Collaborative Research NSF INCLUDES: Early STEM Engagement for Minority Males through a Network of Minority Serving Institutions

摩根州立大学INCLUDES项目将建立在四所传统黑人学院和大学现有的区域合作伙伴关系的基础上，这些学院和大学正在共同努力，以改善巴尔的摩摩根州立大学、北卡罗来纳州格林斯博罗a&t、密西西比州杰克逊州立大学和法兰克福肯塔基州立大学当地中学少数族裔男生的STEM成果。其他合作伙伴包括SRI International、National CARES Mentoring Network和Verizon Foundation。采用集体影响式方法，如规划和实施网络改进社区（NIC），制定共同议程和实施相互加强的活动，这些合作伙伴将实现两个共同目标：(1)通过教育经验，扩大代表性不足的少数族裔男性在科学和工程领域的参与，为他们在STEM领域的职业生涯做好准备；(2)创建一个关注少数族裔男性STEM成就的网络改进社区。项目要素包括STEM内容的高质量教学、指导和专业发展。该项目将扩大到另外8个合作伙伴（6个hbcu和2个拉美裔服务机构）以及校园所在社区的学校和学区。INCLUDES试点项目将有助于扩大针对STEM中影响少数族裔的创新。该项目将利用12所大学合作伙伴、与之合作的当地K-12学校和地区，以及在实现共同目标方面具有既得利益的周边社区组织和企业的集体影响力，为中学少数族裔男性开发STEM学习途径。产品将包括通过网络改进社区解决问题的路线图，一个网站，将有助于提高少数族裔男性STEM教育机会的有效策略的知识库，以及用于衡量网络改进社区集体影响的通用指标、评估和共享测量系统。

The Morgan State University INCLUDES project will build on an existing regional partnership of four Historically Black Colleges and Universities that are working together to improve STEM outcomes for middle school minority male students that are local to Morgan State in Baltimore, North Carolina A&T in Greensboro, Jackson State in Mississippi, and Kentucky State in Frankfort. Additional partners include SRI International, the National CARES Mentoring Network, and the Verizon Foundation. Using the collective impact-style approaches such as planning and implementing a Network Improvement Community (NIC), developing a shared agenda and implementing mutually reinforcing activities, these partners will address two common goals: (1) Broaden the participation of underrepresented minority males in science and engineering through educational experiences that prepare them for careers in STEM fields; and (2) Create a Network Improvement Community focused on STEM achievement in minority males. Program elements include high-quality instruction in STEM content, mentoring, and professional development. The project will expand to include eight additional partners (six HBCUs and two Hispanic-Serving Institutions) and schools and districts in communities local to their campuses. The INCLUDES pilot will help scale innovations that target impacting minorities in STEM. The project will develop STEM learning pathways for middle school minority males by harnessing the collective impact of 12 university partners, local K-12 schools and districts with which they partner, and surrounding community organizations and businesses with a vested interest in achieving common goals. Products will include a roadmap for addressing the problem through a Network Improvement Community, a website that will contribute to the knowledge base regarding effective strategies for enhancing STEM educational opportunities for minority males, and common metrics, assessments, and shared measurement systems that will be used to measure the collective impact of the Network Improvement Community.