FL/GA Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

佛罗里达A M大学建议作为该机构的主机站点为佛罗里达-格鲁吉亚路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（FGLSAMP）during第四阶段程序操作。FGLSAMP的目的是促进和促进国家科学基金会（NSF）LSAMP计划下的人力资源开发局的计划目标。根据NSF的目标，目的和努力，以解决科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中那些被确定为在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族群体的低参与度和学位生产，FGLSAMP将通过其计划结构来解决这个问题，该计划结构促进学术成绩，本科生研究经验，专业发展和准备追求STEM研究生学位的提高。成功的标准将由我们的学生参与者的衡量：进展（达到B.S.学位）;保留（在STEM学科内）;毕业（及时达到）;和STEM研究生入学（增加STEM少数民族入学）。FGLSAMP将继续采用整体的方法来改革STEM学科的本科教育，沿着通过其指导委员会确定的“野兽实践”，同时确定加强和提供新项目活动的方法。FGLSAMP旨在包括机构管理人员，教师，工作人员，外部合作伙伴以及家长和学生的坚定承诺。FGLSAMP的目标是显着增加在STEM学科攻读本科学位的少数民族人数和STEM B.S.的人数。获得STEM研究生学位的人。FGLSAMP将为STEM学科的学生提供培训机会，同时还提供一系列的学习成绩提高和支持，这将在代表性不足的STEM少数群体中产生更高的STEM保留率和毕业率。此外，为了解决STEM B.S.接受者追求STEM研究生学位，FGLSAMP已经开发了一个正式的程序组件，以准备其本科生参与者追求研究生学位。这将通过FGLSAMP指导委员会已接受和采用的密集程序设计来实现。FGLSAMP将继续为本科生的研究经验提供帮助，包括为学生参与者介绍国际研究机会。FGLSAMP还将继续建立和加强社区学院的联系和包容性，在联盟中加入2个新的副学士级合作伙伴。社区学院是进入STEM学术管道的人力资本的宝贵来源。FGLSAMP计划的运作将通过国家科学基金会的年度财政支持，佛罗里达州的特别拨款来实现。通过增加两个额外的社区学院，FGLSAMP将能够：1）激发和提高学生对STEM领域学术和专业机会的认识，2）创建更大的网络/这两所社区学院所属的FGLSAMP本科院校和社区学院学生之间的管道。FGLSAMP还将在毕业和转移到高年级之前利用和捕获更多潜在的STEM专业。

Florida A&M University proposes to serve as the institutional host-site for theFlorida - Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) duringPhase IV program operations. FGLSAMP is designed to promote and facilitate theprogrammatic goals of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) LSAMP program underthe HRD Directorate. In accordance with the goals, objectives and effort of NSF toaddress the low participation and degree production within science, technology,engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by those ethnic groups identified asunderrepresented in STEM disciplines, FGLSAMP will address this problem through itsprogrammatic structure which promotes enhancement of academic performance,undergraduate research experiences, professional development, and preparation forpursuing STEM graduate degrees. The standard of success will be measured by ourstudent participants': progression (to attain the B.S. degree); retention (within STEMdisciplines); graduation (timely attainment); and STEM graduate enrollment(increasing STEM Minority enrollment). FGLSAMP will continue to employ a holisticapproach to reform undergraduate education in the STEM disciplines along withidentified "beast practices" as determined through it Steering Committee, whiledetermining means to enhance and provide new program activities. FGLSAMP isdesigned to include a firm commitment of institutional administrators, faculty, staff,external partners, as well as parents and students.The goals of FGLSAMP are to significantly increase both the number ofunderrepresented minorities pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM disciplines and thenumber of STEM B.S. degree recipients pursuing STEM graduate degrees. FGLSAMPwill provide training opportunities to students in STEM disciplines while also providingan array of academic performance enhancement and support that will yield greater STEMretention and graduations rates among underrepresented STEM minorities. Additionally,to address the numbers of STEM B.S. recipients pursuing STEM graduate degrees,FGLSAMP has developed a formalize program component to prepare its undergraduateparticipants to pursue graduate degrees. This will be accomplished through an intensiveprogrammatic design that has been accepted and adopted by the FGLSAMP SteeringCommittee. FGLSAMP will continue provide assistance for undergraduate researchexperiences that will include the introduction of international research opportunities forstudent participants. FGLSAMP will also continue to build and strengthen ties andinclusion of community colleges by the inclusion of 2 new associate level partners withinthe alliance. Community Colleges are a valuable source of human capital to enter theSTEM academic pipeline.FGLSAMP program operations will be met through annual financial support from theNational Science Foundation, a special appropriation from the State of Florida.Through the addition of two additional community colleges, FGLSAMP will beable to: 1) stimulate and increase student awareness of academic and professionalopportunities in STEM areas and 2) create a larger network/pipeline between thecommunity college students and FGLSAMP undergraduate institutions with which thesetwo community colleges are affiliated. FGLSAMP will also capitalize and capturegreater numbers of potential STEM majors prior to graduation and transfer to the upperdivision.