FL/GA Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

佛罗里达农工大学计划在第四阶段作为佛罗里达-佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(FGLSAMP)的机构所在地。FGLSAMP旨在促进和促进国家科学基金会(NSF)人力资源管理局下的LSAMP计划的方案目标。根据国家科学基金会的目标和努力，解决在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科中被认定为代表性不足的民族在STEM领域的参与率和学位产量较低的问题，FGLSAMP将通过其方案结构来解决这一问题，该方案结构促进了学术表现、本科研究经验、专业发展和攻读STEM研究生学位的准备。成功的标准将通过学生参与者的以下方面来衡量：进步(获得理科学士学位)；保留(在STEM学科内)；毕业(及时获得)；STEM研究生入学人数(增加STEM少数民族入学人数)。FGLSAMP将继续采用整体方法改革STEM学科的本科生教育，同时确定加强和提供新计划活动的方法。FGLSAMP旨在包括院校行政人员、教职员工、外部合作伙伴以及家长和学生的坚定承诺。FGLSAMP的目标是显著增加在STEM学科攻读本科学位的有代表性的少数族裔的数量，以及攻读STEM研究生学位的STEM学士学位获得者的数量。FGLSAMP将为STEM学科的学生提供培训机会，同时还将提供一系列学术成绩提高和支持，以提高STEM保留率和毕业率，使代表不足的STEM少数群体获得更高的保留率和毕业率。此外，为了解决攻读STEM研究生学位的STEM学士学位获得者的数量问题，FGLSAMP开发了一个正式的计划组成部分，为其本科生参与者攻读研究生学位做好准备。这将通过已被FGLSAMP指导委员会接受和通过的密集的方案设计来实现。FGLSAMP将继续为本科生的研究经历提供帮助，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联系，并通过在联盟中纳入2个新的协理级别合作伙伴来纳入社区学院。社区学院是进入STEM学术渠道的宝贵人力资本来源。FGLSAMP项目的运作将通过国家科学基金会的年度财政支持来实现，国家科学基金会是佛罗里达州的一项特别拨款。通过增加两所社区学院，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)在社区大学生和这两所社区学院所属的FGLSAMP本科院校之间创建更大的网络/管道。FGLSAMP还将在毕业前利用和吸引更多潜在的STEM专业学生，并转移到高等专业。

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.