Collaborative Research: GP-IMPACT: A Geopathway Utilizing High-Tech Geoscience Experiences for Recruitment and Retention -- A Collaboration between PBSC and FAU

合作研究：GP-IMPACT：利用高科技地球科学经验进行招募和保留的地理途径——PBSC 和 FAU 之间的合作

• 批准号: 1911525
• 负责人: Zhixiao Xie
• 金额: $ 25.81万
• 依托单位: Florida Atlantic University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1911525&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; GP; IMPACT; Geopathway; Collaborative; Research; GP; IMPACT; Geopathway

Part 1This project aims to ameliorate the current and increasing severe shortage of geoscientists in the U.S. workforce. The goal is to institutionalize a transformative model to effect a long-term, sustained increase in recruitment and retention of students from Palm Beach State College (PBSC), a two-year college (2YC), particularly more women and underrepresented minorities (URMs), into geoscience programs at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), a four-year (4yr) institution in South Florida. The proposed activities of this model, such as embedding workforce readiness components into the science curriculum at FAU and PBSC, developing and implementing Exploring Geopaths Summer Institute (EGSI) and Undergraduate Geopaths Research Experiences (UGRE), which will both expose and train more students in cutting-edge geoscience technologies, support and align with NSF's Harnessing the Data Revolution, and Future of Work Big Ideas. PIs anticipate a sustained increase in graduation rates of skilled geoscientists who will enter the workforce ready and pursue employment opportunities in much needed sectors such as: energy, oil and gas, environmental services, mining, research institutes, and federal, state or local governments. Through this project PIs also intend to position PBSC and FAU students and faculty in line with NSF's INCLUDES Big Idea that "aspires to transform education and career pathways to help broaden participation in science and engineering".Part 2This project aims to ameliorate the current and increasing severe shortage of geoscientists in the U.S. workforce. Our goal is to institutionalize a transformative model to effect a long-term, sustained increase in recruitment and retention of students from Palm Beach State College (PBSC), a two-year college (2YC), particularly more women and underrepresented minorities (URMs), into geoscience programs at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), a four-year (4yr) institution in South Florida. By targeting the diverse student population at PBSC, the project will significantly increase the enrollment, and the number of females and URMs in geoscience programs at FAU. As part of the transformative model PIs will implement: (1) Growing the transfer student pipeline and increasing student diversity by recruiting geoscience majors from PBSC, revising and strengthening the transfer articulation agreement (Link Program), implementing geoscience-specific 2+2 transfer flight plans, developing a cross-institutional collaborative advising protocol framework, and initiating and embedding career readiness components directly into the geosciences courses taken by PBSC students prior to transferring to FAU. (2) Developing a new Exploring Geopaths Summer Institute (EGSI), with authentic experiences utilizing a rich spectrum of geoscience high-tech and field methods, designed to attract, and recruit PBSC students. (3) Developing a new Undergraduate Geopaths Research Experiences (UGRE), designed to motivate and retain transfer students early in their matriculation into geoscience degree programs at FAU. (4) Enhancing the departmental culture with faculty and peer mentors to make it a more welcoming, and supportive environment for students. PIs anticipate the outcomes will position this model as one that can be easily adopted by other institutions.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.

第1部分项目旨在改善美国劳动力地球科学家的当前和严重短缺。目的是使一个变革性的模型制度化，以实现长期的，持续的招聘和保留，从棕榈滩州立大学（PBSC）（PBSC）的学生（2YC）（尤其是更多的女性和人物代表性不足的少数民族（URMS））进入佛罗里达大西洋大学（FAU）（FAU）（FAU），四年制佛罗里达州（4岁）的Insteration Intercation Intercation的学生，尤其是更多的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族（URMS）。 The proposed activities of this model, such as embedding workforce readiness components into the science curriculum at FAU and PBSC, developing and implementing Exploring Geopaths Summer Institute (EGSI) and Undergraduate Geopaths Research Experiences (UGRE), which will both expose and train more students in cutting-edge geoscience technologies, support and align with NSF's Harnessing the Data Revolution, and Future of Work Big Ideas. PI预计，熟练的地球科学家毕业率会持续提高，他们将准备好进入劳动力，并在急需的领域寻求就业机会：能源，石油和天然气，环境服务，采矿，研究机构以及联邦，州或地方政府。通过这个项目，PI还打算将PBSC和FAU学生和教师与NSF的一致性定位，其中包括“渴望改变教育和职业途径，以帮助扩大科学和工程学的参与”。第2部分，该项目旨在改善现行，并增加在美国工作中的地球科学家的严重短缺。我们的目标是使一个变革性的模型制度化，以实现长期，持续的招聘和保留，从棕榈滩州立大学（PBSC）（PBSC）的学生（2YC）（尤其是更多的女性和代表性不足的少数民族（URMS））进入佛罗里达州大西洋大学（FAU）（FAU）（FAU），四年制佛罗里达州（4岁）的Insteration Intercation的学生。通过针对PBSC的多元化学生人数，该项目将大大增加入学率，以及FAU地球科学计划中的女性和URMS的数量。 As part of the transformative model PIs will implement: (1) Growing the transfer student pipeline and increasing student diversity by recruiting geoscience majors from PBSC, revising and strengthening the transfer articulation agreement (Link Program), implementing geoscience-specific 2+2 transfer flight plans, developing a cross-institutional collaborative advising protocol framework, and initiating and embedding career readiness components directly into the geosciences courses taken by PBSC students在转移到FAU之前。 （2）开发一种新的探索地球变态夏季学院（EGSI），利用丰富的地球科学高科技和野外方法，旨在吸引和招募PBSC学生。 （3）开发一种新的本科地理学家研究经验（UGRE），旨在激励和保留转移学生在FAU的地球科学学位课程中的早期转移学生。 （4）通过教师和同伴导师来增强部门文化，使其成为学生更热情和支持的环境。 PI预测结果将使该模型很容易被其他机构采用。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，认为值得通过评估来提供支持。