University System of Maryland LSAMP: 2016-2021

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院努力显著增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，以使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留策略，以及相关的教育经验来改变本科STEM教育，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体：非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些策略有助于培养出准备充分、高素质、有动力追求STEM研究生教育或职业生涯的学生。培养STEM人才的需求已经确立。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。来自不同种族的美国学生在STEM领域的代表性不足，并且代表了美国STEM劳动力的未开发资源。马里兰大学系统（USM） LSAMP于1995年开始，将STEM培训作为美国公民互惠互利的渠道：一个在基础层面上为尽可能多的学生创造比今天更好的明天的项目，一个促进大量代表性不足的具有STEM技能的学生有意识发展的项目，这些学生将为美国的创新和竞争力做出贡献。马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校（UMBC）是USM LSAMP的牵头机构，与马里兰大学公园分校（UMCP）和马里兰大学东海岸分校（UMES）的长期联盟成员合作，寻求通过增加来自Towson大学和Frostburg大学的新副成员，以及来自乔治王子社区学院、安妮阿伦德尔社区学院STEM轨道的社区学院合作者，扩大联盟。以及巴尔的摩县社区学院。USM LSAMP将继续通过STEM的四大支柱(1)STEM身份，(2)社区意识，(3)基于力量的方法，以及(4)制度文化转变，为培养和指导下一代领导者奠定基础。四大支柱将通过四个方案重点领域(1)参与，(2)表现，(3)准备和(4)展示来实现。参与包括一个书本结尾的支持结构。在前端，桥式编程将用于即将入学的新生和社区学院的转学生。在后端，研究生院的准备工作将被整合到本科经历中，为获得STEM研究生学位铺平道路。绩效将侧重于提高学生的数学成绩。除了全年的辅导支持外，USM LSAMP学生还将有机会参加USM冬季数学研究所。准备将强调本科研究作为通往博士学位的途径。USM LSAMP学生将有机会在学年期间在每个USM LSAMP校区进行研究。该联盟将利用演讲作为促进专业和领导力发展的手段。参与者将有机会在国内外展示他们的研究成果。USM LSAMP的领导是STEM专业人士，通过帮助下一代STEM领导者追求STEM卓越的道路，努力改变生活，家庭和社会。这项名为？通过目的驱动的研究准备和社区意识激发STEM身份？将测试一个理论驱动的模型，该模型将种族/民族气候、科学自我效能感、归属感、学术/社会融合和科学身份作为中介来解释STEM中坚持和成功的途径。该模型将使用USM LSAMP计划作为一个整体以及每个计划组成部分的定量和定性数据进行检查。这些途径是否因种族、性别和转移状态而不同，也将被探讨。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in order to diversify the STEM workforce. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, and relevant educational experiences in support of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. These strategies facilitate the production of well-prepared students highly-qualified and motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM.The need for cultivating STEM talent has been well established. For the United States (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. American students from diverse ethnic groups are underrepresented in STEM fields, and represent an untapped resource for the STEM workforce in the U.S. The University System of Maryland (USM) LSAMP, which began in 1995, will use STEM training as a conduit for mutual benefit of U.S. citizens: a program that at a basic level makes tomorrow better than today for as many students as possible, and a program that facilitates the conscious development of large numbers of underrepresented students with STEM skills who will contribute to America's innovation and competitiveness. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), lead institution of the USM LSAMP, in partnership with long-time alliance members the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), seeks to expand the alliance by adding new Associate Members from Towson University and Frostburg University, and Community College Collaborators from the STEM tracks of Prince George's Community College, Anne Arundel Community College, and the Community College of Baltimore County. The USM LSAMP will continue to build foundations for cultivating and mentoring the next generation of leaders through four pillars of STEM: (1) STEM Identity, (2) Sense of Community, (3) Strength-based Approaches, and (4) Institutional Culture Shift. The four pillars will be operationalized via four programmatic focus areas that are (1) Participation, (2) Performance, (3) Preparation, and (4) Presentation. Participation consists of a book-ended support structure. On the front end, bridge programming will be utilized for both incoming freshmen and community college transfer students. On the back end, preparation for graduate school will be integrated into the undergraduate experience to pave the way for STEM graduate degrees. Performance will focus on bolstering students' math performance. In addition to tutorial support throughout the year, USM LSAMP students will also have the opportunity to participate in the USM Winter Mathematics Institute. Preparation will emphasize undergraduate research as a pathway to the Ph.D. USM LSAMP students will have opportunities to conduct research during the academic year on each of the USM LSAMP campuses. The alliance will use presentation as a means to foster both professional and leadership development. Participants will have opportunities to present their research domestically and internationally. The leadership of USM LSAMP who are STEM professionals endeavor to change lives, families, and society by helping the next generation of STEM leaders pursue the path of STEM excellence. The knowledge-generating research study, entitled ?Invoking STEM Identity through Purpose-Driven Research Preparation and Sense of Community?, will test a theory-driven model that positions racial/ethnic climate, science self-efficacy, sense of belonging, academic/social integration, and science identity as mediators to explain pathways to persistence and success in STEM. The model will be examined using both quantitative and qualitative data for the USM LSAMP program as a whole as well as for each program component. Whether the pathways differ by ethnicity, gender, and transfer status will also be explored.