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

合作建议德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校罗伯特·胡默达林·格兰特让·莫里森南加州大学SES-0750723凯伦·库克斯坦福大学SES-0750645罗格里奥·桑兹德克萨斯农工大学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水平更令人震惊；例如，21世纪初，非洲裔美国人在美国大学研究生院入学人数中所占比例不到9%，拉美裔仅占5%。在加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州，代表性不足可能更加重要，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。事实上，加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州现在都被认为是人口占多数的州。这一合作更新项目--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的建议--将继续解决这四个机构社会、行为和经济(SBE)科学研究生课程中拉美裔、非裔美国人和美洲原住民代表性不足的问题。该项目将继续增加联盟机构中代表不足的少数群体(URM)在SBE科学中的招生、保留和成功完成研究生的人数，并长期致力于增加在SBE科学的大学教职中URM群体的代表性。两项原则继续指导着我们的努力。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。更广泛的影响这项计划的更广泛的影响是影响加州和德克萨斯州的高等教育的未来。在这两个关键的少数族裔占多数的州，高等教育的未来在一定程度上取决于这些州的大学是否有能力使教师的种族/民族组合多样化。这种合作努力为如何在SBE科学中做到这一点提供了一种模式。

Collaborative ProposalSES-0750597Robert HummerDarlene GrantUniversity of Texas at AustinSES-0750160Jean MorrisonUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSES- 0750723Karen CookStanford UniversitySES-0750645Rogelio 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. At the graduate level, under-representation among minority groups is even more striking than at the undergraduate level; for example, African Americans comprised fewer than nine percent of graduate school enrollments and Hispanics comprised just five percent of graduate school enrollments in the early 21st Century in U.S. universities. 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 also two of the most racially and ethnically diverse states. Indeed, both California and Texas are now considered to be "majority-minority" population states. This collaborative renewal project -- which includes proposals from the University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Southern California -- will continue to address the under representation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans in graduate programs in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) sciences at these four institutions. The project will continue to increase the enrollment, retention, and successful completion of under-represented minority (URM) graduate students in the SBE Sciences at alliance institutions, with the long-term intent to increase representation among URM groups on university faculties in the SBE sciences. Two principles continue to 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. Broader Impact The broader impact of this program is to influence the future of higher education in bothCalifornia and Texas. The future of higher education in these two critical majority-minority states in part depends on the ability of universities in these states to diversify the racial/ethnic mix of faculty. The collaborative effort presents one model of how to do so within the SBE sciences.