NSF INCLUDES Alliance: The Alliance of Students with Disabilities for Inclusion, Networking, and Transition Opportunities in STEM (TAPDINTO-STEM)

NSF INCLUDES 联盟：残疾学生在 STEM 领域的包容、交流和过渡机会联盟 (TAPDINTO-STEM)

• 批准号: 2119902
• 负责人: Overtoun Jenda
• 金额: $ 1000万
• 依托单位: Auburn University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-01 至 2027-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2119902&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; Alliance; Students; Disabilities; NSF; INCLUDES; Alliance; Students; Disabilities

Persons with disabilities are one of the most significantly underrepresented groups in STEM education and employment, comprising a disproportionately smaller percentage of STEM degrees and jobs compared to their percentages in the U.S. population. The NSF INCLUDES Alliance of Students with Disabilities for Inclusion, Networking, and Transition Opportunities in STEM, also known as the NSF INCLUDES TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance, will employ a collective impact approach with dozens of partnering organizations to increase the number of students with disabilities (SWDs) who complete associate, baccalaureate and graduate STEM degrees and enter the STEM workforce. Auburn University is leading this NSF INCLUDES Alliance’s primary partnerships with five institutions of higher education (IHE) that will direct regional hubs of collaborating IHEs to address this national need. The hubs will be championed by Auburn University (Southeastern Hub), Northern Arizona University (Mountain Hub), The Ohio State University (Northeastern Hub), the University of Hawaii-Manoa (Islands Hub), the University of Missouri-Kansas City (Midwest Hub) and the University of Washington (West Coast Hub). The NSF INCLUDES Alliance partners include 27 IHEs with three professional organizations: The Association of University Centers on Disability, the Association on Higher Education And Disability and the Learning Disabilities Association of America. The partners will expand the NSF INCLUDES TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance to include over 50 IHEs to address the broadening participation vision of increasing the education of SWDs in STEM at the post-secondary academic levels and their transitions to STEM employment. The University of Missouri-Kansas City serves as the backbone organization, led by Alexis Petri, to support communication, engagement, networked systems, data collection and analyses, sustainability, scaling and dissemination. An internal evaluation will be led by Auburn University personnel, and a team of external evaluators will be led by Linda P. Thurston, who is a professor emerita at Kansas State University.The primary project work targets three objectives, two focused on students and the other on institutions: 1) Increasing the quantity of SWDs completing associate, undergraduate, and graduate degrees in STEM; 2) Facilitating the transitions of SWDs from STEM degree completion into the STEM workforce; and 3) Enhancing communication and collaboration among IHEs, industry, government, national labs, and local communities in addressing the education needs of SWDs in STEM disciplines. To support SWDs in successfully completing their degrees, the NSF INCLUDES TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance will provide professional development for faculty, staff and STEM professionals to increase their formal involvement, as mentors and research collaborators, with SWDs. Furthermore, the Alliance will increase collaboration among IHEs, industry, government, national labs, and communities to address the education needs of SWDs in STEM disciplines, leading to increased opportunities for SWDs in internships, apprenticeships and employment in the STEM workforce. Additionally, each of the Alliance’s hub institutions will lead a research study about SWDs in STEM. The Auburn University team, which leads the Southeast Hub, will investigate the relationship between student background experiences and dispositions (e.g., student demographics, family background, motivation, academic efficacy) and persistence; and they will study the relationship between organizational context factors and student experiences on student commitment, persistence, and academic retention. The Northern Arizona University team, which leads the Mountain Hub, will investigate, using an intersectionality lens, what are the disconnections and gaps between: a) the experiences of students related to bias, discrimination and stigma; b) the information and messaging available to IHE faculty and staff pertaining to inclusion and recognizing intersectionality; and c) IHE faculty and staff perceptions that perpetuate bias, discrimination and stigma. The Northeast Hub team, led by The Ohio State University, will study what support services used by students with autism spectrum disorders promote academic success and are valued by students; and which academic, social and employment experiences are correlated with increased employment outcomes. The Islands Hub team, led by the University of Hawaii-Manoa, will investigate how a variety of factors (e.g., historical, social, cultural, disability, and personal) facilitate or impede the development of student attitudes toward and access to postsecondary education in STEM, identity development in STEM, and persistence towards and graduation with a STEM degree. The Midwest Hub team, led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will examine how the student success model each NSF INCLUDES TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance institution implements increases the access, entry, progress and completion of students in their programs; and they will study how the student success model each institution implements aids in the transition of students from college to the workforce. The University of Washington team, which leads the West Coast Hub, will compare information from the NSF INCLUDES TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance students with data from an ongoing longitudinal study to examine which interventions students regard as most valuable, investigate patterns linking student demographics or interests with the interventions used, and study suggestions for improving or expanding interventions. Together, this research will advance knowledge about the STEM academic pathways of SWDs and their transitions to the workforce.This NSF INCLUDES Alliance is primarily funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The Alliance is jointly funded by the NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) program.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.

