Bridge to the Doctorate at Colorado State University

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生来实现科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力的多元化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性较低的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通向博士的桥梁(BD)活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成学业。在全国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现NSF 2014-2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力的发展。”对于保持全球竞争力的美国来说，至关重要的是挖掘其所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。科罗拉多LSAMP(CO-AMP)的牵头机构科罗拉多州立大学(CSU)长期以来一直致力于通过包容所有个人来增强多样性，该大学提议将12名代表性不足的研究生的教育机会延长两年，作为博士研究生的桥梁。科罗拉多州立大学的CO-AMP BD将专注于1)增加成功完成STEM博士课程的人数不足的学生的数量，以及2)继续为CSU所有人数不足的研究生实施制度改革。通过一系列成熟的职业发展机会，再加上持续的个人指导和网络，BD研究员将做好充分准备，以尖端科学家的身份竞争，为社会、经济和学术变革和成果做出贡献，他们将成为STEM领域代表性不足的被录取学生的榜样。此外，CSU BD的发展部分将扩展到大学内的所有研究生项目，对CSU的文化产生积极影响。最终，这不仅将导致STEM博士生中来自代表性不足的种族/民族群体的人数增加，而且还将使STEM学科中代表性不足的研究生的招聘、选拔和指导工作得到循证实践的磨练。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." For the U.S. to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. With a longstanding commitment to enhancing diversity through inclusion of all individuals, Colorado State University (CSU), lead institution of the Colorado LSAMP (CO-AMP), proposes to extend educational opportunities for 12 underrepresented graduate students as Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Fellows for two years. The CO-AMP BD at Colorado State will focus on 1) increasing the number of underrepresented students who successfully complete STEM doctoral programs and 2) continuing to implement institutional change for all underrepresented graduate students at CSU. Through a well-developed series of professional development opportunities, coupled with ongoing individual mentoring and networking, BD Fellows will be well prepared to compete as cutting-edge scientists, contributing to social, economic, and academic change and outcomes, where they will serve as role models for the matriculated students underrepresented in STEM areas. In addition, the developmental components of CSU's BD will be extended to all graduate programs within the university, positively impacting the culture at CSU. Ultimately, it will result in not only an increase in STEM doctoral recipients from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, but also the honing of evidence-based practices for the recruitment, selection, and mentoring of underrepresented graduate students in STEM disciplines.