Midwest Crossroads AGEP

中西部十字路口AGEP项目概述中西部十字路口AGEP是普渡大学西拉斐特分校、印第安纳大学布卢明顿分校和西北大学之间的一个联盟，其主要目标是将未被充分代表的少数民族在STEM领域获得博士学位的人数增加两倍。普渡大学、印第安纳大学（IU）和西北大学提出了一项战略计划，以增加入学率，提高保留率，并准备和鼓励学生进入学院。拟议计划的关键要素如下：与印第安纳州LSAMP（总部设在普渡大学）、地区本科院校和全国主要为少数民族服务的院校的联系和伙伴关系将得到发展和加强；AGEP的教职员工和学生将组织校外访问，传播普渡大学、印第安纳大学和西北大学的研究生机会信息；协调和扩大面向研究生招生的本科生暑期研究项目。保留：少数民族学生组织将被用来确保即将入学的研究生有一个即时的同伴网络；建立致力于培养少数民族博士生的AGEP教授网络；选择性启动暑期过渡经验，以适应新的学生学术研究生院将被开发；有组织的小组学习模式将得到发展和扩展。丰富：将在十字路口会议（Crossroads Conference）组织一次特别的学生丰富会议，该会议是AGEP和印第安纳州LSAMP项目的合资企业；大学教育学课程和研讨会以及准备未来的教师课程将在每个校园重新组织，营销和推广；中西部十字路口AGEP将保持当前并利用GEM和国家准备未来教师组织的教师准备活动，以保持对教师准备的最佳实践和创新的认识；将与美国国家实验室建立博士后合作伙伴关系，为毕业生提供接触机会，为他们担任教职做好准备。将建立一个行政网络，以推动上述工作的不断改进，并监测进展情况。智力优势：联盟的计划性活动建立在经过验证的模型之上。然而，在执行方面出现了一些创新。将少数民族学生毕业的决定权交给系主任和教师的策略就是一个很好的例子。这实际上将使奖励制度承认多样性，从而使AGEP的使命真正制度化。该提案的另一个新颖之处是利用美国国家实验室的博士后项目，为少数族裔博士进入教授岗位创造一个培训基地。这可以帮助许多少数民族的博士毕业生进入全国顶尖大学。我们将探索的第三个新奇之处（与传统方法相结合）是由付费学生学者领导的保持领先小组学习。小组学习不是把重点放在复习讲课材料上，而是让学生提前了解讲课内容，从而能够在讲课中吸收更多的知识。这种新奇与成熟方法的结合有望帮助该联盟将目前的博士毕业人数增加两倍。更广泛的影响：在普渡大学教务长萨利·梅森的领导下，印第安纳州LSAMP的入学人数在两年内翻了一番。中西部十字路口AGEP将以印第安纳州LSAMP的成功为基础，从地区和全国的本科课程到教授课程，开辟新的途径。我们将启动的招聘项目将通过越来越多的地区和国家合作伙伴的参与，在中西部和其他地区开展。总的来说，中西部十字路口AGEP的努力将改变普渡大学、印第安纳大学和西北大学的文化，从被动的多样性转变为主动的多样性。

Midwest Crossroads AGEP Project SummaryThe primary goal of the Midwest Crossroads AGEP, which is an alliance between Purdue University WestLafayette, Indiana University Bloomington, and Northwestern University, is to triple the number ofunderrepresented minorities receiving doctoral degrees in STEM fields. Purdue, Indiana University (IU), and Northwestern have proposed a strategic plan to increase enrollments, improve retention, and prepare and encourage students to enter the academy. The key elements of the proposed plan are as follows Recruiting Linkages and partnerships with the Indiana LSAMP (based at Purdue), regional undergraduateinstitutions, and predominantly minority serving institutions nationwide will be developed and enhanced; offcampus visits by AGEP faculty, staff, and students will be organized to disseminate information on graduateschool opportunities at Purdue, IU, and Northwestern; and undergraduate summer research programs forgraduate school recruitment will be coordinated and expanded. Retention: Minority student organizations will be utilized to ensure that incoming graduate students have an instant peer network; a network of AGEP professors who are committed to graduating minority PhD students will be developed; selective jump-start summer transition experiences to acclimate new students academically to graduate school will be developed; and organized group study models will be developed and expanded. Enrichment: A special student enrichment session will be organized at the Crossroads Conference, a joint venture between AGEP and the Indiana LSAMP programs; college pedagogy courses and seminars and Preparing Future Faculty programs will be reorganized, marketed, and promoted on each campus; the Midwest Crossroads AGEP will keep current andleverage the faculty preparation activities of GEM and the National Preparing Future Faculty organization to maintain awareness of best practices and innovation in faculty preparation; and postdoctoral partnerships with will be developed with U.S. National Laboratories to provide exposure and prepare graduates for faculty positions. An administrative network will be developed to drive continuous improvement in the efforts listed above and to provide monitoring of progress. Intellectual Merit: The programmatic activities of the Alliance are built on proven models. However, a number of innovations are present with respect to implementation. A case in point is the strategy of giving ownership of minority student graduation to the department heads and the faculty. This in effect will allow diversity to be recognized in the reward system and thus lead to real institutionalization of the AGEP mission. Another novel aspect of the proposal is leveraging the post-doctoral programs at the U.S. National Laboratories to create a training ground for minority PhDs to enter the professoriate. This could help place many minority PhD graduates in top universities throughout the country. A third novelty we will explore (in conjunction with the conventional approaches) is keep ahead group study led by a paid student scholar. Rather than have the group study focus on review of lecture material, students in the session receive an advance previous of the lectures and thus are able to assimilate much more in lecture. This intermix of novelty with proven methodologies is anticipated to help the alliance triple itscurrent PhD graduation numbers. Broader Impacts: The Indiana LSAMP has already doubled its enrollment numbers in two years under the leadership of Purdue Provost Sally Mason. The Midwest Crossroads AGEP will build on the success of the Indiana LSAMP and create new pathways from undergraduate programs, both regionally and nationally, to the professoriate. The recruitment programs that we will initiate will span the Midwest and beyond through the involvement of a growing list of regional and national partners. Collectively, the efforts of the Midwest Crossroads AGEP will change the cultures at Purdue, IU, and Northwestern from diversity-passive to diversity-proactive.