Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

太平洋西北路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟

• 批准号: 0901996
• 负责人: Sheila Lange
• 金额: $ 262.5万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0901996&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pacific; Northwest; Louis; Stokes; Alliance

Colleges and universities in the three-state region of Washington, Oregon and Idaho are proposing to form the Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PNW LSAMP). This Alliance will enable educators and advocates from science centers, pre-college programs, community colleges and four-year institutions to leverage their resources and existing relationships to increase minority participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors. The projected demographic shifts in these three states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington present an extraordinary opportunity for colleges and universities to greatly increase the diversity of students earning STEM degrees. Each state has committed substantial resources to efforts to increase degrees granted in STEM as part of economic development initiatives.Intellectual MeritTo take advantage of this opportunity and reach its goal of doubling the number of STEM bachelor degrees granted to underrepresented students, the Pacific Northwest Alliance will develop and/or strengthen programs and services related to the following priorities:1. Increase pathways to college for URM students while strengthening their interest in pursuing STEM careers;2. Create a culture and community of success for URM STEM majors on four-year college campuses to improve retention and graduation rates; and3. Expand opportunities for URM STEM majors to participate in campus-based and national undergraduate research experiences.PNW LSAMP partners will implement best practices in STEM diversity initiatives that have been disseminated by existing LSAMP programs around the country including early outreach and recruitment, community college transfer assistance, supplemental instruction, mentoring, summer bridge programs, and undergraduate research experiences. In addition to participation in a joint annual research conference, each of the community college and 4-year institutions has committed to establishing PNW LSAMP centers on their campus that will serve as visible and accessible support systems for underrepresented students with an interest in STEMBroader ImpactsThe Alliance will address the national and regional imperative to increase the number of degrees granted in STEM by connecting institutions of higher education with precollege and science advocacy programs. The Alliance partnership will provide seamless transitions for students as they proceed on the pathway from high school to college and from community colleges to 4-year colleges. The diversity of institution type in the Alliance will supplement student access to summer bridge and orientation programs, tutoring and mentoring relationships, and undergraduate research experiences. The Alliance will further leverage its efforts through the inclusion of science centers that serve as important portals to the public and already have a number of established stellar programs targeted to raise student interest in STEM.The Alliance will also encourage collaboration between the many broadening participation programs funded by the National Science Foundation that exist on member campuses, including Noyce Fellowships, SSTEM/CSEMS, STEP, and ADVANCE. The synergy created by bringing all of these diversity-related programs together will augment institutional transformation on each campus.

华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和爱达荷州三个州的学院和大学正在提议成立太平洋西北路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(PNW LSAMP)。该联盟将使来自科学中心、大学预科项目、社区学院和四年制院校的教育工作者和倡导者能够利用他们的资源和现有的关系，增加少数族裔对科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的参与。预计爱达荷州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州这三个州的人口结构变化为学院和大学提供了一个非同寻常的机会，可以极大地增加获得STEM学位的学生的多样性。作为经济发展举措的一部分，每个州都承诺投入大量资源来增加STEM学位的授予。智力价值为了利用这个机会，实现授予代表性不足的学生的STEM学士学位数量翻一番的目标，太平洋西北联盟将开发和/或加强与以下优先事项相关的计划和服务：1.增加URM学生进入大学的途径，同时增强他们追求STEM职业的兴趣；2.在四年制大学校园为URM STEM专业的学生创造一种成功的文化和社区，以提高保留率和毕业率；以及3.PNW LSAMP合作伙伴将实施STEM多样性倡议中的最佳实践，这些实践已由全国各地现有的LSAMP项目传播，包括早期外展和招聘、社区大学转学援助、补充指导、导师、夏季桥梁项目和本科生研究经验。除了参加联合年度研究会议，每个社区学院和四年制院校都承诺在他们的校园内建立PNW LSAMP中心，作为对STEM感兴趣的代表不足的学生的可见和可访问的支持系统。联盟将通过将高等教育机构与大学预科和科学倡导项目联系起来，满足国家和地区增加STEM学位授予数量的迫切需要。联盟伙伴关系将为学生提供从高中到大学、从社区大学到四年制大学的无缝过渡。联盟机构类型的多样性将补充学生获得暑期桥牌和迎新项目、辅导和指导关系以及本科生研究经验的机会。该联盟将进一步利用其努力，纳入科学中心，这些中心是面向公众的重要门户，已经有许多旨在提高学生对STEM兴趣的一流项目。联盟还将鼓励由国家科学基金会资助的许多扩大参与项目之间的合作，这些项目存在于成员校园，包括诺伊斯奖学金、SSTEM/CSEMS、STEP和Advance。将所有这些与多样性相关的项目整合在一起所产生的协同效应将增强每个校园的制度变革。