University of Colorado Denver CO-AMP Bridge to the Doctorate

科罗拉多大学丹佛分校 CO-AMP 通往博士学位的桥梁

• 批准号: 1301885
• 负责人: Rick Miranda
• 金额: $ 98.7万
• 依托单位: Colorado State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1301885&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Colorado; Denver; CO; AMP

The Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation (CO-AMP) has thus far matriculated four cohorts ofunderrepresented minority students through the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program. The firstthree cohorts matriculated at Colorado State University (CSU), the lead institution for the CO-AMPalliance, whereas the fourth BD cohort matriculated at Colorado School of Mines (CSM). The fifth cohort,if funded, will matriculate at the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver). As the only urban,research-intensive institution in the Rocky Mountain States, CU Denver offers a unique trainingexperience in a wide range of STEM disciplines.Program Goals: A cohort of 12 BD fellows will be recruited into this program for each of two years usinga wide range of strategies. The Program Coordinator, along with members of the Management Team, willadvertise the BD program using Web-based media, flyers, brochures and direct communication.Particular attention will be given to 1) current CU Denver STEM undergraduate and Masters students, 2)other higher education institutions in the CO-AMP alliance, 3) four Native American tribes in Coloradoand the Four Corners region, 4) all LSAMP alliances nationwide, 5) national meetings such as SACNASand ABRCMS, and 6) visits to targeted programs and electronic postings to GradSchools.com.The Program will be administered by a Management Team, which includes individuals who arenationally recognized for their efforts in diversity and inclusion. The Team will meet regularly with allBD fellows to assess their overall satisfaction with the program as well as gather feedback for areas ofimprovement. Importantly, once per semester, individual one-on-one meetings will be held with each ofthe BD fellows to assess their academic progress and career development. These academic progress andmentoring meetings will continue throughout the entire program of study for all BD fellows.The program is designed to provide a series of career development courses and workshops to facilitatetheir successful completion of the program and preparation for careers in academia and relatedprofessions. Examples of such career development programs include: teaching preparation, ethicalconduct of research, scientific writing, and a broad array of related career development workshops.Furthermore, regularly scheduled meetings of the local BD cohort, as well as annual meetings with all BDfellows in the CO-AMP alliance will build a sense of community and serve as a venue for sharingexperiences and best practices.Intellectual Merit: As the only urban, research intensive institution in the Rocky Mountain states, CUDenver offers a unique training experience in a wide range of STEM disciplines. Although theManagement Team will make the BD cohort aware of all 29 STEM-related PhD training programs, BDfellows will be encouraged to matriculate into the following STEM programs where the USA job marketis most promising: Mathematics and Statistical Sciences, Engineering and Applied Sciences, ComputerScience and Engineering, Bioengineering, Computational Biosciences and Structural Biology. Through awell-developed series of career development courses and workshops, coupled with ongoing individualmentoring, the program will strive for successful completion of the PhD degree for all CU Denver BDfellows.Broader Impacts: Although the percentage of underrepresented minority students continues to increaseat the undergraduate level, matriculation into STEM graduate programs still lags behind. Consequently,it is critical to develop programs and mechanisms that encourage underrepresented students tomatriculate into STEM graduate training programs as well as the successful completion of their PhDdegree. Towards that end, this program will provide regularly scheduled mentoring and academicprogression meetings with each BD fellow, career development workshops, teacher preparation courses,local and state-wide community building meetings, and a range of other activities and mentoringapproaches to improve the likelihood of successful completion for their PhD programs. Best practiceswill be applied to other campus-wide recruitment initiatives for underrepresented students, as well aswith other partners in the CO-AMP alliance and national LSAMP alliances. Ultimately, the long-termgoal of this and similar programs is to train and prepare a larger number of underrepresented studentsfor careers in the STEM disciplines, where they will serve as role models for the ongoing matriculation ofunderrepresented students in STEM graduate programs and professions.

科罗拉多少数民族参与联盟（CO-AMP）迄今已通过LSAMP博士学位（BD）项目录取了四批未充分代表的少数民族学生。前三个队列录取在科罗拉多州立大学（CSU），为CO-AMPalliance的领导机构，而第四BD队列录取在科罗拉多矿业学院（CSM）。如果获得资助，第五批学生将在科罗拉多丹佛大学（CU Denver）录取。作为落基山脉各州唯一的城市研究密集型机构，丹佛大学在广泛的STEM学科中提供独特的培训经验。计划目标：12名BD研究员的队列将被招募到这个计划中，为期两年，使用广泛的策略。项目协调员，沿着管理团队成员，将通过网络媒体，传单，小册子和直接沟通来宣传BD项目。将特别关注1）当前CU Denver STEM本科生和硕士生，2）CO-AMP联盟中的其他高等教育机构，3）科罗拉多州和四角地区的四个美洲原住民部落，4）全国所有LSAMP联盟，5）国家会议，如SACNAS和ABRCMS，和6）访问有针对性的方案和电子张贴到GradSchools.com。该计划将由管理团队管理，其中包括个人谁arenadically承认他们的努力，在多样性和包容性。该团队将定期与所有BD研究员会面，以评估他们对该计划的总体满意度，并收集改进领域的反馈。重要的是，每学期一次，单独一对一的会议将与每个BD研究员举行，以评估他们的学术进步和职业发展。这些学术进展和指导会议将持续整个研究计划的所有BD研究员.该计划旨在提供一系列的职业发展课程和研讨会，以促进他们顺利完成该计划，并准备在学术界和相关专业的职业生涯.此类职业发展计划的例子包括：教学准备、研究的伦理行为、科学写作以及广泛的相关职业发展研讨会。此外，当地BD队列的定期会议以及与CO-AMP联盟中所有BD研究员的年度会议将建立社区意识，并作为分享经验和最佳实践的场所。作为落基山脉各州唯一的城市研究密集型机构，CUDenver在广泛的STEM学科中提供独特的培训体验。虽然管理团队将使BD队列意识到所有29个STEM相关的博士培训课程，但将鼓励BD研究员进入美国就业市场最有前途的以下STEM课程：数学和统计科学，工程和应用科学，计算机科学和工程，生物工程，计算生物科学和结构生物学。通过一系列完善的职业发展课程和研讨会，再加上持续的个人辅导，该计划将努力为所有CU丹佛BD fellows.Broader影响博士学位的顺利完成：虽然代表性不足的少数民族学生的比例继续增加在本科水平，进入STEM研究生课程预科仍然落后。因此，至关重要的是要制定计划和机制，鼓励代表性不足的学生进入STEM研究生培训计划，以及成功完成他们的博士学位。为此，该计划将提供定期安排的指导和学术进展会议，与每个BD研究员，职业发展研讨会，教师准备课程，地方和全州范围的社区建设会议，以及一系列其他活动和指导方法，以提高成功完成博士课程的可能性。最佳实践将适用于其他校园范围内的招生计划，为代表性不足的学生，以及与其他合作伙伴在CO-AMP联盟和国家LSAMP联盟。最终，这个和类似计划的长期目标是培养和准备大量的代表性不足的学生在STEM学科的职业生涯，在那里他们将作为榜样，为正在进行的录取代表性不足的学生在STEM研究生课程和专业。