Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: Harris County Community College Alliance (HCCCA)

Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院使科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力多样化，努力显著增加来自历史上代表性不足的少数群体(非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)的学生数量，成功完成STEM的高质量学位课程。LSAMP的哈里斯县社区学院联盟继续在两所两年制公立、授予副学位的拉美裔院校(圣哈辛托学区和休斯顿社区学院)之间建立伙伴关系。这项计划支持在学术道路上处于关键时刻的少数族裔学生，当他们需要获得科学思维，将自己视为科学界的一员，并获得在两年制和四年制院校取得成功所需的研究技能时。该计划将致力于以下内容：通过一系列创新的模块，建设研究能力和科学思维，提供对研究过程的理解，并开发一系列可移植的技能，转变社区大学生的教育研究经验；通过学术社区、环境以及对STEM职业和职业的探索，培养未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的科学认同感。哈里斯县社区大学联盟模式促进了一种科学自我认同和心态，鼓励未被充分代表的少数族裔学生探索新的学术追求和职业选择，从而获得高年级学士学位课程。这一联盟模式将通过以下方式实现。招生-通过一系列公开演讲、活动和有针对性地向代表不足的少数族裔学生发送电子邮件，接触到至少3,000名学生；这些活动旨在增加了解科学知识、研究和职业重要性的学生数量。参与-为至少450名学者提供机会，以获得可用于当前课程工作和未来研究机会的研究技能。学生将通过完成STEM研究能力和熟练程度模块来参与研究探索、调查和体验。这些单元介绍了研究理论和实践，涵盖了广泛学科的概念和技能。持之以恒-提供第一年学者指导、教师指导、点对点指导和学习社区，以抵消代表不足/服务不足的学者在学术道路上的低持久率。这些学术、创新和包容的环境将使毅力提高至少75%；毅力包括继续在社区大学学习，转到四年制院校，以及毕业。可转让性--通过课程规划、指导路径、转学建议、促进转学活动、金融知识指导以及利用四年制大学LSAMP校友作为转学渠道，将另外1,083名STEM学生过渡和转学到四年制院校。这些战略将允许哈里斯县社区学院LSAMP计划联盟扩大从事和参与科学、技术、工程和数学研究的人数不足和服务不足的学生的数量，使有潜力应对社会和技术挑战的学生群体多样化。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 Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, or Other Pacific Islanders) to successfully complete high-quality degree programs in STEM. The Harris County Community College Alliance of LSAMP continues its partnership between two public, associate-degree granting, Hispanic Serving two-year institutions (San Jacinto College District and Houston Community College). This program supports underrepresented minority students at a critical point in their academic pathway when they need to acquire a scientific mindset, see themselves as members of the scientific community, and gain the research skills required to succeed at two- and four-year institutions. This program will address the following: transform community college students’ educational research experiences through an innovative series of modules that build research abilities and a scientific mindset, provide an understanding of the research process and develop a range of transferable skills; and cultivate a science identity in underrepresented minority students through scholarly communities, environments, and exploration of STEM careers and occupations. The Harris County Community College Alliance model promotes a science self-identity and mindset that encourages underrepresented minority students to explore new academic pursuits and career options leading to upper division baccalaureate degree programs. This alliance model will be accomplished in the following ways. Recruitment—reach at least 3,000 students through a series of public presentations, events, and targeted emails to underrepresented minority students; these events are designed to increase the number of students who understand the importance of scientific knowledge, research, and careers. Engagement—provide opportunities to at least 450 scholars to gain research skills transferable to current course work and future research opportunities. Students will participate in research exploration, investigation, and experiences by completing STEM Research Abilities and Proficiencies modules. These modules introduce research theory and practice that cover concepts and skills for a broad spectrum of disciplines. Persistence—offer first-year Scholar mentoring, faculty mentoring, peer-to-peer mentoring, and learning communities to counteract the low persistence rate of underrepresented/underserved scholars in their academic pathways. These scholarly, creative, and inclusive environments will increase persistence by at least 75%; persistence includes continuing their studies at the community college, transferring to a four-year institution, and graduating. Transferability—transition and transfer an additional 1,083 STEM students to four-year institutions through course mapping, guided pathways, transfer advising, transfer-promoting events, financial literacy guidance, and utilization of LSAMP alumni at four-year universities as a transfer pipeline. These strategies will allow the Harris County Community College Alliance of LSAMP program to expand the number of underrepresented and underserved students pursuing and participating in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics research, diversifying the pool of students with the potential to address societal and technological challenges.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.