Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

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努力显著增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，以使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留策略，以及相关的教育经验来改变本科STEM教育，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体：非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些策略有助于培养出准备充分、高素质、有动力追求STEM研究生教育或职业生涯的学生。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。马萨诸塞州城市路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（UMLSAMP）项目成立于2007年，旨在满足对更多样化、更熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这种需要仍然存在，在马萨诸塞州联邦东部地区尤其迫切。参与机构包括马萨诸塞大学的三个校区（波士顿、达特茅斯和洛厄尔）；温特沃斯理工学院；以及四个社区学院合作伙伴（布里斯托尔、邦克山、米德尔塞克斯和罗克斯伯里）。UMLSAMP的目标是将黑人、西班牙裔和美洲原住民的STEM学生数量增加50%；2)黑人、西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生获得STEM学士学位的比例为150%；3)从联盟社区学院成功转入STEM专业的学生比例为150%。这些目标支持了美国国家科学基金会的战略目标，即“培养一支世界级的、广泛包容的科学和工程队伍，并扩大所有公民的科学素养”。这些目标将通过基于过去10年联盟经验的策略来实现，包括但不限于：促进学习小组，补充指导，研究技能发展研讨会，STEM本科生指导研究经验和社区服务项目。知识生成研究将采用多层混合方法设计，假设了解有助于LSAMP成功的具体计划方面，在联盟机构中将其制度化，并在整个高等教育部门复制它们，可以为使所有领域的国家stem技能劳动力多样化做出重大贡献。经验教训和项目成果将通过在线沟通渠道、参与国内和国际学生成功和STEM相关的会议和研讨会，以及同行评议的出版物来传播。将根据UMLSAMP逻辑模型并通过外部评估人员的参与，在内部仔细跟踪项目目标的进展情况。

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.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. The Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UMLSAMP) program was established in 2007 in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the Eastern Region of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Participating institutions include three University of Massachusetts campuses (Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell); Wentworth Institute of Technology; and four community college partners (Bristol, Bunker Hill, Middlesex, and Roxbury). The UMLSAMP's goals are to increase the number of 1) Black, Hispanic, and Native American STEM students by 50%; 2) Baccalaureate STEM degrees awarded to Black, Hispanic, and Native American students by 150%; and 3) Students who successfully transfer from Alliance community colleges into BS STEM majors by 150%. These goals support the National Science Foundation's strategic goal to "cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce, and expand the scientific literacy of all citizens." The goals will be accomplished by strategies based on the previous 10 years of Alliance experience to include but are not limited to: Facilitated Study Groups, Supplemental Instruction, Research Skills Development Workshops, Mentored Research Experiences for Undergraduates in STEM, and Community Service Projects.The knowledge generating research study will employ a multi-layered, mixed-methods design with the supposition that understanding the specific programmatic aspects that contribute to LSAMP's success, institutionalizing these at Alliance institutions, and replicating them across the higher education sector can make a significant contribution to diversifying the nation's STEM-skilled workforce in all fields. Lessons learned and programmatic outcomes will be disseminated through online communication channels, participation in national and international student success and STEM related conferences and workshops, and peer-reviewed publications. Progress towards project goals will be carefully tracked internally in accordance with the UMLSAMP Logical Model and through the engagement of an external evaluator.