Greater Philadelphia Region LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort IX) Project at the University of Delaware

大费城地区特拉华大学 LSAMP 通往博士学位的桥梁（第九组）项目

• 批准号: 1139870
• 负责人: James Herbert
• 金额: $ 98.7万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-15 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1139870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Greater; Philadelphia; Region; LSAMP; Bridge

Drexel University, as a representative of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP), requests Bridge to the Doctorate funding for a two-year period for a Cohort IX program, to expand and intensify the consortium?s on-going efforts to substantially increase the number of qualified African American, Hispanic and Native American (hereafter referred to as "minority") 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.The University of Delaware has been selected to host the Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Cohort IX activities because of: 1) the key role it has played in the successful development and implementation of the Alliance?s BTD Cohort I-VIII programs , 2) its continued efforts to leverage the relationship between Majority Institutions and HBCUs as the candidacy pool for the Ph.D. granting institutions, 3) its institution-wide commitment to increase diversity in STEM at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and 4) its advancements in the research enterprise.The goals of Philadelphia AMP's Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort IX) project are to: (1) recruit twelve students into Master's or Ph.D. degree programs at the University of Delaware; (2) retain these students through the completion of the Master's or Ph.D. program, providing the Master's students with full qualifications for admission into a highly regarded Ph.D. program in their chosen STEM specialty with full financial support; (3) enable the Master?s students? admission and smooth transition into a Ph.D. program; and (4) monitor all student progress through Ph.D. completion into the professoriate and beyond.Intellectual Merit includes management expertise and advancing knowledge and understanding in the STEM fields. The proposed Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort IX) Program rests on a solid foundation of partnerships, resources, effective practices and experiences derived from sixteen (16) years of collaboration, cooperation and concerted efforts focused on minority student achievement under the current Philadelphia AMP and Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) Cohort I-VIII programs. In particular, this experience has helped the Alliance's STEM graduate programs mature considerably, to the benefit of all STEM graduate students, not just the BTD Fellows. University of Delaware's successful implementation of Cohort I makes them well qualified to host the proposed Cohort IX project. The proposed effort builds upon the existing infrastructure to advance underrepresented minority students into participation in engineering and the sciences at the highest levels.Broader Impacts include: (1) increasing the number and quality of students from underrepresented groups at AMP institutions completing STEM M.S. and Ph.D.s and entering the professoriate; (2) advancing knowledge in the STEM disciplines through the promotion of research activity and the dissemination of information about best practices used to promote the retention of students from underrepresented groups; and (3) enhancing the infrastructure for research and education through the development of support networks and partnerships within the Philadelphia AMP and beyond.

德雷克塞尔大学，作为大费城地区路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（费城AMP）的代表，要求桥梁博士学位资助为期两年的第九队列计划，以扩大和加强财团？政府正在努力大幅增加合格的非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和美洲土著人（以下简称“少数族裔”）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的人数。费城AMP代表了九所机构的多元化联盟，包括公立和私立，2年和4年的研究和非研究，历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）和多数机构。特拉华州大学被选中举办博士学位（BTD）队列IX活动，因为：1）它在联盟的成功发展和实施中发挥了关键作用？的BTD队列I-VIII计划，2）继续努力利用多数机构和HBCU之间的关系作为博士候选人库。费城AMP的Bridge to the Doctorate（Cohort IX）项目的目标是：（1）招收12名学生进入硕士或博士学位课程，（2）培养12名学生进入硕士或博士学位课程，（3）在本科和研究生阶段增加STEM多样性的全机构承诺，以及（4）在研究企业方面的进步。特拉华州大学的学位课程;（2）通过完成硕士或博士学位留住这些学生。计划，提供硕士的学生进入一个高度重视的博士学位录取的全部资格。在他们选择的STEM专业与充分的财政支持计划;（3）使主？学生？顺利过渡到博士学位程序;和（4）通过博士监测所有学生的进展。知识价值包括管理专业知识和在STEM领域的先进知识和理解。拟议的桥梁博士学位（队列九）计划依靠的伙伴关系，资源，有效的做法和经验，从十六（16）年的协作，合作和共同努力，专注于少数民族学生的成绩根据目前的费城AMP和桥梁博士学位（BTD）队列I-VIII计划的坚实基础。特别是，这种经验帮助联盟的STEM研究生课程相当成熟，所有STEM研究生的利益，而不仅仅是BTD研究员。特拉华州大学成功实施了第一批项目，使他们完全有资格主办拟议的第九批项目。拟议的努力建立在现有的基础设施上，以促进代表性不足的少数民族学生参与最高水平的工程和科学。更广泛的影响包括：（1）增加AMP机构完成STEM硕士学位的代表性不足群体的学生的数量和质量。和博士和进入教授职位;（2）通过促进研究活动和传播有关最佳实践的信息来促进STEM学科的知识，以促进来自代表性不足群体的学生的保留;以及（3）通过在费城AMP内外发展支持网络和伙伴关系来加强研究和教育的基础设施。