的保留率和毕业率。西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟(CAHSI)是2006年成立的一个国家认可的联盟，是CAHSI的主要合作伙伴和骨干，其中包括扩大拉美裔参与计算的联盟。该联盟与实现影响力和促进合作的Includes联盟计划的五个特征相一致：愿景；伙伴关系；目标和指标；领导力和沟通；以及扩张、可持续和规模的潜力。该联盟的愿景是：到2030年，拉美裔美国人将占获得计算机资格证书的人的20%或更多。文凭被定义为在该领域带来有报酬的就业和晋升的学位和证书。它的使命是发展和维持一个网络社区，致力于招募、留住和加快拉美裔美国人在计算机领域的进步。已建立的联盟伙伴关系(学术界、工业界、非营利组织和政府实体)与联盟的愿景和变革承诺相同，位于以下地区：西南部(亚利桑那州、得克萨斯州和新墨西哥州)、西部(加利福尼亚州)、东南部(佛罗里达州和波多黎各)和北部(伊利诺伊州、新泽西州和纽约)。其他伙伴关系是与该国一些最有影响力的拉美裔组织(Excelencia in Education、Great Minds in STEM和SACNAS)建立的。正是这些既得利益的伙伴关系帮助将CAHSI定位在一个国家平台上，该平台承认了该联盟在增加在计算劳动力和学术界具有竞争力的拉美裔人数方面的记录。为了发展成为一个全国性的联盟，同时保持高质量的服务和专注于一个共同的愿景，联盟的目标是：扩大其基础设施；创建“实地”区域领导和连接者，以保持成员的参与；专注于加强满足地方、区域和文化需求的活动；以及培养注重成果的问责文化。数据管理和评估小组将收集和分享三个级别的评估数据，作为进步和改进的衡量标准：机构和个人学生数据；联盟和区域数据；联盟数据与国家数据的比较。领导力和沟通的一个关键组成部分是区域内、跨区域和国家之间的相关和有意义的互动。为了扩大、维持和扩大规模，联盟领导层将在国家层面建立伙伴关系，以促进联盟合作伙伴的覆盖范围、资源和对拉美裔学生和教师的影响。通过地区领导建立信任和共同愿景，促进集体影响，保持有效的沟通渠道，并培养持续改进的文化对于可持续发展至关重要。为了加速变革，CAHSI的目标是支持致力于促进拉美裔学生在计算机领域的机构；为其他联盟、非政府组织和合作伙伴提供平台；并培养下一代CAHSI领导人。通过地理上分散的区域领导建立分散的实地支持，联盟机构将与合作伙伴深入接触，以了解在其特定背景下哪些工作做得很好，哪些可以改进。CAHSI由一位全国知名学者领导，包括联盟的研究调查将贡献关于什么组织条件建设能力的知识，以改变支持拉美裔学生在计算机领域的文化相关性和参与性教育战略的发展。这项调查将为更好地为计算机学科和其他STEM学科的拉美裔学生服务的体制和教学机制提供宝贵的见解。联盟的努力有可能在更广泛的背景下扩大组织能力建设的努力。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。

This HRD-1834620 is co-funded by NSF INCLUDES, which focuses on catalyzing the STEM enterprise to collaboratively work for inclusive change. This NSF INCLUDES Alliance is co-funded by the NSF Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program, which targets The CREST provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority serving institutions and promotes the development of new knowledge and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. This NSF INCLUDES Alliance is co-funded by the NSF Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program, which seeks to increase the retention and graduation rates of students pursuing associate or baccalaureate degrees in STEM. A nationally recognized alliance established in 2006, the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) serves as the lead partner and backbone of the CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance for broadening participation of Hispanics in computing. The Alliance aligns with the five characteristics of an INCLUDES Alliance Program for achieving impact and fostering collaboration: vision; partnerships; goals and metrics; leadership and communication; and the potential for expansion, sustainability, and scale. The vision of the Alliance is: By 2030, Hispanics will represent 20% or more of those who earn credentials in computing. Credentials are defined as degrees and certifications that lead to gainful employment and advancement in the field. Its mission is to grow and sustain a networked community committed to recruiting, retaining, and accelerating the progress of Hispanics in computing. The established Alliance partnerships (academia, industry, non-profits, and governmental entities), which share the Alliance's vision and commitment to transformative change, are located in the following regions: Southwest (Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico), West (California), Southeast (Florida and Puerto Rico), and North (Illinois, New Jersey, and New York). Other partnerships are with some of the most impactful Hispanic organizations in the country (Excelencia in Education, Great Minds in STEM, and SACNAS). It is these vested partnerships that have helped position CAHSI onto a national platform that recognizes the Alliance's record for increasing the number of Hispanics who are competitive in the computing workforce and academia. In order to grow as a national alliance, while at the same time maintaining quality services and staying laser-focused on a shared vision, the Alliance goals are to: expand its infrastructure; create 'on-the-ground' regional leads and connectors to keep members engaged; focus on reinforcing activities that address local, regional, and cultural needs; and foster a culture of results-based accountability. The data management and evaluation teams will collect and share three levels of evaluative data as metrics for progress and improvement: institutional and individual student data; alliance and regional data; and comparisons of alliance data to national data. A key component of leadership and communication is the relevant and meaningful interactions within regions, across regions, and nationally. To expand, sustain, and scale, the Alliance leadership will build partnerships at the national level to advance Alliance partners' reach, resources, and impact on Hispanic students and faculty. Building trust and shared vision through regional leadership, fostering collective impact, maintaining effective communication channels, and cultivating a culture of continuous improvement are essential for sustainability.To accelerate change, CAHSI aims to support institutions committed to advancing Hispanic students in computing; provide on-ramps for other alliances, non-governmental organizations, and partners; and prepare the next generation of CAHSI leaders. By creating distributed on-the-ground support through geographically-distributed regional leadership, Alliance institutions will deeply engage with partners to learn what works well and what can be improved within their specific contexts. Led by a nationally renowned scholar, the CAHSI INCLUDES Alliance research investigation will contribute knowledge on what organizational conditions build capacity to transform development of culturally relevant and engaging educational strategies that support Hispanic students in computing. The investigation will provide valuable insight into institutional and pedagogical mechanisms to better serve Hispanic students in computing disciplines and in other STEM disciplines. Alliance efforts have the potential to scale organizational capacity-building efforts in a wider range of contexts.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.