The need to increase the diversity of STEM faculty is acute in 2-year college contexts. While the proportion of underrepresented students supported at 2-year colleges continues to increase, there are comparatively few faculty members who share the racial and ethnic backgrounds of the students they teach. One of our key change strategies is to intentionally prepare graduate students and qualified professionals from historically underrepresented groups (URG) to teach at community colleges. Emerging research suggests that many 2-year faculty members are employed in the same state where they completed their graduate education, albeit with varied paths to 2-year faculty positions. We pursue change regionally through local partnerships between 2-year colleges and 4-year universities, and nationally by launching new RCs and networking across RCs.
Check out our white paper (here) to learn more about Regional Collaboratives.
We are requesting proposals for planning grants submitted by at least two individuals, one person from a community college and one person from a 4-year university within the same region of the country, to act as "co-leads" for this award. The co-leads would be responsible for begin the work of building partnerships, and/or taking advantage of already existing partnerships between 2-year colleges and 4-year universities, with the goal of increasing the diversity of STEM faculty in the 2-year colleges in their region. Maximum Award Amount of $7,500 over 1 year.
We are requesting proposals for implementation grants submitted by at least two individuals, one person from a community college and one person from a 4-year university within the same region of the country, to act as "co-leads" for this award. The co-leads would be responsible for setting goals, building relationships, building partnerships, and implementing projects (e.g. workshops and teaching internships for graduate students) with the goal of increasing the diversity of STEM faculty in 2-year colleges in their region. Maximum Award Amount of $81,250 over 1.25 years.
Please contact Craig Ogilvie (PI, RC co-lead), craig.ogilvie@montana.edu and/or Chandra Turpen (RC Project Manager), Turpen@umd.edu if you would like more information.