Bridge To Doctorate: Mississippi-LSAMP, Cohort 13

美国传统上一直是科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域的全球领导者，为了满足美国在STEM学科保持全球竞争力的国家需求，有必要纳入一批在STEM中历来代表性不足的具有创造力、才华和智慧的学生，并获得博士学位。杰克逊州立大学(JSU)是一所历史悠久的黑人大学，在培养生物、化学、数学、环境科学、计算机科学和工程专业的非裔美国研究生攻读STEM博士学位方面有着良好的记录。到目前为止，JSU的博士之桥(BD)项目已经从代表不足的群体培养了34名博士毕业生，139名BD研究员被博士项目录取。通过他们的BD项目，JSU将为美国的大学和学院提供合格和多样化的教职员工，并影响拥有博士学位和进入劳动力大军的科学家、数学家和工程师的数量。杰克逊州立大学将实施BD项目，其基础是丰富而富有挑战性的研究和学术经验，独立发展计划(IDP)的制定和实施，专业的长期目标和目的，利用STEM暑期校外研究实习经验在潜在研究生院地点为BD研究员的目标博士项目，以及国际研究经验。BD计划有四个目标，重点是1)研究和学术准备，2)丰富活动，3)国家和国际伙伴关系，以及4)评估和学生跟踪。这些活动加上密西西比州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSMAMP)计划的充足资金支持、严格的课程设置和尽职尽责的指导，将使他们的BD计划能够继续实现他们的目标，即培养和提高STEM历史上代表性不足的学生进入博士队伍的质量和数量。

The United States has traditionally been a global leader in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and as a means to address the national need for the U.S. to remain globally competitive in the STEM disciplines, the inclusion of an untapped pool of creative, talented, and intelligent students historically underrepresented in STEM who earn a Ph.D. is warranted. Jackson State University (JSU), a Historically Black University, has a strong track record for preparing primarily African-American graduate students in biology, chemistry, mathematics, environmental science, computer science, and engineering for STEM doctoral degrees. To date, JSU's Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program has produced 34 Ph.D. graduates from underrepresented groups and 139 BD Fellows have been admitted into doctoral programs. Through their BD program, JSU will provide well-qualified and diverse faculty members for U.S. universities and colleges, as well as impact the number of scientists, mathematicians, and engineers holding the doctorate and entering the workforce. Jackson State University will execute a BD program that is based upon rich and challenging research and academic experiences, the development and implementation of an independent development plan (IDP), professional long term goals and objectives, the utilization of STEM summer extramural research internship experiences at potential graduate school sites for the BD Fellows' targeted Ph.D. program, and an international research experience. The BD program has four objectives that are focused on 1) research and academic preparation, 2) enrichment activities, 3) national and international partnerships, and, 4) evaluation and student tracking. These activities along with sufficient financial support from the Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) program, rigorous curricula, and committed mentoring will enable their BD program to continue to reach their goal which is to prepare and increase the quality and quantity of students historically underrepresented in STEM entering the Ph.D. pipeline.