Implementation Project: Improving Retention and the Quality of STEM Education and Research at Oakwood University

在历史上的黑人学院和大学的实施项目-本科课程（HBCU-UP）提供支持，设计，实施，研究和评估全面的机构努力，以增加学生的数量和他们的准备质量，通过加强科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）教育和研究。奥克伍德学院的这一实施项目概述了对教师和学生专业发展的平行分析，目的是提高教学和学习经验，以及加强机构的研究能力。该项目以实证实践为基础，在奥克伍德学院校园内整合这些努力的程度有可能改变该机构的STEM教育和研究能力，作为机构转型的国家模式。该项目的目标是（1）增加研究活跃的STEM教师的数量，他们从事研究，提案撰写和教师发展，以及（2）增加准备充分、经过竞争性培训的少数族裔STEM毕业生的数量，他们将继续攻读研究生课程或进入STEM劳动力市场。STEM教师将接受培训和指导，从事研究。本科生将参加全校范围内的项目，与STEM教师领导一起沿着进行研究。采用准实验的前，后测试，定性和混合方法的研究设计，项目团队将调查项目活动对教师和学生的研究自我效能，生产力和意识的影响，并记录教师的培训和学生在研究项目中的生活经验的看法。预计参与的教师将更有可能进行研究和维持他们的生产力。此外，参与的学生可能更有可能在毕业后继续研究生学习或研究型STEM职位。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。

Implementation Projects in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) provide support to design, implement, study, and assess comprehensive institutional efforts to increase the numbers of students and the quality of their preparation by strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. This implementation project at Oakwood College outlines parallel analysis of faculty and student professional development for the purpose of enhancing the teaching and learning experience, as well as bolstering the institution’s research capacity. The project is grounded in evidence-based practices and the extent to which these endeavors are integrated on the campus of Oakwood College has the potential to transform the STEM education and research capacity of the institution, as serve as a national model of institutional transformation.The project goals are to (1) increase the number of research-active STEM faculty, who engage in research, proposal writing, and faculty development, and (2) increase the number of well-prepared, competitively trained minority STEM graduates, who pursue graduate studies or enter the STEM workforce. STEM faculty will receive trainings and mentorship to engage in research. Undergraduate students will attend university-wide programs to conduct research along with STEM faculty leads. Employing quasi experimental pre- and post-test, qualitative, and mixed methods research designs, the project team will investigate the effect of the project activities on faculty and students’ research self-efficacies, productivity, and awareness, and document faculty perceptions of the trainings and the lived experiences of the students in the research programs. It is anticipated that participating faculty will be more likely conduct research and sustain their productivity. Further, participating students may be more likely to pursue graduate studies or research-oriented STEM positions after graduation.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.