2008 Illinois LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program at University of Illinois at Chicago

芝加哥州立大学是伊利诺伊州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(I-LSAMP)通往博士学位(BD)计划的牵头机构，该计划是美国国家科学基金会和伊利诺伊州高等教育机构合作开展的，旨在提高攻读科学、技术、工程和数学领域(STEM)博士学位的人数和质量。伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校(UIC)的这一项目为学生准备迎接完成博士课程和高等教育学术生涯的挑战。此外，该项目还培养在国内和国际STEM员工队伍中取得成功所必需的领导技能。结合研究和教育，BD研究员将在两年内被培养为一个队列社区，将受益于一项学术和个人发展活动以及社会支持计划，以维持他们对末期博士学位的承诺和成功。计划活动包括与UIC的医学研究生教育(GEMS)计划、罗纳德·E·麦克奈尔文凭后成就计划以及其他由NSF和NIH资助的研究和教育项目的联系。在2009-2010学年期间，共有12名来自STEM领域未被充分代表的少数族裔的学生将参加UIC的该项目。这种支持的结果将扩大非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民在STEM管道、美国劳动力和海外的参与。对该项目进行严格评估的结果将增加关于招收和留住STEM领域中代表性不足的少数族裔学生的文献。

Chicago State University, lead institution for the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (I-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and Illinois Higher Education institutions 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 the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) 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 Graduate Education in the Medical Sciences (GEMS) program at UIC and the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program as well as other NSF and NIH-funded research and education projects. A total of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at UIC 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.