Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: USM LSAMP

Louis Stokes 新 STEM 途径和研究联盟：USM LSAMP

基本信息

批准号：
2207374
负责人：
Philip Rous
金额：
$ 300万
依托单位：
University of Maryland Baltimore County
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2023
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2023-01-01 至 2027-12-31
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2207374&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways

项目摘要

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high-quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to diversify the STEM workforce. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, and relevant educational experiences in support of populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. These strategies facilitate the production of well-prepared students highly qualified and motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM.For the United States (U.S.) to remain globally competitive, it must tap into all its citizens' talent and provide exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. The University System of Maryland LSAMP (USM LSAMP) program was established in 1995 in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the State of Maryland. The four universities- University of Maryland, Baltimore County, the University of Maryland, College Park, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, and Towson University, plus five community college collaborators- Prince George's Community College, Anne Arundel Community College, Community College of Baltimore County, Montgomery College, and Wor-Wic Community College make up the Alliance. The goal of the Alliance is to increase the number of undergraduates from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds and make them academically competitive, graduate school-ready, and transition well to graduate programs. Students will gain a solid scientific identity and the necessary knowledge, skills, competencies, and dispositions for educational and professional success in STEM fields in the 21st century. USM LSAMP will accomplish this goal by fortifying STEM pathways, facilitating activities focused on improving academic performance, increasing access to undergraduate research experiences, building a sense of community, contributing to the global knowledge base for broadening participation in STEM, and fostering an inclusive institutional culture shift across Alliance institutions. This goal and strategies support the National Science Foundation's strategic plan to "cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce, and expand the scientific literacy of all citizens."The alliances' broadening participation research will contribute to the knowledge base in different ways: The theory-driven study that simultaneously tests the mediating roles of self-efficacy, research excitement, racial climate, science identity, commitment to a STEM career, and sense of belonging in the pathways to STEM persistence and success. The state-of-the-art statistical methods (i.e., propensity score matching, mediation analysis) used in this study allow more robust causal inference and thus provide more rigorous evidence regarding the theory-based model. This study tests whether the mediated effects of the USM LSAMP program vary by gender, ethnicity, and transfer status. Potential findings from this study will inform how to broaden participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Results of the research study will be disseminated through publications, academic and professional conferences, websites, and on-campus workshops to reach researchers, educators, administrators, and students to inform future research, teaching, student success, and the development of effective academic intervention programs.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.

路易斯·斯托克·斯托克（Louis Stoks）共同参加少数群体参与（LSAMP）计划，协助大学努力大大增加了在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科中融入并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，以使STEM劳动多样化。特别强调通过创新的，基于循证的招聘和保留策略以及相关的教育经验来转变本科STEM教育，以支持STEM学科中人口不足的人群：非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，美国印第安人，印第安人，阿拉斯加原住民，夏威夷原住民，夏威夷原住民和原住民太平洋岛民。这些策略促进了精心准备的学生的生产，高素质和有动力从STEM进行研究生教育或职业。对于美国（美国）保持全球竞争力，它必须利用其所有公民的才华，并在基于知识的经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。马里兰州LSAMP大学系统（USM LSAMP）计划于1995年建立，以应对需要更多样化和熟练的技术劳动力。在马里兰州，这种需求仍然存在，特别是敏锐的。这四个大学 - 马里兰大学，巴尔的摩县，马里兰大学，大学公园，马里兰大学，东海岸和陶森大学，以及五个社区学院合作者 - 乔治王子社区学院，安妮·阿伦德尔社区学院，巴尔的摩县社区学院，蒙哥马利学院，蒙特哥马里学院和worwic社区学院化妆。该联盟的目标是增加代表性不足的种族和种族背景的大学生的数量，并使他们在学术上竞争，研究生毕业，并过渡到研究生课程。学生将获得扎实的科学身份，以及21世纪STEM领域的教育和专业成功的必要知识，技能，能力和性格。 USM LSAMP将通过强化STEM途径，促进专注于改善学习成绩，增加对本科研究经验的机会，建立社区意识，为扩大STEM参与的全球知识基础以及促进包容性的机构文化转变跨联盟机构的全球知识基础而实现这一目标。 This goal and strategies support the National Science Foundation's strategic plan to "cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce, and expand the scientific literacy of all citizens."The alliances' broadening participation research will contribute to the knowledge base in different ways: The theory-driven study that simultaneously tests the mediating roles of self-efficacy, research excitement, racial climate, science identity, commitment to a STEM career, and sense of属于茎坚持和成功的途径。本研究中使用的最先进的统计方法（即倾向得分匹配，中介分析）允许更强大的因果推断，因此提供了有关基于理论的模型的更严格的证据。这项研究测试了USM LSAMP计划的介导效应是否因性别，种族和转移状况而有所不同。这项研究的潜在发现将告知如何扩大对科学，技术，工程和数学的参与。研究结果将通过出版物，学术和专业会议，网站和校园研讨会来分散，以触及研究人员，教育工作者，管理员和学生，以告知未来的研究，教学，学生成功以及有效的学术干预计划的发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估智能委员会和广泛的范围来反映出值得的支持，并以评估态度进行了评估。