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

通往博士学位的桥梁：大费城地区第 XV 队列项目 - 德雷塞尔大学

• 批准号: 1702243
• 负责人: Paul Jensen
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: Drexel University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1702243&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bridge; Doctorate; Greater; Philadelphia; Region

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.

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通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生，使STEM劳动力多样化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：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。LSAMP通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位的入学和完成。在美国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现美国国家科学基金会2014-2018年战略计划的目标之一，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”。这项资助的愿景是提供一个全国性的模式，以培养具有STEM博士学位的代表性不足的科学家和工程师。德雷塞尔大学（DU）在大费城地区路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟中担任博士学位桥梁（BD）项目的主持人。DU BD活动采用多方面的模式，将研究、教育和指导结合起来，以解决代表性不足的学生在博士课程中面临的挑战。因此，这个项目寻求(1)招收12名学生进入德雷塞尔大学的博士学位课程；(2)通过个人和小组指导和研究生专业发展活动，发展每个学生在他们的科学或工程学科；(3)在完成博士学位的过程中吸引和留住这些学生，(4)在完成博士学位的过程中监督所有学生进入教授和/或行业的进展。该计划的组成部分通过科学和技术能力的学术课程来执行，为BD学生准备博士学位资格和候选人考试；从第一年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形成博士论文基础的研究；专业发展经验，如工作坊、研讨会和/或会议，以帮助学生发展个人和专业成功所需的辅助技能；促进与教师和同学的互动，使学生充分融入研究小组；学生有机会在国内和/或国际上展示他们的研究，以促进他们与更大的科学和技术社区的接触；为学生提供反思的机会，培养学生应对研究生学习压力和挑战的能力。