Planning: HSI Project: Supporting STEM Undergraduates through On-Campus Employment and Mentorship

规划：HSI 项目：通过校园就业和指导支持 STEM 本科生

• 批准号: 2332482
• 负责人: Ryan Culbertson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Texas Tech University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2332482&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; HSI; Project; Supporting; STEM

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this planning project aims to support initial conceptualization, planning and collaboration activities that will formulate two new larger-scale NSF proposals, as well as supporting STEM undergraduates at five HSIs through on-campus employment and mentorship at the Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP). On-campus employment has been shown to benefit students’ academic and social engagement; however, many on-campus jobs are not pay-competitive with off-campus jobs and many students lose the opportunity to gain enrichment that on-campus jobs can provide. Supported STEM undergraduates will receive competitive stipends, as well as culturally relevant mentorship (CRM) training and mentoring themselves through peer interaction, program staff, and STEM professionals. As mentors for PREP, students will be in an environment where they are able to apply STEM skills and knowledge and learn the importance of culturally relevant practices in mentoring, creating a positive benefit to all through STEM and personal growth, leading to increased STEM participation and retention. The specific aims of this project are to improve the retention and graduation of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in STEM at five HSIs through STEM-focused on-campus employment, to enhance undergraduate STEM education by expanding CRM, and to build capacity for fundamental research in undergraduate STEM education. Data collected from this project will help identify how STEM-focused on-campus employment opportunities during the summer as near-peer STEM mentors for pre-college mentees could improve academic and social capital and college success. Results will be used to develop two larger scale NSF proposals that will expand upon this project’s efforts and scope. Knowledge gained from this project aims to highlight the importance/positive effects of on-campus employment, near-peer mentoring, and networking with STEM peers and professionals during the summertime. The HSI Program aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education and build capacity at HSIs. Projects supported by the HSI Program will also 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.

在改善本科生 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构（HSI 计划）的支持下，该规划项目旨在支持初步概念化、规划和协作活动，这些活动将制定两项新的更大规模的 NSF 提案，并支持五年级的 STEM 本科生HSI 通过新生工程项目 (PREP) 的校内就业和指导 校内就业已被证明有利于学生的学术和社会参与，但许多校内工作却并非如此。与校外工作相比，薪酬具有竞争力，许多学生失去了获得校内工作可以提供的丰富机会，他们将获得有竞争力的津贴，以及文化相关的指导（CRM）培训和通过同伴互动进行自我指导，作为 PREP 的导师，学生将身处一个能够应用 STEM 技能和知识并了解文化相关实践在指导中的重要性的环境，从而为所有人创造积极的利益。 STEM 和个人成长，提高 STEM 参与度和保留率 该项目的具体目标是通过以 STEM 为重点的校内就业来提高在五个 HSI 攻读 STEM 副学士学位或学士学位的学生的保留率和毕业率，从而提高本科生的水平。通过扩展 CRM 来开展 STEM 教育，并培养本科生 STEM 教育的基础研究能力，该项目收集的数据将有助于确定如何在夏季为 STEM 学生提供以 STEM 为重点的校园就业机会，作为近等 STEM 导师。大学预科生可以提高学术和社会资本以及大学的成功，结果将用于制定更大的两个规模的 NSF 提案，该提案将扩大该项目的努力和范围，旨在强调该项目的重要性/积极影响。 - 暑期校园就业、近同伴指导以及与 STEM 同行和专业人士的交流。HSI 计划旨在加强本科生 STEM 教育并建设 HSI 的能力。HSI 计划支持的项目也将产生有关如何实现这一目标的新知识。这些目标。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。