MGE: Increasing the Production of Underrepresented Doctoral Recipients in SMET Disciplines through a Partnership between Howard University and Leading Minority Institutions

HRD-9817672A。加里波迪霍华德大学是美国最大的非裔美国人博士学位获得者的校园内生产商，也是全国第二大非裔美国人学士学位获得者的生产商。该大学计划在未来五年内将科学、数学和工程(SME)领域的博士获得者数量增加50%，以巩固其博士产量记录。具体地说，霍华德大学提议建立和领导一个由美国最负盛名的少数族裔机构组成的联盟，这些机构是获得学士学位获得者并继续在中小企业领域获得博士学位的最大生产商之一。合作机构包括：霍华德大学、班尼特学院、鲍伊州立大学、迪拉德大学、菲斯克大学、格拉姆林州立大学、汉普顿大学、莫尔豪斯大学、摩根州立大学、圣奥古斯丁学院、斯佩尔曼学院、塔拉迪加学院、图加鲁学院、波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校和路易斯安那泽维尔大学。在完成硕士学位和博士学位的要求后，所有参与者都将进入霍华德大学全国知名的未来教师准备计划。最后，一个全面的评估计划将侧重于攻读学位的时间、毕业率和毕业后的就业趋势等问题。

HRD-9817672A. GaribaldiHoward University, the nation's largest on-campus producer of African American Ph.D. recipients, and the nation's second largest producer of African American baccalaureate degree recipients, proposes to build upon its record of Ph.D. production by increasing its output of Ph.D. recipients in the science, mathematics, and engineering (SME) fields by fifty percent over the next five years.Specifically, Howard proposes to establish and lead a consortium of the nation's most prestigious minority institutions which are among the largest producers of Bachelor's degree recipients who go on to obtain Ph.D. degrees in SME disciplines. Partner institutions are: Howard University, Bennett College, Bowie State University, Dillard University, Fisk University, Grambling State University, Hampton University, Morehouse University, Morgan State University, St. Augustine's College, Spelman College, Talladega College, Tougaloo College, University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and Xavier University of Louisiana.At the undergraduate level, selected students will be provided an intensive summer research and graduate preparation-training program. Upon completion of the master's degree and the fulfillment of requirements towards the Ph.D., all participants will be enrolled in Howard University's nationally renowned Preparing Future Faculty Program. Lastly, a comprehensive evaluation plan will focus on issues of time-to-degree, completion rates, and post-graduation employment trends.