Greater Philadelphia Region LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort VII) Project

2009-2011年大费城地区路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(Philadelphia AMP)博士项目的桥梁将扩大和加强该联盟正在进行的努力，以大幅增加合格的非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民学生进入科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)研究生学习、获得博士学位和进入教授职位。费城AMP代表了一个由九个机构组成的多元化联盟，这些机构包括公立和私立、2年和4年研究和非研究、历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)以及大多数机构。特拉华州立大学是2009-2011年度博士学位项目的所在地。费城AMP博士学位项目的目标是：(1)招收12名学生进入特拉华州立大学的硕士学位项目；(2)通过硕士项目的完成留住这些学生，为他们提供充分的资格，进入他们选择的STEM专业的一个备受推崇的博士项目；(3)使他们能够被录取并顺利过渡到博士项目；以及(4)监督他们通过博士学位完成就业的进展。我们的目标是让这些学生100%顺利完成研究生学业并进入STEM职业生涯，其中许多人将在高等教育机构晋升为教授。这些学生将能够进入10个STEM硕士课程(化学、应用化学、应用数学、数学、物理、应用光学、自然资源、生物学、神经科学和植物科学)，其中许多是少数族裔代表不足的。

The 2009-2011 Bridge to the Doctorate Program of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP)will expand and intensify the alliance's on-going efforts to substantially increase the number of qualified African American, Hispanic and Native American students entering graduate study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), attaining doctoral degrees, and moving into the professoriate. The Philadelphia AMP represents a diverse alliance of nine institutions consisting of public and private, 2- and 4-year research and non-research, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and majority institutions. Delaware State University is the site for the 2009-2011 Bridge to the Doctorate program. The goals of Philadelphia AMP's Bridge to the Doctorate project are to: (1) recruit twelve students into masters degree programs at Delaware State University; (2) retain these students through the completion of the Masters program providing them with full qualifications for admission into a highly regarded Ph.D. program in their chosen STEM specialty with full financial support; (3) enable their admission and smooth transition into a Ph.D. program; and (4) monitor their progress through Ph.D. completion into employment. We aim to have 100% of these students successfully complete their graduate study and enter a STEM career, with many progressing into the professoriate at institutions of higher education. The students will be able to matriculate into 10 STEM M.S. programs (chemistry, applied chemistry, applied mathematics, mathematics, physics, applied optics, natural resources, biology, neuroscience, and plant science), many of which are underrepresented by minorities.