2014-2019 Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Project - Senior Level Alliance

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划通过显著增加成功完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科高质量学位课程的学生人数，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化。 特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体：非洲裔美国人，阿拉斯加原住民，美洲印第安人，西班牙裔美国人，夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。 伊利诺伊州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ILSAMP）是一个高级联盟，由全州的大学和社区学院以及一个联邦实验室组成。 具体的合作伙伴包括以下四年制院校：芝加哥州立大学、德保罗大学、伊利诺伊理工学院、伊利诺伊州立大学、东北伊利诺伊大学、南伊利诺伊大学（卡本代尔，爱德华兹维尔）、芝加哥伊利诺伊大学和州长州立大学。其他合作伙伴包括五个两年制机构（哈里·杜鲁门学院、肯尼迪·金学院、奥利弗·哈维学院、圣奥古斯丁学院、威尔伯·赖特学院）和一个非学术合作伙伴，即阿贡国家实验室。该项目将有四个主要目标。 这些目标是：（1）制定干预措施，通过招募，保留和毕业STEM中代表性不足的有色人种学生来弥合成就差距;（2）与2年制和4年制机构，学校系统，行业，政府和退伍军人事务发展伙伴关系;（3）继续提供国际机会，使学生能够理解并成功参与全球科学事业;（4）继续使在ILSAMP早期阶段开始的有效活动制度化。拟议的活动将旨在实现增加历史上代表性不足的学生人数的中心目标，这些学生选择STEM学科并坚持从产生学士学位的机构毕业，并准备成功进入研究生院或获得STEM专业职位。该项目将为学生提供学术和专业技能，以达到最高水平的能力。ILSAMP活动将扩大历史上代表性不足的群体的参与，包括少数民族和种族在STEM企业中，通过提供研究和科学计划。该联盟不仅将有助于缩小由于缺乏服务不足的STEM专业人员创造性地发挥作用而造成的差距，还将鼓励其他一直保持沉默的人尝试学士学位水平的科学工作，例如，退伍军人和学生与GED教育。 咨询委员会将通过广泛传播项目成果，帮助扩大ILSAMP的影响。技术咨询委员会也将提供投入和援助，该委员会的组成提供了与伊利诺伊州商界，公立高中，研究生院，州和国家决策者和国家研究机构的联系。过程和影响评估的结果与内部项目评估相结合，将提供有效的战略，促进学生在STEM和ILSAMP模式的有效性的洞察力。调查结果将在区域和国家会议上分享，并通过社交网络讨论代表性不足的少数民族学生在STEM领域的坚持，表现和进步。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ILSAMP) is a senior-level alliance comprised of universities and community colleges throughout the state and one federal laboratory. The specific partners include the following four-year institutions: Chicago State University, DePaul University, Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Edwardsville), University of Illinois at Chicago, and Governors State University. Additional partners include five two-year institutions (Harry Truman College, Kennedy King College, Olive Harvey College, St. Augustine College, Wilbur Wright College) and one non-academic partner, Argonne National Laboratory. This project will have four primary objectives. These objectives are to: (1) develop interventions to bridge the achievement gap by recruiting, retaining and graduating underrepresented students of color in STEM; (2) develop partnerships with 2- and 4-year institutions, school systems, industry, government and veteran affairs; (3) continue international opportunities that will enable students to understand and participate successfully in global science endeavors; (4) continue institutionalization of effective activities begun during earlier levels of ILSAMP. The activities proposed will be designed to accomplish the central goal of increasing the number of historically underrepresented students who select STEM disciplines and persist to graduation from baccalaureate-producing institutions and who are prepared to successfully matriculate in graduate schools or obtain professional positions in STEM. The project will provide students with the academic and professional skills to function at the highest levels of competency.ILSAMP activities will broaden the participation of historically underrepresented groups, including ethnic and racial minorities in the STEM enterprise, by providing access to research and science programs. The alliance will not only help to close the gap created by the paucity of underserved individuals who are STEM professionals functioning creatively, it will also encourage others who have been reticent to attempt baccalaureate-level science work, e.g., veterans and students with GED education. Advisory boards and committees will help to broaden the impact of ILSAMP through wide dissemination of project results. Input and assistance will also be furnished by a Technical Advisory Committee, the composition of which provides a connection with the Illinois business community, the public high schools, graduate schools, state and national policy makers and national research institutions. Results of process and impact evaluations combined with internal project assessment will provide insight on effective strategies for fostering student success in STEM and the effectiveness of the ILSAMP model. Findings will be shared at regional and national meetings and through social networking where the foci on underrepresented minority student persistence, performance, and advancement in STEM fields are discussed.