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

LSAMP计划始于1991年，是一个多学科综合本科计划，旨在大幅增加获得STEM领域学士学位的少数族裔学生的数量。奖项已从6个联盟增加到45个州和地区联盟，涵盖600多个机构。该项目被许多人视为扩大参与项目皇冠上的明珠。LSAMP如何能够完成这一令人难以置信的壮举需要一个论坛，在这个论坛上，利益相关者可以向全国强调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项目主任推动STEM中未被充分代表的少数族裔学生了解的重要一步。首席研究人员与其他科学和教育学院合作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。回顾一个成功项目过去二十五(25)年的丰富历史，将有助于全国理解有助于少数民族科学家在研究和教授领域的发展轨迹的有效实践。通过这次会议的实施，该项目扩大了未被充分代表的群体在研究生和本科教育中的参与，真正有望增加此类群体获得STEM博士和其他学位并进入教授职位的数量。这次会议产生的发现和理解将加强未被充分代表的少数群体在科技、经济和经济领域的参与。

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.