Increasing Diversity and Enhancing Academia (IDEA): Leveraging Resources to Increase Participation of Underrepresented Minority Students in Geosciences

增加多样性和加强学术界（IDEA）：利用资源增加代表性不足的少数族裔学生对地球科学的参与

• 批准号: 1107897
• 负责人: Lawrence Band
• 金额: $ 92.7万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1107897&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Increasing; Diversity; Enhancing; Academia; IDEA

The UNC Institute for the Environment (IE), in partnership with the North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity Through Education (OPT-ED), is engaged in a multi-pronged, five-year effort to increase substantially the participation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in geoscience research and education in North Carolina. The Increasing Diversity and Enhancing Academia (IDEA) partnership is expanding the existing NC OPT-ED network by adding a geoscience research focus and extending the program to Elizabeth City State University (ECSU), an Historically Black College and University (HBCU) in eastern North Carolina. The NSF-funded OPT-ED program is a formal alliance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), North Carolina State University (NCSU), and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University (NC A&T) that encourages URM students to pursue doctorates and supports other education programming for URM students. The proposed project is using place-based approaches to engage minority students from eastern North Carolina in understanding and solving geoscience problems facing their region, with an emphasis on the linkages between watershed hydrology, coastal marine processes, land use change and developing climate change. The IDEA project objectives are to: implement hands-on and minds-on geosciences activities for URM high school students to encourage their education to the next level; recruit and prepare undergraduates to pursue MS and PhD degrees in the geosciences; and, provide high quality geosciences research experiences for undergraduate students in the summer and academic year. These goals are being achieved through a combination of project activities that include summer science enrichment programs for high school students; a Saturday pre-college academy for secondary school students; an alliance day for secondary and post-secondary students that provides professional development workshops; academic year and summer research experiences for undergraduates; and other professional development and networking events for undergraduate students. The project includes resources to support students financially, develops critical skills that help students be better prepared for pursuing advanced degrees, and provides significant mentoring by university faculty and administrators at the partner institutions.

北卡罗来纳大学环境研究所 (IE) 与北卡罗来纳州通过教育创造机会联盟 (OPT-ED) 合作，开展了为期五年的多管齐下的努力，以大幅提高代表性不足的少数族裔的参与度 (URM) ）北卡罗来纳州从事地球科学研究和教育的学生。增加多样性和增强学术界 (IDEA) 合作伙伴关系正在扩大现有的北卡罗来纳州 OPT-ED 网络，增加地球科学研究重点，并将该项目扩展到伊丽莎白城州立大学 (ECSU)，这是一所位于北部东部的历史悠久的黑人学院和大学 (HBCU)卡罗莱纳. NSF 资助的 OPT-ED 项目是北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 (UNC-CH)、北卡罗来纳州立大学 (NCSU) 和北卡罗来纳农业技术大学 (NC A&T) 的正式联盟，鼓励 URM 学生攻读博士学位并支持 URM 学生的其他教育计划。拟议的项目采用基于地点的方法，让来自北卡罗来纳州东部的少数族裔学生了解和解决他们所在地区面临的地球科学问题，重点是流域水文学、沿海海洋过程、土地利用变化和发展中的气候变化之间的联系。 IDEA 项目的目标是： 为 URM 高中生开展实践和思考地球科学活动，鼓励他们的教育更上一层楼；招收并准备本科生攻读地球科学硕士和博士学位；并且，在暑期和学年为本科生提供高质量的地球科学研究经验。 这些目标是通过一系列项目活动来实现的，其中包括针对高中生的夏季科学强化项目；周六为中学生开设的大学预科学校；为中学生和大专学生举办的联盟日，提供专业发展研讨会；本科生的学年和暑期研究经历；以及其他针对本科生的专业发展和社交活动。 该项目包括为学生提供经济支持的资源，培养帮助学生为攻读高级学位做好更好准备的关键技能，并由合作机构的大学教师和管理人员提供重要指导。