2017-2019 Northeast LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program: University of Connecticut

Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程的学生数量，使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持STEM学科中代表不足的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。博士之桥(BD)活动为STEM项目中的学士学位后学习提供支持，从而获得STEM博士学位。康涅狄格大学(UConn)是该机构领导的东北路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(NELSAMP)2017-2019年博士之桥(BD)项目的举办地。这是该机构第三个支持来自LSAMP校区的未被充分代表的少数民族(URM)STEM博士生的研究生队列的毕业后项目。BD活动提供特定STEM学科的广泛培训以及专业发展和指导，以促进科学界的同行指导和领导。学生接受严格的学术和研究培训经验，以支持完成博士学位并过渡到在学术界和工业界具有竞争力的职业生涯。在项目期间及以后，康涅狄格州大学的BD课程有助于提高来自代表性不足群体的学生数量和质量，这些学生完成STEM.D学位并进入STEM劳动力大军。形成性和终结性评估将与终结性评估一起进行，其中包括一个比较组，以评估项目干预对学生结果的影响。BD活动的长期影响反映在美国的STEM劳动力中，无论是学术界还是工业研发部门。通过培养未来的STEM领导人，附加值体现在科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数群体的可见度上，增加了代表性，并为下一代提供了榜样和动力。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high qualitydegree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groupshistorically under-represented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity provides support for postbaccalaureatestudies in STEM programs leading to the STEM doctoral degree.The University of Connecticut (UConn) is the host site for the 2017-2019 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program for the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NELSAMP) under the leadership of this institution. This is the third post-baccalaureate program at the institution that supports a graduate student cohort of underrepresented minority (URM) STEM Ph.D. students from LSAMP campuses across the nation. The BD Activity provides extensive training in specific STEM disciplines as well as professional development and guidance that promote peer mentoring and leadership in the scientific community. Students receive rigorous academic and research training experiences that support completion of the Ph.D. and the transition to a competitive career in academia and industry. Over the duration of the project and beyond, the BD program at UConn serves to increase the number and quality of students from underrepresented groups completing STEMPh.D. degrees and entering the STEM workforce. Formative and summative evaluation will occur with the summative evaluation including a comparison group to assess impact of the program interventions on student outcomes. The long-term impact of the BD activity is reflected in America's STEM workforce, both academia and in industrial research and development. By nurturing future STEM leaders, the value added is seen in the visibility of underrepresented minorities inscience and engineering, increasing representation and providing role models and motivation for the next generation.