Collaborative Research: Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM

亚拉巴马STEM残疾学生联盟是一个合作项目，涉及奥本大学、塔斯基吉大学、亚拉巴马州立大学、蒙哥马利奥本大学、中央亚拉巴马社区学院、南方联合社区学院、亚拉巴马聋人和盲人研究所以及亚拉巴马中东部的六个学区：李、钱伯斯、埃尔莫尔、蒙哥马利、梅肯和塔拉波萨县学校系统。 该联盟有以下四个主要目标：目标1：提高完成STEM学科副学士和学士学位的残疾学生的质量;目标2：增加完成STEM学科副学士和学士学位并进入STEM研究生学位或STEM劳动力队伍的残疾学生人数;目标3：增加完成STEM学科研究生学位的残疾学生人数;目标4：增加高中残疾学生上大学的人数。这个独特的联盟包括两所历史上的黑人大学，塔斯基吉大学和亚拉巴马州立大学，建立在既定的STEM桥梁计划的基础上，包括女性和少数民族残疾学生。 亚拉巴马联盟有一个内部评价小组和一名外部评价员，他将领导独立的形成性和总结性项目评价，他是西格鲁吉亚大学的Abbot Packard博士。

The Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM is a collaborative effort involving Auburn University, Tuskegee University, Alabama State University, and Auburn University at Montgomery, Central Alabama Community College, Southern Union Community College, the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, and six school districts in East-Central Alabama: Lee, Chambers, Elmore, Montgomery, Macon, and Tallapoosa County school systems. The Alliance has the following four major goals:Goal 1: Increase the Quality of Students with Disabilities Completing Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees in STEM Disciplines;Goal 2: Increase the Number of Students with Disabilities Completing Associate and Baccalaureate Degrees in STEM Disciplines and entering STEM graduate degrees or STEM workforce;Goal 3: Increase the Number of Students with Disabilities Completing Graduate Degrees in STEM Disciplines; andGoal 4: Increase the number of high school students with disabilities going to college.This unique Alliance, which includes two Historically Black Universities, Tuskegee University and Alabama State University, builds upon established STEM bridge programs to include female and minority students with disabilities. The Alabama Alliance has an internal evaluation team and an external evaluator who will lead the independent formative and summative project evaluations, Dr. Abbot Packard, from the University of West Georgia.