UT System LSAMP Phase IV

德克萨斯大学（UT）系统联盟要求为国家科学基金会路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划的第四阶段和最后阶段提供五年的持续资金。UT系统联盟的成员是UT阿灵顿，UT奥斯汀，UT布朗斯维尔，UT达拉斯，UT埃尔帕索，UT泛美，UT二叠纪盆地，UT圣安东尼奥，UT泰勒，塔兰特县社区学院，柯林县社区学院，埃尔帕索社区学院，霍华德学院，米德兰学院，敖德萨学院和圣安东尼奥学院。联盟在这一阶段的活动是继续支持目前NSF LSAMP本科研究人员;为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的新本科生和教师导师提供研究支持;为学生举办暑期学院，让他们在其他UT系统联盟合作学校进行研究;引入富布赖特交流计划的国际研究部分;并加强基础设施，丰富学生的经验和专业发展，为联盟合作伙伴，STEM教师，本科生，硕士生和博士生之间的广泛互动和指导创造机会。使用2000 UT系统数据作为基线，该联盟正在为2015年制定以下新的总体目标：1）至少增加一倍STEM入学率和授予代表性不足的少数民族学生学士学位; 2）至少增加一倍STEM入学率和授予代表性不足的少数民族学生硕士学位。拟议的项目推进知识和了解的动态参与全州URM学生保留的努力。PI，co-PI和校园协调员有丰富的经验来进行该项目。近年来，PI和co-PI共同努力制定一项旨在提高一年级STEM学生的保留率和成功率的计划，并发表了他们的工作。PI还指导了一项本科研究计划，支持大量STEM专业，并报告了高毕业率。PI和合作者团队调查的基本研究问题是：1）集中的全系统努力在多大程度上可以影响具有共同特征的学生的成功（通常是低收入，大部分准备不足，第一代大学生）？2)改变高等教育学校系统的文化，使其接受本科生研究并促进其复制所涉及的因素是什么？项目活动中的拟议活动通过直接促进和支持本科生和研究生的教师导师培训，促进STEM学科的发现和理解。拟议的活动明确扩大了代表性不足的群体（西班牙裔、非裔美国人、美洲土著人、妇女）的参与。结果将广泛传播，以提高对代表性不足的STEM学生保留和成功问题的理解。该项目最重要的好处是，它将使21世纪STEM劳动力的长期系统性变化成为可能。

The University of Texas (UT) System Alliance requests a five-year continuation of funding for its fourth and final phase of the National Science Foundation Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program. The members of the UT System Alliance are UT Arlington, UT Austin, UT Brownsville, UT Dallas, UT El Paso, UT Pan American, UT Permian Basin, UT San Antonio, UT Tyler, Tarrant County Community College, Collin County Community College, El Paso Community College, Howard College, Midland College, Odessa College and San Antonio College.The Alliance's activities for this phase are to continue support for current NSF LSAMP undergraduate researchers; provide research support for new undergraduates and faculty mentors in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines; host a summer academy for students to do research at other UT System Alliance partnering schools; introduce an international research component with the Fulbright Exchange Program; and enhance an infrastructure that enriches students' experiences and professional development, creating opportunities for broad interaction and mentoring among Alliance partners, STEM faculty, undergraduate, master's, and doctoral-level students.Using 2000 UT System data as baseline, the Alliance is setting the following new overarching goals for 2015: 1) at least double STEM enrollment and baccalaureate degrees awarded to under-represented minority students; and 2) at least double STEM enrollment and master degrees awarded to under-represented minority students. The proposed project advances knowledge and understanding of the dynamics involved in a State-wide URM student retention effort. The PI, co-PI and campus coordinators have ample experience to conduct the project. In recent years, the PI and co-PI joined efforts in the development of a program aimed at increasing the retention and success of first year STEM student and have published their work. The PI also directed an undergraduate research program that supported a large number of STEM majors, and reported a high graduation rates. The fundamental research questions that the PI and team of collaborators investigate are: 1) to what extent can a focused system-wide effort influence the success of students that share a common profile (generally low income, largely under-prepared, first-generation college bound)? 2) What are the factors involved in changing the culture of a higher education school system so that it embraces undergraduate research and promotes its replication The proposed activities in the project activity promote discovery and understanding in STEM disciplines by directly promoting and supporting the training of undergraduate students and graduate students by their faculty mentors. The proposed activities explicitly broaden the participation of underrepresented groups (Hispanics, African-American, Native American, Women). Results will be disseminated broadly to enhance understanding of the issues of underrepresented STEM student retention and success. The most important benefit of this project is that it will enable long-term systemic change in the STEM workforce of the 21st century.