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.

路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP) 计划协助大学和学院努力显着增加入学并成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科高质量学位课程的学生数量，以实现多元化STEM 劳动力。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招募和保留策略以及相关的教育经验来改变本科 STEM 教育，以支持 STEM 学科中代表性不足的人群：非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和原住民太平洋岛民。这些战略有利于培养准备充分的高素质学生，他们有动力在 STEM 领域追求研究生教育或职业生涯。美国要保持全球竞争力，必须充分利用所有公民的才能，并在以下方面提供卓越的教育准备：支持知识经济的 STEM 领域。马里兰大学系统 LSAMP (USM LSAMP) 项目成立于 1995 年，旨在满足对更加多元化和技能熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这种需求仍然存在，并且在马里兰州尤为迫切。四所大学——马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校、马里兰大学帕克分校、马里兰大学东海岸分校和陶森大学，以及五所社区学院合作伙伴——乔治王子社区学院、安妮阿伦德尔社区学院、该联盟由巴尔的摩县、蒙哥马利学院和沃维克社区学院组成。该联盟的目标是增加来自代表性不足的种族和民族背景的本科生数量，使他们具有学术竞争力，为研究生院做好准备，并顺利过渡到研究生课程。学生将获得坚实的科学认同以及 21 世纪 STEM 领域教育和职业成功所需的知识、技能、能力和性格。 USM LSAMP 将通过强化 STEM 途径、促进专注于提高学术成绩的活动、增加本科生研究经验的机会、建立社区意识、为扩大 STEM 参与的全球知识库做出贡献以及培育包容性的机构文化来实现这一目标跨联盟机构的转变。这一目标和战略支持国家科学基金会的战略计划，即“培养世界一流的、具有广泛包容性的科学和工程劳动力，并扩大所有公民的科学素养。”联盟扩大参与研究将为不同领域的知识基础做出贡献。方法：理论驱动的研究，同时测试自我效能、研究兴奋、种族氛围、科学认同、对 STEM 职业的承诺以及 STEM 坚持和成功途径中的归属感的中介作用。本研究中使用的最先进的统计方法（即倾向评分匹配、中介分析）可以进行更稳健的因果推断，从而为基于理论的模型提供更严格的证据。本研究测试了 USM LSAMP 计划的中介效应是否因性别、种族和转学状况而异。这项研究的潜在发现将为如何扩大对科学、技术、工程和数学的参与提供信息。研究结果将通过出版物、学术和专业会议、网站和校园研讨会传播给研究人员、教育工作者、管理人员和学生，为未来的研究、教学、学生的成功和有效学术干预的发展提供信息该奖项反映了 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。