UMB CURE Connections: an integral link in a Baltimore minority STEMeducation pipeline

UMB CURE Con​​nections：巴尔的摩少数族裔 STEM 教育管道中不可或缺的环节

• 批准号: 9974531
• 负责人: CHRISTOPHER D'ADAMO
• 金额: $ 26.08万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9974531
• 关键词: Address; Assessment tool; Baltimore; Biomedical Research; Career Choice; Catchment Area; Cities; Communities; Community Outreach; Data; Disadvantaged; Diverse Workforce; Early Intervention; Education; Educational Curriculum; Effectiveness; Event; Family; Fostering; Goals; Health; Health Sciences; Healthcare; Individual; Industry; Institution; Intervention; Life; Life Style; Link; Maryland; Mentors; Middle School Student; Minority; NCI Scholars Program; Neighborhoods; Online Systems; Outcome; Population; Productivity; Program Effectiveness; Publications; Research; Resources; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Site; Structure; Students; Training; Underrepresented Groups; Underrepresented Students; Universities; career; cohort; college; disadvantaged student; experience; family support; hands on research; high school; holistic approach; improved; innovation; insight; junior high school; meetings; ninth grade; outreach; peer; programs; skills; social; success; symposium; tenth grade

Project Summary/Abstract. Individuals from underrepresented (UR) backgrounds comprise the fastest growing segments of the US population but make up only a small percentage of the biomedical research and healthcare workforce. Workforce diversification is essential to engage this underutilized resource and meet growing US demands in biomedical science and broader STEM fields. Distinct perspectives provided by a diverse workforce stimulate innovation and increase research quality, productivity and consideration of disparities issues. Efforts to realize these benefits of increased diversity in a sustainable manner must begin with early STEM education. To provide this early STEM intervention, the University of Maryland Baltimore Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (UMB CURE) Scholars program was developed to provide STEM educational enrichment for UR middle school (MS) students from severely disadvantaged West Baltimore communities. To address the multifactorial barriers to success faced by these students, a holistic approach was taken that leveraged the strong resources of UMB professional schools and partners to integrate robust scholar mentoring, family support, partner school curricula and community outreach. Data from the first two cohorts of scholars demonstrated the program’s positive impact on all stakeholders and indicated that early STEM intervention is an effective approach to engage students from disadvantaged backgrounds, reinforcing the need for such programming in West Baltimore. To build upon the success of the MS program and realize the potential of this early intervention, it is essential to foster the scholars’ continued engagement in science through the high school (HS) transition and progression to college. Indeed, extracurricular structure is particularly important during the HS transition years- years that can be academically and socially challenging for UR students from disadvantaged communities. However, programs to sustain this holistic educational support are lacking in the UMB CURE catchment area. To fill this gap, UMB CURE Connections (C2) will provide robust 9th and 10th grade programming as an integral component of a minority STEM education pipeline that connects UMB CURE MS scholars with strong HS STEM enrichment and a network of minority-focused college programs at UMB and its partner institutions through three specific aims: 1. Provide STEM enrichment curricula centered around culturally relevant themes that incorporate hands-on research, college and career path exploration, community outreach and conference presentations. 2. Utilize near peer and professional mentors from pipeline partners to excite scholars about science subjects and inspire them to pursue careers in these fields. 3. Evaluate outcomes to assess the effectiveness of program components in achieving its goals, develop best practices and disseminate this information. Together, C2 and its STEM education pipeline partners provide a path to college and STEM careers for UR students that will increase diversity in the biomedical workforce.

项目摘要/摘要。 来自代表性不足 (UR) 背景的个人构成了美国增长最快的群体 但仅占生物医学研究和医疗保健劳动力的一小部分。 劳动力多元化对于利用这一未充分利用的资源并满足美国日益增长的需求至关重要 多元化的劳动力提供的独特观点激发了生物医学科学和更广泛的 STEM 领域的发展。 创新并提高研究质量、生产力并努力实现差异问题。 以可持续方式增加多样性的这些好处必须从早期 STEM 教育开始。 马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校持续研究伞提供这种早期 STEM 干预 经验 (UMB CURE) 学者计划旨在为 UR 提供 STEM 教育丰富内容 来自巴尔的摩西部贫困社区的中学生 解决这个问题。 由于这些学生面临着多因素的成功障碍，因此采取了一种全面的方法，利用 UMB 专业学校和合作伙伴的强大资源整合了强大的学者指导、家庭 来自前两组学者的支持、合作学校课程和社区外展数据。 该计划对所有利益相关者产生了积极影响，并表明早期 STEM 干预是 一种有效的方法来吸引来自弱势背景的学生，加强这种需求 西巴尔的摩的编程以 MS 项目的成功为基础，并实现其潜力。 早期干预，通过高水平的教育促进学者持续参与科学至关重要 事实上，课外结构尤其重要。 在高中过渡期间，对于 UR 学生来说，这些年在学术和社交上都可能面临挑战 然而，弱势社区缺乏维持这种全面教育支持的计划。 为了填补这一空白，UMB CURE Con​​nections (C2) 将提供强大的第 9 条和第 10 条服务。 年级规划是连接 UMB 的少数民族 STEM 教育渠道的一个组成部分 CURE MS 学者拥有强大的 HS STEM 丰富知识和以少数族裔为重点的大学课程网络 UMB 及其合作机构通过三个具体目标： 1. 提供以 STEM 为中心的丰富课程 与文化相关的主题，包括实践研究、大学和职业道路探索， 2. 利用渠道中的邻近同行和专业导师。 3. 合作伙伴激发学者对科学主题的兴趣并激励他们在这些领域追求职业生涯。 评估结果以评估计划组成部分在实现其目标方面的有效性，发展最佳 C2 及其 STEM 教育渠道合作伙伴共同提供了实践并传播这些信息。 为 UR 学生提供通往大学和 STEM 职业的道路，这将增加生物医学劳动力的多样性。