Minority Acces/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGNET-SEM)

纽约市立大学(CUNY)提议利用NSF/MGE计划，增加获得以下学科博士学位的黑人和拉丁裔学生的数量：生物化学、生物学、化学、计算机科学、地球与环境科学、工程学、数学、物理学和言语与听觉科学。这个拟议的项目，即科学、工程和数学领域的少数群体入学/毕业生网络(MAGRE-SEM)，旨在扩展和评估一种招聘、保留和支持的模式，该模式有效地将多校区系统中的多层高等教育联系在一起。该模式包括四个组成部分：a)少数族裔学者的支持性社区；b)学术机会；c)系统的教员和同行指导；以及d)财政支持。基于以前针对少数群体的项目的成功经验，该项目将结合社会服务、学术和非学术类型的支持，以及招聘和留住工作中的技术。对学生的财政支持将是该项目、城市大学系统和各个学院共同努力的结果。参与的教职员工和管理人员致力于早期准备、交流网络、少数族裔榜样以及同行和教职员工指导的重要性。研究准备和财政支持对于培养少数民族学生的兴趣和将这些兴趣转化为成功完成学位也是至关重要的。

The City University of New York (CUNY) proposes to use the NSF/MGE Program to increase the number of Black and Latino students receiving doctoral degrees in the following disciplines: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth & Environmental Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, and Speech & Hearing Science. This proposed project, Minority Access/Graduate Networking in Sciences, Engineering, and Mathematics (MAGNET-SEM), seeks to extend and evaluate a model for recruitment, retention and support that effectively links multiple layers of higher education across a multi-campus system. Incorporated in the model are four components: a) a supportive community of minority scholars; b) academic opportunities; c) systematic faculty and peer mentoring; and d) financial support. Building on previous successful experiences with minority-targeted programs, the project will combine social services, academic and non-academic types of support, and technology in the recruitment and retention efforts. Financial support of students will be a shared effort among the project, the CUNY system, and the individual colleges. Participating faculty and administrators are committed to the importance of early preparation, a network of communication, minority role models, and peer and faculty mentoring. Research preparation and financial support are also critical for developing minority students' interests and for translating those interests into successful degree completion.