Collaborative Research: Alabama Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM

阿拉巴马州STEM残疾学生联盟是由奥本大学、塔斯基吉大学、阿拉巴马州立大学、蒙哥马利奥本大学、阿拉巴马州中部社区学院、南方联合社区学院、阿拉巴马州聋人和盲人研究所以及阿拉巴马州中东部的六个学区共同努力的，这些学区包括李、钱伯斯、埃尔莫、蒙哥马利、梅肯和塔拉普萨县学校系统。该联盟有以下四个主要目标：目标1：提高完成STEM学科副学士学位和文凭学位的残疾学生的质量；目标2：增加完成STEM学科副学士学位和文凭学位并进入STEM研究生学位或STEM工作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；以及目标4：增加上大学的残疾高中生人数。这一独特的联盟包括两所历史悠久的黑人大学--塔斯基吉大学和阿拉巴马州立大学，它建立在现有的STEM桥梁计划的基础上，包括残疾女性和少数族裔学生。阿拉巴马州联盟有一个内部评估小组和一名外部评估员，他将领导来自西乔治亚大学的独立的形成性和总结性项目评估工作。

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.