Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD): Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) BTD Cohort XII (2016-2018) Program

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划通过培养历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体中具有高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化。LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate（BD）活动的目标是提高来自代表性不足的人口的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士。入学和毕业。拟议的第十二队列德克萨斯A M大学系统路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（TAMUS LSAMP）桥梁博士学位（BTD）计划的主要目的是增加科学，技术，工程或数学（STEM）博士学位在德克萨斯A M大学（TAMU）代表性不足的少数民族（URM）群体中的人数，并在大学内创建一个跨学科的研究生凝聚力社区。 我们的目标是通过培养他们的准备和鼓励渴望完成STEM博士学位，并通过准备他们采取自己的地方作为跨学科研究和学术界的领导者，以促进首次URM STEM研究生队列的学术成功。TAMUS LSAMP BTD的广泛意义是通过在研究生水平提供机会和活动，提高URM研究生的教育和职业提升，增加URM团体在STEM中的参与。2008年至2018年，STEM领域的工作岗位数量预计将从764万个增加133万个，增长17%（美国劳工统计局，2009年11月每月劳工评论）。通过增加最终进入STEM劳动力的URM学生数量，TAMUS LSAMP BTD能够增加国家的经济，繁荣和福利。目标进行该计划的目标包括（1）保留研究员进入博士课程的资金NSF BTD计划完成后，（2）准备迎接完成研究博士课程的挑战，并为可能的学术生涯在高等教育，以及（3）领导技能的发展必要的成功，作为年轻的URM专业人员完成博士课程的研究。这将通过科学学院（COS），工程（COE）的德怀特看学院，农业和生命科学学院（COALS），地球科学学院（COG）在TAMU之间的合作。来自URM团体的12名首次研究生，COS的5个部门，COE的14个部门，COALS的14个部门和COG的4个部门将被选为BTD研究员。研究员将被培养两年作为一个cohorted社区受益于学术和个人发展活动和社会支持的计划，以维持他们的承诺和成功，他们的学位课程，并在第二年年底向博士课程的进步。 BTD的学生，不同的STEM学科和一个共同的目的，将共享协调的资源和智力丰富的小组活动彼此，也与更多的人口的STEM，少数民族和其他研究生在TAMU，为所有人的利益。除了BTD的智力影响，该计划将加强研究和教育的基础设施，通过推进研究生和博士STEM学位的追求。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. 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. The primary aim of the proposed Cohort XII Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) program is to increase the pool of science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) PhDs among underrepresented minority (URM) groups at Texas A&M University (TAMU) and create a cohesive community of graduate students across different disciplines within the university. The goal is to foster academic success in a cohort of first-time URM STEM graduate students, by developing their readiness and encouraging eagerness to complete STEM doctoral degrees and by preparing them to take their place as leaders in interdisciplinary research and in academia. The broad significance of TAMUS LSAMP BTD is to increase participation of URM groups in STEM by providing opportunities and activities at the graduate levels that lead to educational and career enhancements of URM graduate students. Between 2008 and 2018 the number of jobs in the STEM field is expected to increase by 1.33 million from 7.64 million which represents a growth of 17% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Nov. 2009 Monthly Labor Review). By increasing the number of URM students that ultimately enter the STEM workforce, TAMUS LSAMP BTD is able to increase the economy, prosperity, and welfare of the nation. Objectives to carry out the program's goals include (1) retention of fellows into doctoral programs with funding after completion of the NSF BTD program, (2) preparation to meet the challenges of completing doctoral programs of study and for possible academic careers in higher education, and (3) leadership skill development necessary to succeed as young URM professionals upon completion of doctoral programs of study.This will be achieved through collaborations among the College of Science (COS), the Dwight Look College of Engineering (COE), the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (COALS), and the College of Geosciences (COG) at TAMU. Twelve first-time graduate students from URM groups, in five departments in COS, fourteen in COE, fourteen in COALS, and four in COG will be selected as BTD Fellows. The Fellows will be nurtured for two years as a cohorted community benefiting from a program of academic and personal development activities and social support, to sustain their commitment and success to their degree programs and advancement toward doctoral programs by the end of their second year. The BTD students, with differing STEM disciplines and a common purpose, will share coordinated resources and intellectually enriching group activities with each other, and also with the larger population of STEM, minority and other graduate students at TAMU, to the benefit of all.Beyond the intellectual impact of BTD, the program will enhance the infrastructure of research and education by advancing pursuit of graduate and doctoral STEM degrees.