RCMS: Research Careers for Minority Scholars Program at City College

9450353纽约城市大学城市学院的帕克RCMS，第二阶段在RCMS资助的第二阶段，纽约城市大学城市学院提出了一项持续的综合努力，旨在鼓励少数民族学生进入工程和科学的研究生涯，从城市学院本科生中招募潜在的RCMS学者开始，并最终将其安置在适当的博士课程中。该计划的听证会，以塑造第二阶段的下一代少数民族研究人员将继续是一个为期四年的多方面的方法，基于丰富的计划，研究经验，学术咨询，专业咨询，通信发展，社区意识，暑期实习和研究生院咨询的仔细平衡。RCMS当然将继续利用学院为优秀学生提供的许多现有特别计划的资源，但RCMS学者将继续有许多额外的机会进行学术充实。通过他们与教师导师的参与，RCMS学者继续与科学研究的第一手经验。此外，RCMS将继续提供一个环境，使学者可以成为来自多个学科的学者和学生的紧密社区的积极参与成员。RCMS学者，无论是在他们自己和沿着与学者从类似的程序，将参加一些活动，吸引他们作为一个群体，相互教学和学习，以及从教师，每个学者的指导和支持，包括他或她的学徒作为一个未来的研究人员广泛的经验。此外，该计划不仅将有利于RCMS学者的预期群体，并增加他们将从事研究工作的可能性，而且还将丰富学院所有学生和教师的学术经验。招募研究人员的这一举措被认为是校园内各种特殊活动的中心，也是一种手段，可以更清楚地关注许多关键问题，以增加少数民族科学和工程研究人员的数量。RCMS还将继续利用其他资源，继续与学院、大学、研究实验室和社区组织建立合作关系。随着一个非常成功的暑期实习计划已经在美国各地的几所大学，RCMS已经处于有利地位，显着扩大暑期实习计划。RCMS，在第二阶段，将保持一个稳定的状态，60 RCMS本科学者以及15个“AMP附属”-纽约联盟本科学生从社区学院转移到RCMS。该项目在四年内的总成本将为2，514，845美元，NSF提供1，669，663美元，城市学院提供545，212美元，CUNY-AMP为“AMP附属机构”提供300，000美元，30，000美元用于用品。RCMS将反过来为城市学院的所有AMP学生提供辅助支持，包括丰富活动、咨询、指导、交流研讨会、每月学者会议等。RCMS还将寻求额外的资金。将进行评估，以了解该计划在识别和促进学生发展方面取得的成功程度，这些学生将继续从事研究科学家和工程师的职业。这项评估将涉及直接衡量该计划对学生的影响，并向导师和其他相关教师了解他们如何看待该计划的成就。为此，将设计，应用和分析项目前和项目后评估工具。

9450353 Parker RCMS at the City College of the City University of New York, Phase II In the second phase of RCMS funding, City College of the City University of New York proposes an ongoing comprehensive effort aimed at encouraging minority students to enter research careers in engineering and science, beginning with the recruitment of potential RCMS Scholars from City College undergraduates and culminating in their placement in appropriate doctoral programs. The hear of the program to shaping the next generation of minority researchers in Phase II will continue to be a four-year multifaceted approach based on a careful balancing of enrichment programs, research experience, academic counseling, professional counseling, communications development, community awareness, summer internships, and graduate school counseling. RCMS shall of course continue to draw on the resources of the many existing special programs for outstanding students at the College, but the RCMS Scholars will continue to have many additional opportunities for academic enrichment. Through their involvement with faculty mentors, RCMS scholars continue to be given first-hand experience with scientific research. In addition, RCMS will continue to provide an environment where Scholars can become actively involved members of a close-knit community of scholars and students from several disciplines. RCMS Scholars, both among themselves and along with scholars from similar program, will participate in a number of activities that draw them together as a group, teaching and learning from one another, as well as from the faculty, each Scholar guided and supported in a wide range of experiences that comprise his or her apprenticeship as a prospective researcher. Moreover, the program not only will benefit the intended group of RCMS Scholars and increase the probability that they will pursue careers as researchers, but will also enrich the academic experience of all students and faculty at the College. This eff ort to recruit researchers is envisioned as at once the hub of various special activities on campus and as a means of bringing into clearer focus a great many key issues in the effort to increase the numbers of minority researchers in science and engineering. RCMS shall also continue to draw on other resources by continuing to forge collaborative relationships with colleges, universities, research laboratories and community-based organizations. With a highly successful summer internship program already in place with several universities across the United States, RCMS is already well positioned to significantly expand on the summer internship program. RCMS, in Phase II, will maintain a steady state of 60 RCMS undergraduate scholars as well as 15 "AMP Affiliates" -- New York Alliance undergraduate students transferring from community colleges to the RCMS. The total cost of the project over a four year period will be $2,514,845, with NSF providing $1,669,663, City College contributing $545,212, and CUNY-AMP providing $300,000 for "AMP Affiliates," with $30,000 for supplies. RCMS will in turn provide ancillary support to all AMP students at City College consisting of enrichment activities, counseling, mentoring, communications workshops, monthly scholars' meetings and the like. RCMS will also seek out additional funding. An evaluation will be conducted to learn the extend to which the program has been successful in identifying and fostering the development of students who go on to careers as research scientists and engineering. This assessment will involve direct measurement of the impact of the program upon students and learning from mentors and other associated faculty how they view the program's accomplishments. To these ends, pre- and post-program evaluation instruments will be designed, applied, and analyzed.