Targeted Infusion Project-Promoting Minority Students' Participation in STEM-Undergraduate Degree Programs

定向输注项目——促进少数民族学生参与STEM-本科学位课程

• 批准号: 1436426
• 负责人: Buddhi Gyawali
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Kentucky State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1436426&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Promoting; Minority

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Kentucky State University seeks to undertake institutional reform and establish transformational strategies to strengthen and enhance STEM teaching, learning, and research and to improve students' access to and retention in STEM programs. Kentucky State University enrolls a significant number of students from groups underrepresented in STEM - minority students, low-income students, and non-traditional students, such as home-schooled students and students returning to college.The project seeks to enhance the teaching pedagogies and research capacity in STEM fields, fostering a competitive learning and research environment, and developing new project-based and inquiry-based curricula and programs that will provide academic support to the students. The specific objectives of the project are to: 1) increase the enrollment of students into the STEM programs; 2) develop experiential research projects to enhance students' opportunities in a broad range of scientific inquiry; 3) enhance STEM curricula to address the diverse backgrounds and learning styles of the students; and 4) develop student retention, faculty development, and research enhancement programs. The project is projected to impact 250 students at Kentucky State University, as well as 60 pre-college or high school students.

历史上黑人学院和大学本科项目 (HBCU-UP) 通过定向注入项目支持开发、实施和研究基于证据的创新模型和方法，以改善 HBCU 本科生的准备和成功，以便他们能够攻读 STEM 研究生计划和/或职业。肯塔基州立大学的该项目旨在进行机构改革并制定转型战略，以加强和提高 STEM 教学、学习和研究，并提高学生进入 STEM 项目的机会和保留率。肯塔基州立大学招收了大量来自 STEM 领域代表性不足的群体的学生 - 少数族裔学生、低收入学生和非传统学生，例如在家接受教育的学生和返回大学的学生。该项目旨在加强教学方法和STEM 领域的研究能力，培育竞争性的学习和研究环境，并开发新的基于项目和探究的课程和计划，为学生提供学术支持。该项目的具体目标是： 1) 增加 STEM 课程的学生入学率； 2）开发体验式研究项目，以增加学生进行广泛的科学探究的机会； 3）加强STEM课程，以满足学生的不同背景和学习风格； 4) 制定学生保留、教师发展和研究增强计划。该项目预计将影响肯塔基州立大学的 250 名学生以及 60 名大学预科生或高中生。