A Game Changer-The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program.

LSAMP计划始于1991年，是一个多学科的综合本科课程，旨在大幅增加少数民族学生在STEM领域获得学士学位的人数。奖项已从6个联盟发展到45个州和地区联盟，涵盖600多个机构。该方案被许多人认为是扩大参与方案的皇冠上的宝石。了解LSAMP如何能够完成这一令人难以置信的壮举需要一个论坛，利益相关者可以向国家强调NSF的LSAMP战略，并帮助建立基于模型和基于证据的招聘和保留方法的知识库。该项目是通过LSAMP项目主任推进STEM中代表性不足的少数民族学生的知识的重要一步。主要研究人员与其他科学和教育学院合作所获得的经验将使他们能够应对国家培养更多少数民族科学家的巨大挑战。回顾过去二十五（25）年的成功计划的丰富历史，将有助于国家对有效实践的理解，这些实践有助于少数民族科学家在研究和教授方面的轨迹。该项目，通过这次会议的实施，扩大了代表性不足的群体对研究生和本科教育的参与，这类群体的数量有增加的真实的前景获得STEM博士和其他学位并进入教授职位。本次会议产生的发现和理解将提高代表性不足的少数民族在STEM领域的参与。

The LSAMP program began in 1991 as a multidisciplinary comprehensive undergraduate program designed to increase substantially the number of minority students receiving baccalaureate degrees in STEM field. Awards have grown from 6 alliances to 45 state and regional alliances which encompass more than 600 institutions. The program is considered by many to be the crown-jewel of broadening participation programs. The knowledge of how LSAMP was able to accomplish this incredible feat needs a forum where the stakeholders can highlight to the nation NSF's LSAMP strategy and help to build the knowledge base on models and evidenced-based approaches to recruitment and retention.The project is an important step in advancing the knowledge of underrepresented minority students in STEM through the LSAMP project directors. The experiences gained by principal investigators working with other science and education faculty will position them to address the nation's great challenge of producing more minority scientists. Reviewing the rich history of the past twenty five (25) years of a successful program will contribute to the nation's understanding of effective practices that contribute to the trajectories of minority scientists in both research and the professoriate.The project, through implementation of this conference, broadens participation of underrepresented groups in graduate and undergraduate education with the real prospect of increasing the number of such groups attaining doctoral and other degrees in STEM and entering the professoriate. Discovery and understanding resulting from this conference will enhance the participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields.