NASA MUREP Outcome Assessment (Pilot) - PI Survey

1. As a Principal Investigator (PI) of a NASA MUREP-Funded Activity, you have been selected to take part in a brief questionnaire about your experiences. If you wish to participate in this survey, please select next page to continue. Thank you for your time and perspective.

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NASA MUREP-Funded Activity Survey: PIs

Introduction: As a Principal Investigator of a NASA MUREP-funded program, you are part of a sample that has been selected to be invited to complete a brief questionnaire so that we can learn more about your experience, the program you managed, and the students your program engaged and their experiences and outcomes.

Description of Survey: The survey includes questions related to the NASA MUREP-funded program in which you manage, as well as questions associated with topics such as recruitment, retention, and the role of strategic partnerships.

Extent of Anonymity and Confidentiality: All the results of this study will be kept confidential. The study participants’ names and contact information will be disassociated from responses to the survey. All data will be presented in aggregate. It is possible that the NASA Institutional Review Board (IRB) may view this study’s collected data for auditing purposes. The IRB is responsible for the oversight of the protection of human subjects involved in research.

Freedom to Withdraw: As a participant, you are free to withdraw from a study at any time without penalty and you may choose to not answer any questions you deem unnecessary.

Risks: Participation in this research does not place you at more than minimal risk of harm.

Benefits: While there may be no direct benefit to you as a participant, results from this study will assist in ensuring that NASA MUREP activities leverage best practices that enhance academic and career outcomes for students attending Minority Serving Institutions and students from groups historically underrepresented and underserved in STEM.

Contact Information: Should you have any questions about this research or its procedures, you may contact the principal investigator of this project, Dr. Aime Black, at [email protected].

* 2. Please select your MUREP-Funded Activity from the list below.

3. 
   Please briefly describe your MUREP-Funded Activity.

3. 
   Please provide your institution below.

4. Please select your institution type.

ANNAPISI ANNH HBCU HSI NASNTI PBI

TCU MSICC

3. Please select the NASA STEM engagement goals and objectives to which your activity aligns. Please select all that apply.

Strategic Goal 1.0: Create unique opportunities for a diverse set of students to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discover.

Objective 1.1: Provide student work experiences that enable students to contribute to NASA’s missions and programs, embedded with NASA’s STEM practitioners.

Objective 1.2: Create structured and widely-accessible, experiential learning opportunities for students to engage with NASA’s experts and help solve problems that are critical to NASA’s mission.

Strategic Goal 2.0: Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities.

Objective 2.1: Develop and deploy a continuum of STEM experiences through authentic learning and research opportunities with NASA’s people and work to cultivate student interest, including students from underrepresented and underserved communities, in pursuing STEM careers and foster interest in aerospace fields.

Objective 2.2: Design the portfolio of NASA STEM engagement opportunities to contribute toward meeting Agency workforce requirements and serving the nation’s aerospace and relevant STEM needs.

Strategic Goal 3.0: Attract diverse groups of students to STEM through learning opportunities that spark interest and provide connections to NASA’s mission and work.

Objective 3.1: Develop and deploy targeted opportunities and readily available NASA STEM engagement resources and content, to attract students to STEM.

Objective 3.2: Foster student exposure to STEM careers through direct and virtual experiences with NASA’s people and work.

3. What student population does your MUREP-Funded Activity primarily serve? Please select the best option.

K-12 students

Undergraduate students Graduate students

3. On an annual basis how many student participants does your MUREP-Funded Activity include?

3. Of the following student categories, which do your student participants most represent?

African American/Black Asian

Hispanic

Native American/Pacific Islander White

Please answer the following questions regarding Student Recruitment as it pertains to your NASA MUREP-Funded Activity.

3. The following is a list of evidence-based recruitment strategies. Please select all that you use to recruit students.

Emails Referrals Events Websites

None of the above

Other (please specify)

3. Do you use additional recruitment strategies not listed above?

Yes No

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3. 
   Please describe them here.

3. Are you using specific strategies to recruit URM student participants?

Yes No

3. 
   What specific strategies are you using to recruit URM student participants?

3. 
   Which recruitment strategies do you think have been the most effective?

Please answer the following questions regarding Student Retention as it pertains to your NASA MUREP-Funded Activity.

3. Please rate your agreement with the following statement: The NASA MUREP-Funded Activity I lead is implemented with high fidelity/as planned?

Strongly Disagree Somewhat Disagree Agree Somewhat Agree Strongly Agree

3. Are there specific strategies you have in place to try to retain student participants?

Yes No

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3. What are the specific strategies you have in place to try to retain student participants?

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Strategic Partnerships

Please answer the following questions regarding Strategic Partnerships.

3. What types of strategic partnerships are in place at your NASA MUREP-Funded Activity. Please select all that apply.

Institutional Partnerships Organizational Partnerships Business Partnerships Industry Partnerships

Other (please specify)

3. Are strategic partnerships directly aligned to broadening participation of Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs)?

Yes No

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3. Please explain how your strategic partnerships are directly aligned to broadening participation of MSIs.

3. Are strategic partnerships directly aligned to broadening participation of students from underrepresented and underserved communities?

Yes No

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3. Please explain how your strategic partnerships are directly aligned to broadening participation of students from underrepresented and underserved communities?

3. Do you have measures/indicators of success for your strategic partnerships?

Yes No

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3. 
   Please describe your measures/indicators of success for your strategic partnerships.

3. What goals are associated with your strategic partnership(s)? Please select all that apply.

Build research capacity

Create unique work experiences Product design

Professional development

Other (please specify)

3. Do you track the number of student participants transitioning to the STEM workforce?

Yes No

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3. If so, are any student participant transitions to the STEM workforce a result of partnerships you have formed?

Yes No

3. The following table lists research-based practices that may lead to effective strategic partnerships. Please select the rating that most closely matches the effectiveness of the practice as it relates to your strategic partnership(s).

*King, C. L. (2014). Partnership effectiveness continuum. Education Development Center.

Key: Highly Effective: Meets all indicator criteria Effective: Meets most indicator criteria

Partially Effective: Meets some indicator criteria Ineffective: Meets few indicator criteria

Highly Effective Effective

Partially

Effective Ineffective Not Applicable

There are clear, measurable, and feasible shared goals.

Shared goals align

with partner organizations goals.

The agenda is fully

resourced (time, people, finances).

There are specified timelines, roles, and responsibilities, and expected outcomes.

Measures for assessing progress tightly align to partnership goals and strategic action plans.

Thank you for participating in our survey. We greatly appreciate your time and feedback.