残疾人是STEM教育和就业中代表性最低的群体之一，与美国人口的百分比相比，STEM和工作的比例较小。 NSF包括STEM中包容，网络和过渡机会的残疾学生联盟（也称为NSF），其中包括Tapdinto-STEM联盟，将与数十个合作伙伴组织采用集体影响方法，以增加全面的残疾人（SWDS）数量，这些学生数量（SWDS）是完整的员工，Baccalaureate，Baccalaureate和STEM型STEM型STEM研究员和Enter the STEM Semfrees和Enter the STEM Formece。奥本大学（Auburn University）领导着NSF，其中包括联盟与五个高等教育机构（IHE）的主要合作伙伴关系，该机构将指导合作IHES的区域枢纽以满足这一国家需求。该枢纽将由奥本大学（东南枢纽），北亚利桑那大学（山枢纽），俄亥俄州立大学（东北枢纽），夏威夷大学（岛群枢纽），密苏里州肯萨斯大学（中西部枢纽）和华盛顿大学（西部海岸装房）。 NSF包括联盟合作伙伴，包括与三个专业组织的27个IHE：大学残疾中心协会，高等教育与残疾协会以及美国学习障碍协会。合作伙伴将扩展NSF包括TAPDINTO-STEM联盟，包括超过50个IHES，以解决扩展的参与愿景，即增加了在大专学术后STEM中的SWD教育及其过渡到STEM就业的过渡。密苏里大学堪萨斯大学（University of Missouri-Kansas City）是亚历克西斯·佩特里（Alexis Petri）领导的骨干组织，以支持沟通，参与，网络系统，数据收集和分析，可持续性，扩展和传播。内部评估将由奥本大学的人员领导，外部评估者将由琳达·瑟斯顿（Linda P. Thurston）领导，琳达·瑟斯顿（Linda P. 2）促进SWD从STEM学位完成到STEM劳动力的过渡； 3）加强IHES，工业，政府，国家实验室和当地社区之间的沟通和协作，以满足SWD在STEM学科中的教育需求。为了支持SWD成功完成学位，NSF包括Tapdinto-STAM联盟，将为教职员工，员工和STEM专业人员提供专业发展，以增加其正式参与，作为导师和研究合作者，以及SWDS。此外，联盟将增加IHES，行业，政府，国家实验室和社区之间的合作，以满足SWD在STEM学科中的教育需求，从而增加SWD的实习机会，学徒制和STEM劳动力的机会。此外，联盟的每个枢纽机构都将领导有关STEM中SWD的研究。领导东南枢纽的奥本大学团队将调查学生背景经验与性格之间的关系（例如，学生人口统计，家庭背景，动机，学术效率）和持久性；他们将研究组织环境因素与学生对学生承诺，持久性和学术保留的经验之间的关系。领导山脉枢纽的北亚利桑那大学团队将使用交叉镜头进行调查，这是什么之间的隔离和差距：a）与偏见，歧视和污名有关的学生的经历； b）与纳入和认可交叉口有关的教师和教职员工的信息和消息传递； c）教师和教职员工的看法使偏见，歧视和污名化。由俄亥俄州立大学领导的东北枢纽团队将研究自闭症谱系障碍学生使用的支持服务促进学术成就，并受到学生的重视；哪些学术，社会和就业经验与增加的就业成果相关。由夏威夷大学的岛屿枢纽团队将如何调查如何促进或阻碍学生参与者的发展和访问STEM中的专业教育，STEM的身份发展以及对STEM的身份发展以及对STEM的持续存在和毕业的各种因素（例如历史，社会，文化，残疾和个人）如何促进或阻碍学生的发展。由密苏里 - 堪萨斯大学城市领导的中西部枢纽团队将研究学生成功模型如何包括Tapdinto-STAM联盟机构的学生实施学生的访问，入学，进度，进度和完成课程；他们将研究学生的成功如何模拟每个机构的实施帮助学生从大学到劳动力的过渡。领导西海岸枢纽的华盛顿大学团队将比较NSF的信息包括Tapdinto-STAM联盟学生与正在进行的纵向研究中的数据，以检查学生认为哪些干预措施认为是最有价值的，调查了将学生人口统计学或利益与所使用的干预措施联系起来的模式，并研究了用于改善或扩大干预措施的干预措施。这项研究将共同​​提高有关SWDS的STEM学术途径及其向劳动力的过渡的知识。该NSF包括联盟的资金主要由NSF包容性在整个社区的NSF包容性的资金中资助，该社区的工程和科学领域代表性不足的发现者（NSF）（包括），包括参与和创新的全面领导力的全面领导能力，遍及全国性的领域，以各种各样的范围进行范围，并在各种各样的范围内遍布各种各样的范围。该联盟由NSF成立的计划共同资助，以刺激竞争性研究（EPSCOR）计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准，通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。