Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation

密西西比公立大学，认识到， 少数民族在科学领域的代表性严重不足， 密西西比各级工程学位课程， 南方和国家，已经并将继续 制定方案，增加少数民族的参与。 美国国家科学基金会（NSF） 少数群体参与联盟倡议， 密西西比的八所州立高等院校 正在提议建立一个全州范围的全面联盟， 与其他公立和私立教育机构的伙伴关系 机构（公立学校、初中和/或社区 学院和私立学院和大学）、商业 为了建立合作的目的， 努力增加少数民族学生的人数， 各级科学和工程项目， 最初集中在本科阶段。 这 支持将使密西西比的高等院校 建立密西西比科学联盟， 工程（MASE）中心，将重点放在：（1） 发展密西西比人才富集联盟 （MATE）计划，这将是一个结构化的伙伴关系 （2）发展中国家与高等教育之间的关系; 一个机构的组合-星星搜索学者（独联体） 程序. MASE中心将重点关注几个 教育管道中的关键桥梁点。 然而，主要重点将是增加 理工类本科少数民族招生 人口和加强之间的桥梁 本科和研究生少数民族科学和 工科学生招生趋势。 远程 MASE中心的影响将是（1）增加 少数民族学生的科学和工程意识， (2)提高少数民族大学生参与 科学和工程项目，（3）增加 2000年授予少数民族的研究生学位数量 科学和工程专业。 比初步 五年期间，MASE中心将监测进展， 每个人都要建立一个持续的全州范围的过程，以确保 长期致力于增加少数民族 参与科学和工程项目。 期间 NSF-AMP为Mase中心提供资金，少数民族 参与科学和工程应 增加，以反映其在 该州 密西西比的人口约占 非裔美国人

Mississippi public universities, recognizing that minorities are severely underrepresented in science and engineering degree programs at all levels in Mississippi, the South and the nation, have and are continuing to develop programs to increase minority participation. Responding to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliance for Minority Participation(AMP) initiative, Mississippi's eight state institutions of higher learning are proposing a state-wide comprehensive alliance and partnerships with other public and private educational institutions (public schools, junior and/or community colleges, and private colleges and universities), business and industry for the purpose of establishing cooperative efforts to increase the number of minority students in science and engineering programs at all levels but initially focusing at the undergraduate level. This support will allow Mississippi's institutions of higher learning establish a Mississippi Alliance for Science and Engineering (MASE) center that will focus on: (1) developing a Mississippi Alliance for Talent Enrichment (MATE) program which will be a structured partnership between secondary schools and colleges; and (2) developing a Combination of Institutions - Star Search Scholars (CIS) program. The MASE Center will place emphasis on several of the critical bridge points in the educational pipeline. However, the primary focus will be towards increasing the undergraduate science and engineering minority enrollment population and strengthening the bridge between undergraduate and graduate minority science and engineering students enrollment trends. The long-range impact of the MASE Center will be (1) to increase the science and engineering awareness of minority students, (2) to increase undergraduate minority participation in science and engineering programs, and (3) to increase the number of graduate degrees granted to minorities in science and engineering programs. Over the initial five-year period the MASE Center will monitor progress in each to establish an on-going statewide process to ensure a long-term commitment to increasing minority participation in science and engineering programs. During NSF-AMP funding for the Mase Center, minority participation in the sciences and engineering should increase to reflect their percentage of the population in the State. Mississippi's population is approximately 37% African American.