GP-IMPACT: GEODES - GEOsciences Diversity, Excellence, and Support Program

GP-IMPACT：GEODES - 地球科学多样性、卓越和支持计划

• 批准号: 1911527
• 负责人: Adina Paytan
• 金额: $ 47.91万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 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: 2019-09-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1911527&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: GP; IMPACT; GEODES; GEOsciences; Diversity

Part 1GEOsciences Diversity, Excellence, and Support (GEODES) is a program designed to increase retention and success of under-represented students in the Earth and Planetary Science Department at UCSC, an ongoing challenge for the Earth sciences in the USA. The program provides sustained mentoring, networking, reliable and current information about career paths and opportunities, as well as and professional development. This program will improve retention of students entering the major, ensure a positive and productive experience of a more diverse group of students in the EPS department and help students make the transitions from undergraduate to graduate study and beyond. Ultimately, this program will reduce disparities in graduation rate, course success, and overall GPA among Earth and Planetary Science Department under-represented undergraduates and increase the preparation and transfer of our primarily Hispanic under-represented students to graduate school and/or the geoscience workforce.Part 2 GEODES goals are to reduce disparities in UM outcomes in passing courses, overall GPA, graduate school admission, and to improve job placement for UM and non-UM majors. To accomplish this goal, we will focus on UM academic support and building a sense of belonging within the Earth science community. Specifically, GEODES will focus on three activities: (1) Create a cohort-based support program, targeted to UM students called GEOACE, modeled on UCSC's successful Academic Excellence (ACE) program which has significantly increased UM retention and GPA in introductory STEM courses. Students in GEOACE will receive extra academic support (skills workshops, EPS course-based problem-solving sessions and professional development advising). (2) Offer a paid summer internship to UM students to expose them to geoscience work options and develop skills and connections to help them get jobs or aid in admission to graduate school. (3) Foster a geoscience student community and near-peer support system via a GeoSlugs Lounge Program. Open to all EPS undergraduate students, the Lounge will be a welcoming space to gather, develop friendships and get tutoring and mentoring from graduate students (guided, course-related problem solving as well as general advice and support). GEOACE instructors and Lounge tutor/mentors will receive pedagogy training through ACE.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GEOsciences 多样性、卓越和支持 (GEODES) 是一项旨在提高 UCSC 地球与行星科学系代表性不足的学生的保留率和成功率的计划，这是美国地球科学面临的持续挑战。该计划提供持续的指导、网络、有关职业道路和机会以及专业发展的可靠和最新信息。该计划将提高进入该专业的学生的保留率，确保 EPS 系更多元化的学生群体获得积极且富有成效的体验，并帮助学生实现从本科到研究生学习及其他学习的过渡。最终，该计划将减少地球与行星科学系代表性不足的本科生之间在毕业率、课程成功率和总体 GPA 方面的差距，并增加以西班牙裔为主的代表性不足的学生进入研究生院和/或地球科学队伍的准备和转学第 2 部分 GEODES 的目标是减少 UM 在通过课程、总体 GPA、研究生入学方面的成绩差异，并改善 UM 和非 UM 专业的就业安置。为了实现这一目标，我们将重点关注密歇根大学的学术支持并在地球科学界建立归属感。具体来说，GEODES 将重点关注三项活动：(1) 创建一个名为 GEOACE 的针对 UM 学生的队列支持计划，该计划以 UCSC 成功的学术卓越 (ACE) 计划为蓝本，该计划显着提高了 UM 入门 STEM 课程的保留率和 GPA。 GEOACE 的学生将获得额外的学术支持（技能研讨会、基于 EPS 课程的问题解决课程和专业发展建议）。 (2) 为密歇根大学的学生提供带薪暑期实习机会，让他们接触地球科学工作选择，培养技能和人脉关系，帮助他们找到工作或获得研究生入学援助。 (3) 通过 GeoSlugs Lounge 计划培育地球科学学生社区和近同伴支持系统。该休息室向所有 EPS 本科生开放，将成为一个聚会、发展友谊并获得研究生辅导和指导（指导、解决与课程相关的问题以及一般建议和支持）的温馨空间。 GEOACE 讲师和休息室导师/导师将通过 ACE 接受教学法培训。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。