Collaborative Research: HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Transfer Students’ Success in Quantum Information Science and Engineering

合作研究：HSI 实施和评估项目：转学生 — 量子信息科学与工程的成功

• 批准号: 2150532
• 负责人: Emily Halvorson-Otts
• 金额: $ 26.66万
• 依托单位: Pima County Community College District- NORTHWEST CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-15 至 2027-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150532&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; HSI; Implementation; Evaluation

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Track 2 project will develop an interdisciplinary field of national importance, Quantum Information Science, by supporting the transfer of community college students into quantum information science related majors including Electrical and Computer Engineering, Optical Sciences and Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics. The project will employ evidence-based practices to engage, guide, and support community college students to explore quantum information science as a career choice. These high-impact practices will support a diverse group of students as they pursue quantum information science and will improve student outcomes and inclusivity for this critical, yet nascent workforce. This work will help to inform others on the transfer experiences of community college students as they transition to four-year colleges. The project will generate new knowledge about (1) transfer process gaps and bottlenecks, (2) administrator attitudes and perceptions of the transfer process across institutions, and (3) the degree to which students’ status as underrepresented and/or low-income correlates with their negative perceptions of the transfer process. This project will generate knowledge on institutional transfer readiness, increase community college student interest in quantum information science, and facilitate student transfers into a four-year university through summer research experiences, faculty and peer mentoring, and cross-institutional advising mapping.This project leverages the NSF Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks and aims to encourage community college students’ transfer into quantum-related 4-year STEM majors. Community college students will participate in summer research experiences at the Center for Quantum Networks universities as well as a variety of development and technical workshops. This will be augmented with peer and faculty mentoring and a peer-led retreat. Academic advisors from the community college and the university will convene to develop a crosswalk of program requirements. The project team will perform a gap analysis of existing 4-year university support programs and will survey administrators and students to gather their perceptions of the transfer process. This project leverages institutional coordination to ensure that successful programming and initiatives occur systematically across campuses and within STEM disciplines. Dissemination plans include publication of results in the INCLUDES network, through the Center’s website and the affiliated Quantum Resource Hub, whose audience includes industry and academic researchers, educators, and students. 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 are supported by this 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.

在“改善本科 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构”（HSI 计划）的支持下，该轨道 2 项目将通过支持社区学院学生转入量子信息科学相关专业，开发具有国家重要性的跨学科领域——量子信息科学，包括该项目将采用基于证据的实践来吸引、指导和支持社区学院的学生探索量子信息科学作为职业选择。支持一个这项工作将帮助其他人了解社区学院学生在过渡到四年制大学项目时的转学经历。将产生关于以下方面的新知识：(1) 转学过程的差距和瓶颈；(2) 管理人员对跨机构转学过程的态度和看法；(3) 学生代表性不足和/或低收入的状况与其自身的相关程度。对转移的负面看法该项目将产生有关机构转学准备的知识，提高社区学院学生对量子信息科学的兴趣，并通过暑期研究经验、教师和同行指导以及跨机构咨询映射，促进学生转入四年制大学。该项目利用 NSF 量子网络工程研究中心，旨在鼓励社区学院学生转入量子相关的 4 年制 STEM 专业，社区学院的学生将参加量子网络中心大学以及各种大学的暑期研究经历。开发和技术研讨会将通过同行和教师指导以及来自社区学院和大学的学术顾问的会议来加强，项目团队将进行差距分析。现有的 4 年大学支持计划，并将调查管理人员和学生，以收集他们对转学过程的看法。该项目利用机构协调，确保跨校园和 STEM 学科内系统地开展成功的规划和举措，包括在 STEM 学科内发布结果。包括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，以实现这些目标。考虑到 HSI 的多样化性质和背景，需要创新的方法来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) 关于如何实现 STEM 多样化和增加参与的基础研究该计划支持提高我们对如何建设 HSI 机构能力的理解。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。