Targeted Infusion Project: STEM-Business Focused Logistics and International Trade (LIT) Analytics

历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)通过有针对性的灌输项目，支持基于证据的创新模式和方法的开发、实施和研究，以改善HBCU本科学生的准备和成功，使他们能够攻读科学、技术、工程或数学(STEM)研究生课程和/或职业。哥伦比亚特区大学(UDC)的这个项目将建立物流和国际贸易(LIT)分析中心，促进研究，并向更广泛的华盛顿社区开展外联活动。这是工程与应用科学学院与商业与公共管理学院的合作项目。本科生作为研究人员参与了这个项目。该项目将提高UDC工程和商业学生的物流、供应链和全球贸易相关知识和分析技能，以应对新兴的供应链管理、国际贸易分析和全球商业问题。项目的具体目标是：(1)开发创新的STEM-商科LIT辅修学位课程；(2)通过创建一个跨学科的暑期研究项目，丰富LIT课程中本科生和教职员工的研究经验；以及(3)通过与当地高中和UDC社区学院的接触，吸引学生参加LIT项目，以及提供可选的中国出国留学计划，从而提高UDC学生在商科和STEM项目中的入学率和保留率。这一系列活动将赋予和改变学生作为21世纪劳动力领导者的能力。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 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) graduate programs and/or careers. The project at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) will establish the Logistics and International Trade (LIT) Analytics Center, foster research, and conduct outreach to the broader DC community. This is a collaborative project between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Business and Public Administration. Undergraduate students are involved in the project as researchers. The project will enhance logistics, supply chain and global trade related knowledge, and analytical skills of UDC engineering and business students to respond to emerging supply chain management, international trade analytics, and global business issues. Specific objectives of the project are to:(1) develop an innovative STEM-Business focused LIT minor degree program; (2) enrich the undergraduate student and faculty research experiences within the LIT curriculum through creation of an interdisciplinary summer research program; and (3) increase the enrollment and retention rate of UDC students across business and STEM programs by engaging students in the LIT program through outreach to local high schools and the UDC community college, as well by offering an optional China study abroad program. This suite of activities will empower and transform students as leaders in the 21st Century workforce.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.