LSAMP Inspire Scholars Program

Louis Stokes少数民族参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院使科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力多样化，努力显著增加来自历史上代表性较低的少数群体(非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)的学生数量，成功完成STEM的高质量学位课程。在接下来的两年里，麦迪逊地区技术学院(MATC)将增加从其应用科学专业转到四年制本科院校的STEM专业的学生数量。试点项目的总体目标是通过以下方式改进扩大STEM学位职业道路参与的目标：提高所有LSAMP激励学者计划参与者的STEM转学准备；增加成功从补习性数学课程过渡到STEM转学轨道的学生数量；通过LSAMP激励学者计划和其他NSF资助的项目，如高级技术教育(ATE)和威斯康星州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(WiscAMP)，以及它参与NSF资助的学习科学中心，MATC将为学生提供学术支持和指导，以提高STEM课程的学业成绩和完成率；2)加强和扩大与转移机构的现有联系；3)通过提供与学者承诺和参与程度挂钩的津贴来缓解经济压力；以及4)通过分享经验建立一个学习社区。通过这个项目，该项目将跟踪学者的质量分数，作为学生成功的关键潜在预测因素。此外，该项目进一步推进了STEM势头方面的工作，这是王学礼博士正在进行的研究，通过考虑干预措施对因数学补习要求而无法在第一学期或一年内获得STEM转学学分的贫困学生的影响。通过增加STEM的URM转学学生数量，该计划将为州-S STEM劳动力多样化做出重大贡献。该计划还将确定影响STEM学生成功的障碍和适当的支持水平。尽管该项目主要针对URM学生，但全面的规划和设计适用于所有对STEM感兴趣的学生群体。因此，它将通过提高学院通过数学辅导支持学生成功的能力来改造麦迪逊学院，并进入STEM转移轨道，学院-S新STEM中心作为这些改进的核心驱动力运行。项目成果将通过联盟和合作机构网站、STEM和STEM教育研究期刊和会议广泛传播。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders) to successfully complete high quality degree programs in STEM. Over the next two years, Madison Area Technical College (MATC) will increase the number of students transferring from its applied science programs to four-year baccalaureate institutions with majors in STEM disciplines. The overall goal of the pilot project is to improve on the goal of broadening participation in STEM degree career pathways by: increasing the STEM transfer readiness of all LSAMP Inspire Scholars Program participants; increasing the number of students that successfully transition from remedial math coursework into the STEM transfer track; and, increasing the number of participants who transfer into four-year STEM programs and graduate with a STEM baccalaureate degree.MATC, through the LSAMP Inspire Scholars Program and other NSF-funded projects such as the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) and Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participaton (WiscAMP) and its participation in a NSF-funded Science of Learning Center will provide students with academic support and guidance to improve academic performance and completion rates in STEM courses; 2) enhance and expand existing connections with transfer institutions; 3) relieve financial stress by providing stipends tied to scholar commitment and level of involvement; and 4) develop a learning community through shared experiences.Throughout this project, the program will track scholar quality points as a key potential predictor of student success. In addition, this project furthers the work on STEM Momentum, on-going research conducted by Dr. Xueli Wang, by considering the impact of the interventions on underserved students that are unable to attain STEM transfer credits within their first semester or year due to math remediation requirements.By increasing the number of URM transfer students in STEM, this program will make a significant contribution to diversifying the state?s STEM workforce. The program will also identify barriers and appropriate levels of support that impact student success in STEM.Though this project focuses on URM students, the comprehensive programming and design is applicable to all STEM-interested student populations. It will therefore transform Madison College by improving the capacity of the college to support student success through math remediation and on into the STEM transfer track with the college?s new STEM Center operating as the central driver of these improvements.Project results will be disseminated broadly via the alliance and partner institution websites, STEM and STEM educational research journals and conferences.