Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation - Philadelphia AMP Initiative (Senior Level Alliance)

大费城地区路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 - 费城 AMP 倡议（高级联盟）

• 批准号: 0903924
• 负责人: James Herbert
• 金额: $ 232.37万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 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: 2009-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903924&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greater; Philadelphia; Region; Louis; Stokes

Drexel University, as a representative of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP), seeks continued funding for its AMP initiative as a senior level Alliance, to intensify its on-going efforts to substantially increase the quantity and quality of African American, Hispanic and Native American students receiving baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and subsequently, entering graduate school to attain doctoral degrees. Philadelphia AMP represents a diverse alliance of public and private, 2- and 4-year, research and non-research, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and majority institutions.A salient feature of this proposal is the fundamental manner in which the proposed AMP initiative rests on a solid foundation of partnerships, resources, effective practice and experience derived from fourteen years of collaboration, cooperation and concerted efforts focused on minority student achievement under the current Philadelphia AMP project. During the past fourteen years of the Philadelphia AMP?s existence, the Alliance has contributed $l2.3 million in matching funds to the project through the use of college/university, foundation, state government and corporate funds. Through the Philadelphia Alliance a mechanism has been developed to catalyze changes in institutional departmental and organizational culture and the practices that will result in significant increases in recruitment, retention, STEM degree production, and graduate school entry for all students. Currently, the Alliance has established a firm foundation for the objectives of the proposed senior level Alliance initiative with specific attention to the expansion of a coordinated movement of community college students to 4- year institutions, and subsequently, successfully transitioned through to graduate study. The increased movement of students to graduate study has increased the participation of faculty at the undergraduate and graduate level with expanded domestic, as well as international research opportunities. In support of this AMP initiative, over 200+ tenured STEM faculty, academic department heads, and senior administrative personnel from the nine member institutions will actively participate in recruiting, advising and mentoring AMP students. In this proposal ?minority? refers to African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans.Through synergistic collaboration, the Alliance utilizes its operational infrastructure to expand available options to enrich programs at partner institutions and beyond. Philadelphia AMP recognizes that sustained increases in the quality and quantity of minority students in undergraduate and graduate STEM degree programs have required not only a re-engineering of the educational system at all levels, but also a sustained mechanism which revisits the curricular adjustments to accommodate the demands of industry and the academy. These adjustments will result in permanent changes in the learning environment in the Alliance institutions, as well as in their policies and practices in terms of allocations of finances, personnel, recruitment, and admissions.The proposed AMP initiative will utilize the experiences and practices gained through its development to senior level Alliance status to continue to foster the institutionalization of its current activities, and the preparation and transition of students from community colleges to 4-year institutions and from 4-yr institutions to graduate education.Broader impacts include increasing the number and quality of students from underrepresented groups in Alliance institutions completing STEM B.S degrees and transitioning to graduate study; enhancing partnerships, research collaborations, and articulation strategies between community colleges, HBCU and Ph.D. granting universities, within the Philadelphia AMP and beyond; and enhancing the integration of research and education.

德雷克塞尔大学，作为大费城地区的代表路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（费城AMP），寻求继续资助其AMP倡议作为一个高级联盟，以加强其正在进行的努力，大幅提高数量和质量的非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生获得学士学位的科学，技术，工程和数学（干），随后进入研究生院攻读博士学位。费城AMP代表了公共和私人，2年和4年，研究和非研究，历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和多数机构的多元化联盟。在目前的费城AMP项目下，合作和共同努力的重点是少数民族学生的成绩。在费城AMP的过去14年里，联盟成立以来，通过使用学院/大学、基金会、州政府和公司的资金，为该项目提供了1230万美元的配套资金。通过费城联盟已经开发了一种机制，以促进机构部门和组织文化的变化，并将导致招聘，保留，STEM学位生产和所有学生的研究生入学率显着增加的做法。目前，该联盟已为拟议的高级联盟倡议的目标奠定了坚实的基础，特别注意将社区学院学生的协调运动扩大到4年制院校，并随后成功过渡到研究生学习。学生研究生学习的增加了教师在本科和研究生水平的参与，扩大了国内和国际研究机会。为了支持这项AMP计划，来自九个成员机构的200多名终身STEM教师，学术部门负责人和高级行政人员将积极参与招募，建议和指导AMP学生。在这个提案中？少数民族？通过协同合作，联盟利用其业务基础设施，扩大现有的选择，以丰富伙伴机构和其他机构的方案。费城AMP认识到，本科和研究生STEM学位课程中少数民族学生的质量和数量的持续增加不仅需要各级教育系统的重新设计，而且还需要一个持续的机制，重新审视课程调整，以适应行业和学术界的需求。这些调整将导致联盟各机构的学习环境以及它们在资金分配、人员、征聘和招生方面的政策和做法发生永久性变化，拟议的AMP倡议将利用其在发展到联盟高级地位过程中取得的经验和做法，继续促进其现有活动的制度化，以及学生从社区学院到四年制院校和从四年制院校到研究生教育的准备和过渡。更广泛的影响包括增加联盟院校中代表性不足群体的学生完成STEM B.S学位并过渡到研究生学习的数量和质量;加强社区学院、HBCU和博士之间的伙伴关系、研究合作和衔接战略。授予费城AMP内外的大学;加强研究和教育的整合。