GP EXTRA: GETUP- Geoscience Education Targeting Underrepresented Populations

GP EXTRA：GETUP - 针对代表性不足人群的地球科学教育

• 批准号: 1801760
• 负责人: Elizabeth Balgord
• 金额: $ 32.46万
• 依托单位: Weber State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801760&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; EXTRA; GETUP; Geoscience; Education

This project will assess the effectiveness of multifaceted pathways to increase recruitment, engagement, and ultimately graduation rates and career placement of Earth Science majors, focusing on underrepresented Latinx and female groups at Weber State University. The pathways integrate varying combinations of early outreach to high school students, university courses taught in collaboration with local high schools, a summer bridge between high school and university classes, community engaged learning, early introduction to undergraduate research, and support of student cohorts through degree completion. Two different cohorts of students will be recruited each year of the project, cohort 1 from classes taught in local high schools who receive early intervention in preparing for college and participate in the summer bridge program, and cohort 2 from general education classes taught on campus. Both cohorts will then follow a similar pathway of courses, conduct summer research, and receive mentoring from teachers and classmates. By comparing retention rates, changes in student attitudes, and professional socialization for the different pathways, we will assess what combinations of activities and timing best prepare students for geoscience careers. This project will help address the projected shortfall in geoscience workforce nationally.The GETUP (Geoscience Education Targeting Underrepresented Populations) project will develop and assess the effectiveness of a multifaceted approach to increase recruitment, retention, and ultimately graduation rates and career placement of geoscience majors, focusing on underrepresented Latinx and female students at Weber State University (WSU). Although the number of Latinx students attending WSU had risen, participation in STEM fields lags, and despite a growing demand for qualified geoscientists, many students entering WSU are first-generation college students who do not have family traditions in STEM fields. To overcome these challenges, this project will develop pathways to geoscience careers that integrate varying combinations of early outreach to high schools, early collaborative research, student cohorts, community engaged learning, and multiple pedagogies to support varied learning styles. Specific activities include: a Geoscience concurrent enrollment class taught in collaboration with high school teachers that incorporates project-based learning activities and promotes early recruitment; a summer bridge program that helps with a transition to college; community-engaged learning in an environmental geoscience course; a summer research program where students conduct collaborative projects centered around a newly developed Great Salt Lake field observatory; and student cohorts who take a structured sequence of core classes, including a new sophomore-level class that emphasizes work-force skills and career planning. Student successes and attitudes will be assessed at multiple points to evaluate what combinations and timing of activities best enhance recruitment, retention, and professional socialization of underrepresented groups. Two pathways will be compared: one in which students enter the pipeline earlier in high school and have a summer bridge experience; and a second where students are recruited from college courses. Results will be disseminated via publications, workshops, and a dedicated webpage, and materials will be made available to other universities for enhancing recruitment and retention efforts.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.

