SBE Collaborative Proposal: Diversifying Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences

美国南加州大学让·莫里森南加州大学SES-0548993凯伦·库克斯坦福大学SES-0549007罗格里奥·桑兹德克萨斯农工学院研究基金会美国大学中非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔和美国原住民学生的代表性不足仍然是实现跨越种族和民族界限的更公平社会目标的重要障碍。在研究生层面，少数族裔群体的代表性不足甚至比本科生更令人震惊；例如，2000年，非洲裔美国人仅占研究生院入学人数的8.5%，拉美裔仅占研究生院入学人数的5.2%。代表不足的问题在加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州可能更加重要，这两个州是美国人口最多的两个州，也是种族和民族最多元化的两个州。这一合作的目标--包括德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、斯坦福大学、德克萨斯农工大学和南加州大学--旨在帮助解决拉美裔、非裔美国人和美国原住民在这四所院校的社会、行为和经济科学(SBE)研究生项目中代表性不足的问题。具体的重点将是增加参与机构中代表不足的少数民族学生在SBE科学中的招生、保留和成功完成，并长期打算增加在大学中代表不足的少数民族群体中在SBE科学中的代表性。有两个原则指导着我们的努力。联盟合作伙伴将：1)分享想法、最佳实践和资源，并创建一个网络，为联盟大学招收和留住学生；2)建立在每个校区已经制定的成功倡议的基础上，以便努力尽可能具有成本效益和成功。将采用高度协作和创新的方法，改进各院校招收和留住少数族裔研究生的工作。支持NSF将用于加大招收、留住和发展未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的职业生涯的努力。该联盟计划在每个校区招收代表不足的少数族裔学生，从而增加我们每个机构SBE科学的少数族裔研究生入学人数，并在我们大学现有努力的基础上，建立在NSF赞助的三所加州大学学校正在进行的合作努力的最佳实践的基础上该计划有可能影响加州和德克萨斯州的高等教育的未来。在这两个关键的州，教育的未来在一定程度上取决于这些州(以及其他地方)的大学是否有能力使教师的种族/民族构成多样化。这种合作的努力意味着在SBE Science中尝试并做到这一点的一种方式。

ABSTRACT SES-0549041Robert HummerDarlene GrantUniversity of Texas at AustinSES-0549026Jean MorrisonUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSES- 0548993Karen CookStanford UniversitySES-0549007Rogelio SaenzTexas A & M Research FoundationThe under-representation of African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students in U.S. Universities continues to be an important impediment to the goal of a more equitable society across racial and ethnic lines. At the graduate level, under-representation among minority groups is even more striking than at the undergraduate level; for example, African Americans comprised just 8.5 percent of graduate school enrollments and Hispanics comprised just 5.2 percent of graduate school enrollments in 2000. The issue of under-representation may even be more important in California and Texas, which are the two largest states in the country in terms of population and two of the most racially and ethnically diverse states. The goal of this collaboration - which includes the University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Southern California -is to help address the under-representation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans in graduate programs in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the four institutions. Specific focus will be to increase the enrollment, retention, and successful completion of under-represented minority students in the SBE sciences at the participating institutions, with the long-term intent to increase representation among under-represented minority groups on university faculties in the SBE sciences. Two principles guide efforts. Alliance partners will: 1) share ideas, best practices, and resources, and create a network to recruit and retain students for alliance universities; and 2) build on successful initiatives that have already been developed on each of the campuses so that efforts can be as cost-effective and successful as possible. Highly collaborative and innovative methods will be used to improve efforts in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students at the institutions. Support NSF will be used to increase efforts in recruiting, retaining, and developing the careers of under-represented minority students. The Alliance plans to recruit cohorts of under-represented minority students on each campus, thus increasing minority graduate student enrollment in the SBE Sciences at each of our institutions, and to build on current efforts already ongoing at our universities and to build on the best practices that are already ongoing in the collaborative NSF-sponsored effort being undertaken by the three University of California schoolsBroader ImpactThe program has the potential to influence the future of higher education in both California and Texas. The future of education in these two critical states in part depends on the ability of universities in these states (and elsewhere) to diversify the race/ethnic mix of faculty. This collaborative effort is meant as one way to try and do so within the SBE Sciences.