Broadening Participation in STEM Graduate Degrees and the U.S. STEM Workforce: Understanding Application, Admissions, And Matriculation in STEM Graduate Education

扩大对 STEM 研究生学位和美国 STEM 劳动力的参与：了解 STEM 研究生教育的申请、入学和入学

• 批准号: 2336484
• 负责人: Suzanne Ortega
• 金额: $ 466.27万
• 依托单位: Council of Graduate Schools
• 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 2027-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2336484&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Participation; STEM; Graduate; Degrees

Maintaining US leadership in fields such as advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, quantum information science, semiconductors, and microelectronics depends on the talents of a diverse STEM workforce. Currently, there is a paucity of information about the pathways students follow into STEM graduate education and on to the scientific workforce. This project will collect data on applications, admissions, and matriculation in graduate study for both international and domestic students and explore how pathways into graduate study differ by gender, race/ethnicity, citizenship status, disability status, veteran status, field of study, and degree level. By examining differences between groups in the number of applications submitted, the number of acceptances offered, and the likelihood that if admitted a potential student will actually enroll and pursue a degree, data will help to identify where investments of resources and improvements in recruitment and admission practices can have the greatest effects on increasing the size, diversity, and vitality of the advanced STEM workforce. The study will also explore the important role international students play in STEM graduate education and careers and explore the relationship between enrollment of international students and those of U.S. domestic students, particularly from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields.Little information exists today that documents trends in graduate program applications, admissions, and matriculation for domestic students. This project will answer the following questions: What are the key trends in graduate program applications, offers of admission, and matriculation for domestic and international students by degree level and broad and fine field of STEM study? Has the proportion of women and racially and ethnically underrepresented students changed over time by broad and fine STEM field? Are there differences in aggregated graduate applications, offers of admission, and matriculation in STEM by sociodemographic and gender groups? Do acceptance and matriculation rates differ by field of study and citizenship status? Among U.S. domestic students, are there differences in acceptance and matriculation rates by gender, race/ethnicity, and field of study? To the extent possible, differences in acceptance and matriculation rates by socioeconomic, first generation, veteran, and disability status will also be explored by fields of STEM study. The findings will provide a robust portrait of graduate application, admission, and matriculation rates of students in STEM fields such as advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum information science. This project will also examine the role that international students play in STEM graduate education and explore the relationship between enrollment of international students and those of U.S. domestic students.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.

维持美国在高级制造，高级无线，人工智能，生物技术，量子信息科学，半导体和微电子方面等领域的领导才能取决于多样的STEM劳动力的才能。目前，关于学生进入STEM研究生教育和科学劳动力的途径的信息很少。该项目将收集有关国际和国内学生研究生研究的应用，入学和入学的数据，并探讨进入研究生学习的途径如何因性别，种族/种族，公民身份，残疾状况，退伍军人身份，研究领域，研究领域和学位水平而有所不同。通过检查群体之间在提交的申请数量，所提供的接受数量中的差异，以及如果承认潜在的学生实际上会注册和攻读学位，数据将有助于确定资源的投资以及招聘和入学惯例的改进，可以对增加的大小，多样性，高级茎劳动力产生最大的影响。该研究还将探讨国际学生在STEM研究生教育和职业中所扮演的重要作用，并探讨国际学生的入学率与美国家庭学生的入学率，尤其是来自STEM领域中传统上代表性不足的群体。如今，LITTLE INFILCT存在于研究生课程的应用，招生，招生和家庭学生的趋势。该项目将回答以下问题：研究生课程申请，入学报价以及按学位和国际学生的入学以及STEM研究的广泛和精细领域的关键趋势是什么？随着时间的流逝，妇女的比例以及种族和种族不足的学生的比例是否随着广阔而良好的STEM领域而变化？社会人口统计学和性别群体的汇总研究生应用，入学和入学是否存在差异？接受和入学率因研究领域和公民身份而有所不同吗？在美国国内学生中，性别，种族/种族和学习领域的接受和入学率是否存在差异？在可能的情况下，STEM研究领域也将探索社会经济，第一代，退伍军人和残疾状况的接受和入学率的差异。这些发现将为诸如先进制造，人工智能，生物技术和量子信息科学等茎领域的学生的研究生应用，入学和入学率提供强大的肖像。该项目还将研究国际学生在STEM研究生教育中扮演的角色，并探讨国际学生的入学率与美国国内学生的入学率之间的关系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子和更广泛影响的审查标准的评估来获得支持的。