Texas LSAMP Phase IV

德州农工大学系统（TAMUS）LSAMP第四阶段将扩展三个机构的联盟：1）德州农工大学（TAMU），一级研究机构，2）草原视图农工大学（PVAMU），历史上的黑人学院和大学，和3）德州农工大学-科珀斯克里斯蒂（TAMUCC），一个西班牙裔服务机构。为了维持TAMUS LSAMP第一、二、三阶段的成果，联盟机构将与5所社区学院建立牢固的联系，这5所社区学院都有大量代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生入学。（圣安东尼奥）;北哈里斯蒙哥马利学院，北哈里斯和Cy-Fair校区;休斯顿社区学院东北校区;和德尔马尔学院（科珀斯克里斯蒂）。智力优势- TAMUS LSAMP IV的目标是扩大代表性不足的少数群体在科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）本课程的目标是：1.为成功完成学士学位，并准备好进入博士课程做好充分准备。通过与联盟机构的综合互动，加强社区学院的伙伴关系，以招募URM学生进入STEM专业。扩大STEM URM本科生的保留工作，重点是第一年和转移URM学生在联盟机构。促进和鼓励URM学生攻读博士学位，并建立一个从本科到研究生院以及跨联盟机构的学者社区.为选定的一组TAMUS LSAMP IV学生提供国际经验，以增加和多样化全球培训的STEM毕业生的人才库PI Karan沃森博士，学院院长和副教务长，以及TAMU电气工程教授，将由共同PI加入：大卫博士之前，执行副总裁兼教务长，TAMU;凯伦·巴特勒-佩里博士，电气工程教授，TAMU，现任TAMUS LSAMP第三阶段项目主任;米尔顿布莱恩特博士，工程院长，PVAMU;弗兰克·佩佐德博士，科学和技术院长，TAMUCC。这些研究人员将寻求推进成功机制的发现，以增加URM学生的保留，毕业和攻读博士学位，以及URM学生参与国际留学。更广泛的影响-PVAMU，一个历史上的黑人学院和大学，和TAMUCC，一个西班牙裔服务机构的参与，将扩大URM团体的STEM参与，TAMU，作为研究密集型机构，和5个社区大学的合作伙伴，因为所有招收大量的URM学生。LSAMP IV将通过增加URM团体对STEM的参与来造福社会，LSAMP IV还将加强研究和教育的基础设施，通过推进本科生研究和在联盟机构攻读研究生和博士STEM学位，并通过复制和传播成功的模式，URM社区学院转学生。

The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) LSAMP Phase IV will extend analliance of three institutions: 1) Texas A&M University (TAMU), a Tier I researchinstitution, 2) Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), a Historically Black Collegeand University, and 3) Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC), anHispanic Serving Institution. To sustain gains made during Phase I, II, and III of theTAMUS LSAMP, alliance institutions will develop strong ties with 5 communitycolleges, which each have large underrepresented minority (URM) student enrollment.The community colleges are Palo Alto College (San Antonio); North Harris MontgomeryCollege, both the North Harris and Cy-Fair campuses; Houston Community College-Northeast campus; and Del Mar College (Corpus Christi).INTELLECTUAL MERIT - TAMUS LSAMP IV has a GOAL of broadening theparticipation of underrepresented minorities (URM) in science, technology,engineering or mathematics (STEM) disciplines to the successful completion of abachelor's degree and who are well prepared and ready to matriculate into adoctoral program.Objectives include:1. Enhance community college partnerships for recruitment of URM students intoSTEM majors through integrated interactions with alliance institutions.2. Expand retention efforts for STEM URM undergraduates with a focus on firstyearand transfer URM students at alliance institutions.3. Promote and encourage URM student pursuit of doctoral degrees and building ofa community of scholars from the undergraduate to graduate school levels andacross alliance institutions.4. Provide international experience for a select group of TAMUS LSAMP IVstudents for increasing and diversifying the pool of globally trained STEMgraduatesPI Dr. Karan Watson, Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost, and RegentsProfessor of Electrical Engineering, TAMU, will be joined by co-PIs: Dr. David Prior,Executive Vice-President and Provost, TAMU; Dr. Karen Butler-Purry, Professor ofElectrical Engineering, TAMU, and current TAMUS LSAMP Phase III Project Director;Dr. Milton Bryant, Dean of Engineering, PVAMU; and Dr. Frank Pezold, Dean ofScience and Technology, TAMUCC. These research faculty will seek to advancediscovery of successful mechanisms to increase URM student retention, graduation andpursuit of doctoral degrees, and URM student involvement in international study abroad.BROADER IMPACTS - The involvement of PVAMU, a Historically Black College andUniversity, and TAMUCC, an Hispanic Serving Institution, will broaden the participationin STEM of URM groups, as will participation by TAMU, as research intensiveinstitution, and 5 community college partners since all enroll large numbers of URMstudents. LSAMP IV will benefit society by increasing participation of URM groups inSTEM, and by providing opportunities and activities at the undergraduate and graduatelevels that lead to educational and career enhancements of URM students.LSAMP IV will also enhance the infrastructure of research and education byadvancing undergraduate research and pursuit of graduate and doctoral STEM degrees atalliance institutions and through the replication and dissemination of successful modelsfor URM community college transfer students.