Bridge to Doctorate: WAESO LSAMP, Multidisciplinary STEM Solutions 2017-2019

非技术摘要：Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生来实现STEM劳动力的多样化，这些学生来自在STEM学科中历来代表性较低的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通向博士的桥梁(BD)活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成学业。在全国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现NSF 2014-2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力的发展。”为了保持美国在全球的竞争力，它必须在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。亚利桑那州立大学(ASU)致力于通过各种学术项目推动跨学科研究和智力融合的项目的建立、发展和实施。在过去的26年里，西部扩大学生机会联盟(WAESO)LSAMP联盟在招收、保留和毕业目前代表性较低的人群中获得学士学位方面取得了无与伦比的成功。通往博士学位的桥梁：WAESO LSAMP，多学科STEM解决方案2017-2019年将扩大努力，招收、录取、注册并毕业于论文硕士学位，并为进入高声誉的博士项目做好充分准备12名代表不足的少数民族(URM)STEM学生。这一新的12名学生将作为一个小组受到教职员工的特别关注，同时参与同行指导、具有挑战性的研究和学术学习机会和活动，同时得到他们导师的密集支持。该项目将利用一个源自循证研究文献和MTBI 21年导师模式的框架，该模式侧重于研究自2005年以来导致URM校友毕业主要在数学科学领域获得博士学位的潜在因素、力量和方法。其中一些因素包括：提高URM学生的研究自我效能感、研究经验、针对奖学金申请、博士项目申请、手稿写作和指导的个性化培训，以增强学生的自信，并增加学生在STEM领域攻读博士学位的可能性。BD学生将通过定期安排的专业发展研讨会和社区建设社交活动，沉浸在现有的学术社区和包容性的国家和地方(ASU)社区，以减少人员流失，并增加利用研究工具和特定学科技能的经验。BD学生将通过学术激励MTBI社区与导师和同龄人配对，MTBI社区全年促进科学沉浸和智力融合。

Non-Technical Abstract: The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." For the U.S. to remain competitive globally, it must provide exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy.Arizona State University's (ASU) commitment to the establishment, development and implementation of programs driven by interdisciplinary studies and intellectual fusion through varied academic programs are at the heart of the grant. Over the past 26 years, the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) LSAMP alliance has demonstrated unparalleled success in recruiting, retaining, and graduating bachelors' STEM degrees from currently underrepresented populations. The Bridge to Doctorate: WAESO LSAMP, Multidisciplinary STEM Solutions 2017-2019 will expand efforts to recruit, admit, enroll, graduate with thesis masters degrees, and fully prepare for admission to highly reputable doctoral programs 12 underrepresented minority (URM) STEM students. This new cohort of 12 students will receive specialized attention as a group by faculty and staff while engaging in peer mentoring, challenging research and academic study opportunities and activities while receiving intensive support from their mentors. This project will utilize a framework derived from elements of the evidence based research literature and MTBI's 21-year model of mentorship that have focused on the study of the underlying factors, forces and methods that have led to the graduation of URM alumni earning PhDs predominantly in the mathematical sciences since 2005. Some of these factors include: improving a URM student's research self-efficacy, research experience, personalized training for fellowship applications, PhD program applications, and manuscript writing and mentoring to increase student self-confidence and increase the likelihood that a student will pursue a PhD in a STEM field. BD students will be immersed in the existing academic community and inclusive national and local (ASU) communities via regularly scheduled professional development workshops and community building social events to decrease attrition and increase experience in utilizing research tools and specific disciplinary skills. BD students will be paired with mentors and peers via the academically stimulating MTBI community, a community that promotes scientific immersion and intellectual fusion year round.