CAREER: Sustainable Racial Equity: Creating a New Generation of Engineering Education DEI Leaders

职业：可持续种族平等：培养新一代工程教育 DEI 领导者

基本信息

批准号：
2144978
负责人：
Homero Murzi
金额：
$ 66.39万
依托单位：
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-05-01 至 2027-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2144978&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
CAREER Sustainable Racial Equity Creating

项目摘要

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program is a National Science Foundation-wide activity that supports early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education, to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization, and to build a foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. This CAREER project aims to explore the beliefs, experiences, educational training, and research that supports the development of effective engineering education leaders who are assuming roles focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Advancing equity and broadening the participation of historically marginalized populations in engineering remain a priority for sustaining U.S. global leadership and economic progress. DEI initiatives, programs, and research are increasing in number across the country in an effort to better understand and dismantle the challenges. However, many DEI efforts are developed in isolation and are not supported by strong institutional commitment and policy. Results from this work will advance understanding of DEI issues, approaches, and effective institutional implementation and will prepare the next generation of DEI leaders to promote long-term, sustainable racial equity initiatives.Three primary objectives guide this research effort. First, is to understand DEI leaders’ perceptions, knowledge, and challenges around their roles. Second is to examine the extent to which those perceptions compare and contrast with graduate students and early career faculty members from groups who have been historically underrepresented in their participation in STEM fields of study. Third, is to develop training and faculty development programs to prepare the next generation of DEI leaders. Data will be collected in the first phase of the project by conducting interviews with DEI leaders at multiple institutions and contrasting their experiences with a document analysis of institutional DEI programs, policies, awards, and incentives. In a subsequent phase the project will use a survey, based on results from phase one, to examine the beliefs and practices of engineering faculty members and graduate students from groups historically marginalized in engineering. Training and faculty development are the focus of phase three, which includes the preparation of senior PhD students and early-career faculty members in engineering not only for DEI positions, but also for research, teaching, mentoring, and enhancing student understanding of DEI issues.This project is funded by the Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program, with the support of the NSF Racial Equity Program Description.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.

该奖项是根据2021年《美国救援计划法》（公法117-2）全部或部分资助的。教师早期职业发展（职业）计划是一项全国科学基金会范围的活动，它支持早期职业教师，他们有可能在研究和教育中充当学术榜样，在其部门或组织的使命中领导进步，并为整合教育和研究的领导能力建立一生的基础。该职业项目旨在探索支持有效的工程教育领导者发展的信念，经验，教育培训和研究，这些教育领导者承担着专注于多样性，公平和包容性（DEI）的角色。促进公平并扩大历史上边缘化人群在工程中的参与仍然是维持美国全球领导力和经济进步的优先事项。 DEI计划，计划和研究在全国范围内都在增加，以更好地理解和消除挑战。但是，许多DEI努力是孤立发展的，并不受到强大的机构承诺和政策的支持。这项工作的结果将提高人们对DEI问题，方法和有效的机构实施的理解，并将准备下一代DEI领导者，以促进长期，可持续的种族平等计划。这是三个主要目标指导这项研究工作。首先，是了解Dei领导者围绕其角色的看法，知识和挑战。其次是研究这些观念与研究生和早期职业教师的比较程度，这些团体从历史上看不足，他们参与了STEM研究领域。第三，是制定培训和教师发展计划，以准备下一代DEI领导者。数据将在项目的第一阶段收集，通过对多个机构的DEI领导者进行访谈，并将其经验与对机构DEI计划，政策，奖励和激励措施的文档分析进行对比。在随后的阶段中，该项目将根据第一阶段的结果使用调查，以研究工程教师和研究生的信念和实践，这些教师和研究生来自历史上被认为是工程学边缘化的团体。 Training and faculty development are the focus of phase three, which includes the preparation of senior PhD students and early-career faculty members in engineering not only for DEI positions, but also for research, teaching, mentaling, and enhancing student understanding of DEI issues.This project is funded by the Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program, with the support of the NSF Racial Equity Program Description.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been Deemed诚实地，使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来提供支持。