该项目将评估多方面途径的有效性，以提高地球科学专业的招聘、参与度以及最终毕业率和职业安置，重点关注韦伯州立大学代表性不足的拉丁裔和女性群体。这些途径整合了对高中生的早期推广、与当地高中合作教授的大学课程、高中和大学课程之间的夏季桥梁、社区参与学习、早期本科研究介绍以及通过学位支持学生群体的不同组合。完成。该项目每年都会招募两组不同的学生，第一组来自当地高中授课的班级，他们接受早期干预，为大学做准备并参加夏季桥梁课程，第二组来自校园内教授的通识教育课程。然后，这两个群体将遵循类似的课程路径，进行暑期研究，并接受老师和同学的指导。通过比较不同途径的保留率、学生态度的变化和职业社交，我们将评估哪些活动和时间组合最适合学生为地球科学职业做好准备。该项目将有助于解决全国预计的地球科学劳动力短缺问题。GETUP（针对代表性不足人群的地球科学教育）项目将开发和评估多方面方法的有效性，以提高地球科学专业的招聘、保留率以及最终毕业率和职业安置，重点关注韦伯州立大学 (WSU) 代表性不足的拉丁裔和女学生。尽管就读 WSU 的拉丁裔学生数量有所增加，但对 STEM 领域的参与滞后，尽管对合格地球科学家的需求不断增长，但许多进入 WSU 的学生都是第一代大学生，他们在 STEM 领域没有家庭传统。为了克服这些挑战，该项目将开发地球科学职业道路，将早期接触高中、早期合作研究、学生群体、社区参与学习和多种教学法的不同组合结合起来，以支持不同的学习方式。具体活动包括：与高中教师合作开设的地球科学同步招生课程，纳入基于项目的学习活动并促进早期招生；帮助过渡到大学的夏季桥梁课程；环境地球科学课程中的社区参与学习；夏季研究计划，学生围绕新开发的大盐湖野外观测站开展合作项目；以及参加一系列结构化核心课程的学生群体，其中包括强调劳动力技能和职业规划的新大二课程。学生的成功和态度将在多个点进行评估，以评估哪些活动组合和时间安排最能增强代表性不足群体的招聘、保留和职业社会化。将比较两种途径：一种是学生在高中较早进入管道并有夏季桥牌体验；另一种是学生在高中时较早进入管道并有夏季桥牌体验；第二种是从大学课程中招募学生。结果将通过出版物、研讨会和专门网页传播，并向其他大学提供材料，以加强招募和保留工作。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进行评估，被认为值得支持以及更广泛的影响审查标准。

项目成果

THE EVOLUTION OF GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOR INCOMING AND FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHERN UTAH

犹他州北部韦伯州立大学新生和一年级本科生地球科学研究项目的演变

• DOI: 10.1130/abs/2023am-395629
• 发表时间: 2023-01
• 期刊: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• 作者: Balgord, Elizabeth;Frantz, Carie;Matyjasik, Marek;Yonkee, Adolph
• 通讯作者: Yonkee, Adolph

EFFECT OF EXPOSURE AND DESICCATION ON MINERALIZATION OF GREAT SALT LAKE MICROBIALITES

暴露和干燥对大盐湖微生物矿化的影响

• DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-381141
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• 作者: Stern, Cole;Degrange, Aybree;Frantz, Carie
• 通讯作者: Frantz, Carie

INCREASING STUDENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION USING PLACE-BASED RESEARCH PROGRAMS FOR INCOMING AND FIRST-YEAR EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE STUDENTS IN OGDEN, UT

利用针对犹他州奥格登的新生和一年级地球与环境科学学生的基于地方的研究计划来增加学生的招收和保留

• DOI: 10.1130/abs/2021am-370254
• 发表时间: 2021-01
• 期刊: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• 作者: Balgord, Elizabeth;Frantz, Carie M.;Matyjasik, Marek
• 通讯作者: Matyjasik, Marek

Improving understanding of the Great Salt Lake watershed hydrochemical cycle among underrepresented ethnic student communities in Ogden, UT

提高犹他州奥格登代表性不足的少数民族学生社区对大盐湖流域水化学循环的了解

• 发表时间: 2023-07
• 期刊: Goldschmidt Geochemical Conference
• 作者: Matyjasik, Marek;Stern, Cole;Balgord, Elizabeth;Frantz, Carie
• 通讯作者: Frantz, Carie

DOCUMENTING A GEOBIOLOGICAL TRAGEDY: THE EXPOSURE OF GREAT SALT LAKE'S MICROBIALITES AND THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS AT THE VANGUARD

记录地球生物学悲剧：大盐湖微生物的暴露和先锋队的本科研究人员

• DOI: 10.1130/abs/2022am-383654
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
• 作者: Frantz, Carie;Gibby, Cecilia;Gibby, Cecilia;Nilson, Rebekah;Nilson, Rebekah;Aeschlimann, Jake;Aeschlimann, Jake;Athalye, Roxolana;Athalye, Roxolana;Christensen, Caitlin;et al
• 通讯作者: et al