2008 Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation - Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort VI)

华盛顿-巴尔的摩-汉普顿路路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（WBHR LSAMP）桥梁博士学位（BD）计划是国家科学基金会与华盛顿，DC和弗吉尼亚州的高等教育机构之间的合作努力，以提高代表性不足的少数民族录取完成科学，技术，工程和数学领域（STEM）博士学位的质量和数量。该计划在霍华德大学准备学生迎接完成研究的博士课程和高等教育的学术生涯的挑战。 此外，该计划还培养在国内和国际上取得STEM劳动力成功所需的领导技能。整合研究和教育，BD研究员将在两年多的时间里培养为一个共同的社区，该社区将受益于学术和个人发展活动计划以及社会支持，以维持他们对终端博士学位的承诺和成功。STEM学位。计划活动包括与霍华德大学/德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索合作联盟研究生教育教授（HUTEP AGEP）以及其他NSF资助的研究和教育项目的联系，包括为本科生提供指导机会的计划。 在2009-2010学年，共有12名来自STEM领域代表性不足的少数民族的学生将参加霍华德大学的该项目。 这一支持的结果将扩大非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民在STEM管道中的参与。S.劳动力和国外。 该项目的严格评估结果将增加在STEM领域招募和保留代表性不足的少数民族学生的文献。

The Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WBHR LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and higher education institutions in Washington, DC and Virginia to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating to completion of the doctoral degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) fields. The program at Howard University prepares students to meet the challenges of completing doctoral programs of study and for academic careers in higher education. In addition, the program develops leadership skills necessary for success in the STEM workforce nationally and internationally. Integrating research and education, the BD fellows will be nurtured over two years as a cohorted community that will benefit from a program of academic and personal development activities as well as social support to sustain their commitment and success to the terminal Ph.D. STEM degree. Program activities include linkages to the Howard University/University of Texas-El Paso collaborative Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate(HUTEP AGEP)as well as other NSF-funded research and education projects, including programs that provide mentoring opportunities for undergraduate students. A total of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at Howard University during the 2009-2010 academic years. Results from this support will broaden the participation of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific-Islanders in the STEM pipeline, U. S. workforce and abroad. Results from rigorous evaluation of the project will add to the body of literature in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields.