AMP: Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities

西部扩大学生机会联盟（WAESO）是一个建立在高效的南落基山AMP基础上的区域联盟，该联盟正在顺利（并提前）完成其目标，即将该地区少数民族SMET学士学位的数量增加一倍以上。南落基山AMP现有35所高校、7个专业组织、2个政府实验室、4个教育组织、16家公司和147个学术和支持项目，通过在内华达州增加3个机构，WAESO联盟增加了南落基山AMP。学生成功的一个关键因素是SMET教师的参与，这也同样广泛。WAESO吸引了75个校区和参与组织的500多名资源人员（其中349名是SMET教员）。大约85%是大学、政府实验室或工业科学家和工程师，15%是管理人员。这些资源参与者中有超过40%的人本身就是代表性不足的少数民族。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。在美国国家科学基金的资助下，每年将有600名本科生参加：(1)本科生暑期升学（适用于大学二年级和三年级学生；期望继续攻读学士学位的社区大学学生）；(2)学院指导的本科生项目（面向社区学院或四年制大学学生）；(3)现场同伴学习小组（针对入学前的暑期新生、社区学院或四年制大学学生）；(4)国家电子对等小组研究网络（NEPS）；(5)超媒体经济援助和学术项目定位器（面向新生、社区大学和四年制大学学生）；(6)计算机化本科研究生预备课程：二年级、三年级、四年级学生；(7)课程开发与改革：暑期桥梁、本科生研究；(8)实习计划（面向社区大学和四年制大学学生）。此外，WAESO每年还将向另外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培养讲习班的信息。总之，在5年的时间里，WAESO计划让5000名本科少数民族SMET学生参加活动，并利用联盟提供的服务和先进的互动数据库。非国家科学基金基金将通过PRIME项目和纳瓦霍高等教育示范模式为10066名大学预科学生提供服务，该项目显示，通过SMET项目从高中毕业并进入大学的少数族裔和多数族裔学生的数量大幅增加。

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.