Bridge to the Doctorate: Greater Philadelphia Region Cohort XV Project - Drexel University

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划通过培养在STEM学科中历来代表性较低的群体中具有高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化：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。”德雷克塞尔大学(DU)是大费城地区路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(Louis Stokes Alliance for少数族裔参与)内博士学位桥(BD)项目的东道主。杜克大学BD活动采用了一个多方面的模式，整合了研究、教育和指导，以解决在博士课程中代表人数不足的学生面临的挑战。因此，该项目旨在(1)招募12名学生进入德雷克塞尔大学的博士学位项目；(2)通过个人和团体指导以及研究生专业发展活动，发展每个学生的科学或工程学科；(3)通过完成博士学位吸引并留住这些学生，以及(4)监督所有完成博士学位的学生进入教授和/或行业的进展情况。方案部分通过学术课程实施，培养BD学生参加博士学位资格和候选人资格考试的科学和技术能力；从一年级开始提供实质性的前沿实验室研究经验，使研究员接触到可以作为其博士论文基础的研究；专业发展经验，如研讨会、研讨会和/或会议，帮助学生发展个人和职业成功所需的辅助技能；促进与教职员工和同行的互动，使学生完全融入研究小组；学生有机会在全国和/或国际上展示他们的研究，以促进他们与更大的科技界的接触；以及学生反思的机会和应对技能的发展，以适应与研究生学习相关的压力和挑战。

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." The vision of this grant is to provide a national model to produce underrepresented scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees in STEM.Drexel University (DU) serves as host of a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) project within the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The DU BD activity employs a multifaceted model that integrates research, education, and mentoring to address challenges underrepresented students face in doctoral programs. As such this project seeks to (1) recruit twelve students into Ph.D. degree programs at Drexel University; (2) develop each student in their science or engineering discipline through individual and group mentorship and graduate professional development activities; (3) engage and retain these students through the completion of the Ph.D., and (4) monitor all student progress through Ph.D. completion into the professoriate and/or industry. The program components are executed via academic coursework for scientific and technical competency that prepares BD students for the doctoral degree qualifying and candidacy examinations; substantive cutting-edge laboratory research experiences beginning in the first-year to expose fellows to research that can form the basis for their doctoral dissertation; professional development experiences such as workshops, seminars and/or conferences to help students to develop the ancillary skills needed for personal and professional success; facilitated interaction with faculty and peers to fully integrate students into research groups; opportunities for students to present their research nationally and/or internationally to promote their engagement with the larger scientific and technical community; and opportunities for student reflection, and the development of coping skills to contextualize the pressures and challenges associated with graduate study.