University System of Maryland LSAMP: 2016-2021

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院努力大幅增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程录取并成功完成的学生数量，以实现STEM劳动力的多样化。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留战略以及相关的教育经验来转变本科STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的种族和民族：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些战略有助于培养准备充分、高素质和有动力在STEM接受研究生教育或从事职业生涯的学生。对于美国(美国)为了保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。来自不同种族的美国学生在STEM领域的代表性不足，对于美国STEM劳动力来说，这是一种尚未开发的资源。马里兰大学系统(USM)LSAMP始于1995年，将把STEM培训作为一种渠道，使美国公民受益：一个在基础水平上让尽可能多的学生的明天比现在更好的计划，以及一个促进大量具有STEM技能的代表不足的学生有意识地发展的计划，他们将为美国的创新和竞争力做出贡献。巴尔的摩县马里兰大学(UMBC)是USM LSAMP的牵头机构，与长期联盟成员马里兰大学园区学院(UMCP)和马里兰东岸大学(UMES)合作，寻求扩大联盟，增加来自汤森大学和弗罗斯特堡大学的新准成员，以及来自乔治王子社区学院、安妮·阿伦德尔社区学院和巴尔的摩县社区学院STEM轨道的社区学院合作者。USM LSAMP将继续通过STEM的四个支柱为培养和指导下一代领导人奠定基础：(1)STEM身份，(2)社区意识，(3)基于力量的方法，和(4)机构文化转变。这四大支柱将通过四个方案重点领域运作，它们是：(1)参与、(2)业绩、(3)准备和(4)陈述。参与包括一种书尾支持结构。在前端，新生和社区大学转校生都将使用桥梁编程。在后端，研究生院的准备工作将被整合到本科课程中，为获得STEM研究生学位铺平道路。成绩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冬季数学学院。准备工作将强调本科研究作为获得博士学位的途径。USM LSAMP的学生将有机会在学年期间在USM LSAMP的每个校区进行研究。该联盟将把展示作为促进专业和领导力发展的一种手段。参与者将有机会在国内和国际上展示他们的研究成果。USM LSAMP的领导层是STEM专业人员，他们努力通过帮助下一代STEM领导人追求STEM卓越之路来改变生活、家庭和社会。这项题为《通过目标驱动的研究准备和共同体意识唤醒STEM身份认同》的知识生成研究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、归属感、学术/社会融合和科学身份认同作为中介，解释STEM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验。还将探讨这些途径是否因种族、性别和转移状况而不同。

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.