GP-UP: Strengthening Pathways to Geoscience Degrees for Underrepresented Pre-College and Introductory Students Through Experiential Learning and Career-informed Research

地球科学仍然是所有科学中种族多样性最低的，与他们在美国人口中的代表性相比，只有一小部分博士学位授予了历史上被排斥的种族和民族的个人。该项目将通过同伴和教师指导、职业教育、有影响力的研究和拓展机会，招募和支持不同种族的学生进入地球科学本科学位课程，为学生成功申请高级学位课程（硕士、博士）和地球科学职业做好准备。学生的研究课题将有助于提高我们对动态和不断变化的地球的理解。作为不同学生群体导师的教师将接受最佳实践方面的培训，以在地球科学领域创造包容性的环境。此外，学生参与者将与当地高中教师合作，制定以当地地质和气候为特色的地球科学课程计划，以继续激励和招募下一代地球科学专业人员。上海州立大学地球科学体验之路项目将重点招收来自湾区两所两年制大学（圣何塞城市学院、德安扎学院）的不同学生群体，进入上海州立大学的地球科学专业（地质学、地球系统科学、气象和气候科学），目标如下：增加高中、学院和大学学生对地球科学和气象/气候科学的知识和个人/文化联系；2 .招收不同的学生，特别是那些来自历史上被排斥的群体的学生，通过“基于地点和问题”的课堂作业、个人反思、同伴指导和校外地球科学体验来参与地球科学，重点是解决地球科学问题，重点是湾区区域地质和气候问题；3 .支持学生入读或转读上海州立大学的地质学、气象学和气候科学学位课程，并通过真实的研究和拓展机会为他们从事地球科学职业做好准备；战略性地扩大和发展低成本战略，以维持高中教师、社区学院教师、上海州立大学地球科学教师、地球科学校友、湾区地球科学政府和行业合作伙伴以及其他社区利益相关者之间的持续沟通和合作。总的来说，该项目将加强学生参与者的科学身份，并强调将科学概念应用于社会效益的重要性——特别是在他们自己的社区。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识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 geosciences remain the least racially diverse of all the sciences with only a fraction of PhDs awarded to individuals from historically excluded racial and ethnic groups compared to their representation in the United States population. This project will recruit and support racially diverse student cohorts entering undergraduate geoscience degree programs through peer and faculty mentoring, career education, and impactful research and outreach opportunities structured to prepare students for successful application to advanced degree programs (MS, PhD) and geoscience careers. Student research topics will contribute to improving understanding of our dynamic and ever-changing Earth. Faculty serving as mentors to the diverse student cohorts will be trained in best practices to create environments of inclusivity in the geosciences. Additionally, student participants will work with local high school teachers to develop geoscience lesson plans that feature local geology and climate to continue to inspire and recruit the next generation of geoscience professionals.The Experiential Pathways to SJSU Geosciences Program will focus on recruiting diverse student groups from two 2-year colleges in the Bay Area (San Jose City College, De Anza College) to enter geoscience programs at SJSU (Geology, Earth Systems Science, Meteorology and Climate Science) with the following goals in mind:1. increase high school, college, and university students' knowledge and personal/cultural connections to geoscience and meteorology/climate science;2. recruit diverse students, particularly those from historically excluded groups, to participate in geosciences through “place- and problem-based” in-class assignments, personal reflections, peer mentoring, and off-campus geoscience experiences that focus on solving problems in geosciences and are focused on Bay Area regional geology and climate issues;3. support students as they enroll in or transfer to geology or meteorology and climate science degree programs at SJSU and prepare them for geoscience careers through authentic research and outreach opportunities;4. strategically expand and develop low-cost strategies to sustain ongoing communication and collaboration among high school teachers, community college faculty, geoscience faculty at SJSU, geoscience alumni, Bay Area geoscience government and industry partners and other community stakeholders.Overall, the program will strengthen the science identities of student participants and emphasize the importance of applying scientific concepts for societal benefit - especially in their own communities.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.