2011-2016 Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Senior Alliance Project)

东北LSAMP （NELSAMP）显著增加了代表性不足的少数民族（URM）在STEM学士学位学科的入学率，并在位于三个不同州的五个独立机构毕业。该联盟使其机构能够实施确保学生成功的最佳实践，例如研究机会和正式的补充指导计划。它还为来自五个机构的NELSAMP学生提供了互动的机会，并通过联盟范围内的活动找到更大的身份群体。拟议的NELSAMP高级联盟旨在维持和建立其现有项目，为学生从社区学院STEM副学士课程进入NELSAMP开发有意的途径，并为高年级学生实施NELSAMP特定的国际研究经验。此外，它将鼓励其他NELSAMP学生参加现有的国际研究活动，提供旅费支持资金。该方案高级联盟的知识价值反映在其工作的几个方面。NELSAMP将开发一个队列模型来跟踪和支持URM社区学院学生，通过他们在STEM专业的综合AS-BS序列。近同伴活动和参与联盟范围内的活动将提高学生在社区大学期间的持久性。同样，国际研究部分将增加STEM在本科三年级和四年级的持久性。这个拟议的NELSAMP高级联盟的更广泛影响包括三个州的URM人口的学生管道增加，他们从高中开始坚持？直接或通过社区学院完成学士学位STEM学科。除了支持高水平的NELSAMP学生坚持STEM，南非一个专门的国际研究经验项目的成功？一个有许多机构渴望与联盟合作的国家——应该成为一个榜样，为其他LSAMP学生大幅扩大国际机会的数量。

The Northeast LSAMP (NELSAMP) has significantly increased underrepresented minority (URM) enrollment in STEM baccalaureate disciplines and their graduation at five independent institutions located in three different states. The Alliance enables its institutions to implement best practices that ensure student success, such as research opportunities and formal Supplemental Instruction programs. It also provides opportunities for NELSAMP students from the five institutions to interact and find a larger identity group through Alliance-wide events.The proposed NELSAMP Senior Alliance aims to maintain and build upon its existing programs, develop intentional pathways for student progression from community college STEM associate degree programs into NELSAMP, and implement an NELSAMP-specific international research experience for upper level students. In addition, it will encourage other NELSAMP students to participate in existing international research activities by providing travel support funds.The intellectual merit of the NELSAMP Senior Alliance is reflected in several aspects of its work. NELSAMP will develop a cohort model to track and support URM community college students through their combined AS-BS sequence in STEM majors. Near-peer activities and participation in Alliance-wide events will improve student persistence during their community college years. The international research components will, similarly, add to STEM persistence in the third and fourth undergraduate years.The broader impacts of this proposed NELSAMP Senior Alliance include the increased pipeline of students from URM populations in three states who persist from high school ?directly or through community college -to degree completion in baccalaureate STEM disciplines. In addition to buttressing persistence in STEM for upper level NELSAMP students, the success of a dedicated international research experience program in South Africa ? a country with many institutions eager to partner with Alliances- should serve as a model to expand dramatically the number of international opportunities for other LSAMP students.