AMP: Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities

小行星9623615 西部联盟扩大学生的机会（WAESO）是一个区域性联盟，建立在高效的南落基山脉AMP之上，该联盟正在顺利（并提前）完成其将少数民族SMET B.S.数量增加一倍以上的目标。度在该地区。 通过在内华达州增加三个机构，WAESO联盟增加了35所学院和大学，7个专业组织，2个政府实验室，4个教育组织，16个公司和147个学术和支持计划的南落基山AMP。 学生成功的一个关键因素是SMET教师的参与，这也是同样广泛的。 WAESO在75个校区和参与组织中拥有500多名资源人员（其中349名是SMET教师）。 大约85%是大学、政府实验室或行业科学家和工程师，15%是管理人员。 在这些资源参与者中，只有40%以上是代表性不足的少数群体。 WAESO将帮助所有符合条件的SMET领域的本科生，包括生物/生命科学，化学，计算机和信息科学，工程，地球科学，数学，物理和天文学，农业科学，技术和其他符合条件的NSF领域。 在NSF的资助下，每年将有600名本科生参加：（1）本科生夏季过渡到高年级（专为大专生及大专生、希望升读学士学位的社区学院学生而设）;（适用于社区学院或四年制大学生）;（3）现场同侪学习小组（针对入学前暑期的大一新生、社区学院或四年制大学生）;（4）国家电子同龄人小组学习网络（NEPS）;（5）超媒体财政援助和学术计划（6）计算机化本科生研究生准备课程：二年级、三年级、四年级;（7）课程开发与改革：暑期桥梁、本科生研究;及（8）实习计划（为社区学院及四年制学院学生而设）。 此外，WAESO还将每年向另外400名本科少数民族学生传播有关学术课程、实习、GRE考试技巧和其他重要技能建设讲习班的信息。 总之，在五年期间，西非教育、科学和技术组织计划让5 000名少数民族、中小企业和技术大学生参加各种活动，并利用该联盟提供的服务和先进的交互式数据库。 非国家科学基金会的资金将用于通过PRIME项目和纳瓦霍高等教育示范模式为10，066名大学预科学生提供服务，这些项目和示范模式显示，实际从高中毕业并进入SMET方案大学的少数民族和多数民族学生人数大幅增加。

9623615 Garcia The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) is a regional alliance building upon the highly effective Southern Rocky Mountain AMP which is well on its way (and ahead of schedule) to completing its goal of more than doubling the number of minority SMET B.S. degrees in the region. By adding three institutions in Nevada, the WAESO alliance adds to the 35 colleges and universities, 7 professional organizations, 2 government laboratories, 4 educational organizations, 16 corporations and 147 academic and support programs of the Southern Rocky Mountain AMP. A key component to student success is SMET faculty participation which is also similarly extensive. WAESO draws on over 500 resource individuals (349 of which are SMET faculty) at 75 campuses and participating organizations. Approximately 85% are university, government laboratory or industry scientists and engineers, while 15% were administrators. Just over 40% of these resource participants are underrepresented minorities themselves. WAESO will help undergraduate students in all of the eligible SMET areas including biological/life sciences, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy, agricultural science, technology, and other eligible NSF fields. With NSF funds, 600 undergraduate students per year will participate in: (1) Undergraduate Summer Transition to Upperclass (for college sophomores and juniors; community college students expecting to go on to a baccalaureate); (2) Faculty-Directed Undergraduate Student Projects (for community college or four-year college students); (3) On-Site Peer Study Groups (for incoming freshman in their summer prior to matriculation, community college, or four-year college students); (4) The National Electronic Peer Group Study Network (NEPS); (5) Hypermedia Financial Aid and Academic Program Locator (for incoming students, community college, and four-year college stude nts); (6) computerized Undergraduate Preparation program for Graduate Study: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors; (7) Curriculum Development and Reform: Summer Bridges, Undergraduate Research; and (8) Internship Programs (for community college and four-year college students). Additionally the WAESO will disseminate information on academic programs, internships, GRE test taking skills, and other important skill building workshops to another 400 undergraduate minority students per year. In all, for the 5-year period, the WAESO plans to have 5,000 undergraduate minority SMET student participating in activities and utilizing the services and advanced interactive databases produced by the alliance. Non-NSF funds will be used to serve 10,066 students at the pre-college level through Project PRIME and the navajo Higher Education demonstration Model which have shown substantive increases in the number of minority and majority students who actually graduate from high school and enter college with SMET programs.