CSU-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate at California State University, Northridge (Cohort 7)

加州州立大学（CSU）路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（CSU-LSAMP）博士学位桥梁（BD）计划是国家科学基金会和加州州立大学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。该计划在加州州立大学，北岭准备学生，以满足完成研究的博士课程和高等教育的学术生涯的挑战。 此外，该计划还培养了在国内和国际STEM劳动力中取得成功所需的领导技能。结合研究和教育，BD研究员将在两年多的时间里作为一个队列社区进行培养，这将受益于学术和个人发展活动以及社会支持计划，以维持他们对终端博士的承诺和成功。STEM学位。 计划活动包括与研究生教育的教授（AGEP）机构和其他研究生教育计划，以促进学生在博士学位的联系。12名来自STEM领域代表性不足的少数民族的学生将在2009-2011学年期间参加加州州立大学北岭分校的该项目。 这项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全球STEM管道中的参与。 从该项目的严格评估结果将添加到文学在STEM领域的代表性不足的少数民族学生的招聘和保留机构。该项目预计，至少95%的新参与者将完成硕士？这些学生中至少有90%将获得STEM博士学位。 该项目不仅针对可能不会接受博士水平培训的学生群体，而且还特别努力针对总体博士学位产量相对较低且URM学生比例最低的STEM学科。 在这些学科（特别是地质科学、物理学和天文学、数学、工程学和计算机科学），授予URM学生博士学位数量的小幅增加将对学科人口统计产生重大影响。最佳实践？支持和促进LSAMP学生。 具体而言，该项目提供了以下内容：严谨的师父？S级课程作业在导师指导下的两年研究经验;？专业发展讲习班和活动，包括参加科学会议;每月开会监督学生的进步与其他BD研究员在博士课程中建立联系，以及？ 协助申请研究生院和奖学金。

California State University (CSU) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and California State University 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 California State University, Northridge 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 cohort 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 with Graduate Education in the Professoriate (AGEP) institutions and other graduate education programs to advance students in Ph.D. programs.Twelve students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at California State University, Northridge during the 2009-2011 academic years. Results from this support will broaden the participation of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific-Islanders in the STEM pipeline globally. 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.The project anticipates that at least 95% of the new participants will complete Master?s degrees, and that at least 90% of these students will earn STEM doctorate degrees. This project not only targets a student population that might not otherwise pursue doctoral level training, but also makes a special effort to target STEM disciplines that have relatively low overall doctorate degree production and the lowest shares of URM students. In these disciplines (specifically, geological sciences, physics and astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and computer science), small increases in the number of doctorates awarded to URM students will have a significant impact on discipline demographics.BD project activities include a variety of valued ?best practices? for supporting and advancing LSAMP students. Specifically, the project provides the following: ? rigorous Master?s-level course-work ? a two-year research experience with the guidance of a faculty mentor;? professional development workshops and activities, including participation in scientific conferences; ? monthly meetings to monitor student progress, ? networking with other BD Fellows in doctoral programs, and ? provide assistance with graduate school and fellowship applications.