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Session Title: Evaluating Minority Programs From K-20: Perspectives From Directors and Administrators
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Panel Session 860 to be held in Wekiwa 3 on Saturday, Nov 14, 1:40 PM to 3:10 PM
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Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG
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| Faye Jones, Florida State University, fjones@admin.fsu.edu
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| Discussant(s):
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| Faye Jones, Florida State University, fjones@admin.fsu.edu
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| Abstract:
The proposed panel represents educational institutions of varying types and levels and includes presenters from a Hispanic Serving Institution (HIS), an extensive research university, a K-12 school system, and a Historically Black College and University. Each panelist will describe how minority programs are evaluated and how objectives are measured in a selected program they have directed. Presenters will also provide key elements and practices for evaluating minority programs and disclose vital methods and strategies of examining programs that serve underrepresented populations. Each presenter will also indicate the qualities they feel are needed by evaluators to collect valid and reliable data.
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Evaluating the South East Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (SEAGEP) Program at the University of Florida
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| Anne Donnelly, University of Florida, adonnelly@seagep.ufl.edu
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The presenter will describe objectives, measures, and outcomes for an evaluation of the South East Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program, which is a member of the NSF AGEP network. UF serves as the lead institution in partnership with Clemson and the University of South Carolina. SEAGEP is a comprehensive minority graduate level program offering a variety of supports to U.S. citizen or permanent resident students who are pursuing degrees in science, engineering, or mathematics (SEM). Students are offered a variety of training experiences to prepare them for academic careers. At UF, 107 students in 28 SEM departments have been directly served through monetary awards to support their studies and research, travel to professional conferences, professional development seminars, mentoring, and peer support. To date, program participants have earned 31 Ph. D. and 11 Master's degrees, and an additional 53 are currently enrolled and making progress towards their degrees. Minority graduate enrollments and degrees awarded in SEM departments have increased over the life of the grant. In addition, SEAGEP offers research experiences to minority undergraduate SEM students at 24 other Florida and South Carolina institutions to increase their interest in and preparedness for graduate school.
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Evaluating the Title V program at Florida International University
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| Consuelo Boronat, Florida International University, boronat@fiu.edu
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Florida International University's Title V grant program aimed at increasing the success of its largely Hispanic student population. As a significant grant effort that involved the development of Summer bridge term Student Learning Communities, these were studied using focus groups, student and faculty surveys and interviews, and longitudinal analyses. Students participating in the Learning Communities (LC) were compared to matched non-Learning Community students on academic success measures. The presenter will describe analyses that showed a significant LC retention benefit, which led to continued, post-grant support for this program.
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Evaluating the Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics Enhancement Program (SECME) at Miami-Dade County Public Schools
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| Ava Rosales, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, arosales@dadeschools.net
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SECME is a national strategic alliance to renew and strengthen the professional capacity of K-12 educators, motivate and mentor students, and empower parents so that all students can learn and achieve at higher levels. SECME encourages K-12 students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through partnerships with local universities, government and industry agents. The presenter will describe components of evaluating a minority-based program that reaches more than 100 schools (K-12) and directly impacts over 2,000 students.
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Evaluating the Environmental Sciences Student Organization at Florida A&M University
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| Jacqueline Hightower, Florida A&M University, jacqueline.hightower@famu.edu
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The Environmental Sciences Student Organization (ESSO) at Florida A&M University is an affiliate chapter of the Ecological Society of America's (ESA) program,Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS). The core SEEDS program components offer hands-on, engaging experiences with ecology that exhibit the relevance and applications of the science. Each experience also provides opportunities to interact with a diverse group of ecologists and other motivated students to both broaden and deepen students' understanding of ecology and potential careers.
Over the years, ESA has partnered on SEEDS with the United Negro College Fund, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges, the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and others. With the goal of diversifying and advancing the profession of ecology, the SEEDS program provides a full spectrum of mentoring and learning opportunities to underrepresented undergraduate students. The panelist will describe core areas of evaluating the SEEDS program at a HBCU.
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