Collaborative Research: HSI Conference: Exploring the Realities of Contingent Latinx Faculty in STEM

合作研究：HSI 会议：探索 STEM 中拉丁裔教师的现实

基本信息

批准号：
2137331
负责人：
Idalis Villanueva
金额：
$ 5.1万
依托单位：
University of Florida
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-09-01 至 2023-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2137331&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research HSI Conference Exploring

项目摘要

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this HSI Conference project aims to more deeply explore across Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), the realities of contingent (part-time, contract-bound, or non-tenure track) Latinx faculty with various research and teaching roles. This collaborative project consists of a two-part conference focusing on the experiences of Latinx faculty in STEM, one part for faculty members themselves, and one for their administrators. This work will explore the working realities of contingent faculty who represent over 46% of the employed faculty in higher education systems. In particular, we will seek to understand the challenges many contingent faculty, primarily from the Latinx communities, experience in the California State University (CSU) system. CSU schools collectively form one of the largest pools of HSIs in the nation in terms of Latina/o undergraduate enrollment in HSIs. This work will contribute to a fairly untapped and underexplored area of research to help uncover the hidden barriers that prevent the success and navigation of these individuals in their professions. Although this conference proposal is primarily focused on Latinx contingent faculty in STEM, the anticipated work and results will serve as a baseline for future research as well as policy-informed initiatives to support the success of these faculty, and by extension their students.The aims of this project are to (1) coalesce both HSI, Latinx contingent STEM faculty, and administrators to examine the hidden realities of Latinx contingent faculty in STEM; (2) to qualitatively analyze the conference discussions using STEM education research methods and evaluate and analyze conference outcomes from a policy perspective (led by RAND Corporation) to co-generate a policy brief to share with STEM deans and HSI administrators; and (3) develop an infographic summary to disseminate results to organizations and stakeholders with an interest in issues of Latinx contingent faculty in STEM and policy reform. The research methods will be purely exploratory and qualitative in nature using case study research approaches. Qualitative data will be analyzed through thematic and emerging coding techniques and be used toward the development of a codebook and dissemination products that inform the dissemination products (e.g., policy brief). With the support of RAND Corporation, a policy think tank, we will not only disseminate the work through academic journals but reach a wider academic audience of ways to support contingent faculty, which in turn are in the frontlines of supporting undergraduate (and often marginalized) students in STEM. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs. Achieving these aims, given the diverse nature and context of the HSIs, requires innovative approaches that incentivize institutional and community transformation and promote fundamental research (i) on engaged student learning, (ii) about what it takes to diversify and increase participation in STEM effectively, and (iii) that improves our understanding of how to build institutional capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also draw from these approaches to generate new knowledge on how to achieve these aims.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.

在改善本科 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI 计划）的支持下，该 HSI 会议项目旨在更深入地探讨西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI) 中的临时工（兼职、合同制或非全日制）的现实情况-终身教职）具有各种研究和教学角色的拉丁裔教师。该合作项目由两部分组成的会议组成，会议重点关注拉丁裔教师在 STEM 方面的经验，一部分面向教师本人，另一部分面向其管理人员。这项工作将探讨临时教师的工作现实，这些临时教师占高等教育系统在职教师的 46% 以上。特别是，我们将寻求了解许多临时教师（主要来自拉丁裔社区）在加州州立大学（CSU）系统中经历的挑战。就 HSI 的拉丁裔/o 本科入学人数而言，科罗拉多州立大学学校共同构成了全国最大的 HSI 群体之一。这项工作将有助于一个尚未开发和探索的研究领域，以帮助揭示阻碍这些人在其职业中取得成功和导航的隐藏障碍。尽管本次会议提案主要针对 STEM 领域的拉丁裔临时教师，但预期的工作和结果将作为未来研究以及支持这些教师及其学生成功的政策知情举措的基准。该项目的目标是 (1) 联合 HSI、拉丁裔 STEM 教师和管理人员，以研究 STEM 中拉丁裔教师隐藏的现实；（2）利用STEM教育研究方法对会议讨论进行定性分析，并从政策角度评估和分析会议成果（由兰德公司牵头），共同生成政策简报，与STEM院长和HSI管理者分享； (3) 制定信息图摘要，向对 STEM 和政策改革中的拉丁裔临时教师问题感兴趣的组织和利益相关者传播结果。研究方法本质上将是纯粹的探索性和定性研究，使用案例研究方法。定性数据将通过主题和新兴编码技术进行分析，并用于开发密码本和传播产品，为传播产品（例如政策简报）提供信息。在政策智囊团兰德公司的支持下，我们不仅将通过学术期刊传播研究成果，还将向更广泛的学术受众提供支持临时教师的方法，而这些教师又处于支持本科生（且常常被边缘化）的最前线。 STEM 学生。 HSI 计划旨在加强本科生 STEM 教育、扩大 STEM 的参与并建设 HSI 的能力。鉴于 HSI 的多样化性质和背景，实现这些目标需要创新方法，激励机构和社区转型并促进 (i) 关于学生参与学习的基础研究，(ii) 关于如何有效地实现 STEM 多样化和增加参与的基础研究，以及 (iii) 提高我们对如何建设 HSI 机构能力的理解。 HSI 计划支持的项目也将从这些方法中汲取灵感，以产生有关如何实现这些目标的新知识。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和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。