The Ohio LSAMP Alliance

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划协助大学和学院努力显著增加学生入学人数并成功完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的高质量学位课程，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，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体，如非洲裔美国人，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岛民，来改变本科STEM教育。 这些策略促进了准备充分的学生的生产高素质和积极性，以追求研究生教育或在STEM的职业生涯。为了保持全球竞争力，它必须利用所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。 该俄亥俄州LSAMP计划成立于2013年，以应对更多样化和熟练的技术劳动力的需求。 这种需要仍然存在，在俄亥俄州尤为严重。 该联盟的目标是在五年内将合作机构中代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学士学位STEM学位的数量增加一倍。 组成俄亥俄州LSAMP的十所公立机构是多样化的，包括四所社区学院和六所四年制机构，其中包括一所被列为历史上黑人学院和大学的合作伙伴。 这些机构是中央州立大学、辛辛那提州立技术和社区学院、克利夫兰州立大学、哥伦布州立社区学院、凯霍加社区学院、迈阿密大学、辛克莱社区学院、俄亥俄州州立大学、辛辛那提大学和赖特州立大学。 联盟的目标包括：1）继续创新，以证据为基础的高影响力的做法，已被证明是有效的招聘和保留URM STEM学生; 2）加强从社区学院顺利过渡到四年制院校的途径; 3）启动创新干预措施，加强数学知识，改革数学课程，并防止数学成为URM学生在STEM中进步的障碍; 4）增加URM STEM学生获得高质量教师指导研究经验的机会; 5）为URM学生做好准备，并促进他们无缝过渡到STEM研究生课程; 6）制定和实施联盟范围内的沟通计划，包括互动网站，以有效沟通和传播信息。 这些目标支持美国国家科学基金会的战略目标，即“培养世界一流的、广泛包容的科学和工程劳动力，扩大所有公民的科学素养。“为了支持这些目标，联盟范围内的活动包括年度研究会议和联盟工作队的辅助研究、通信、社区学院途径、企业参与和数学课程改革活动。 在联盟的每个伙伴机构的高影响力的做法包括进修和转移支持服务，桥梁/早期到达计划，辅导，同行指导，教师指导和本科生研究，以及专业发展。 值得注意的是，这四所社区学院中的每一所都与联盟的四年制机构位于同一个城市，该联盟的一个主要重点是为URM提供可行的社区学院STEM学位途径。 该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 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 Ohio LSAMP program was established in 2013 in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the State of Ohio. The goal of the Alliance is to double the number of underrepresented minority (URM) baccalaureate STEM degrees from partner institutions within five years. The ten public institutions that make up the Ohio LSAMP are diverse and include four community colleges and six four-year institutions, including one partner that is classified as a Historically Black College and University. The institutions are Central State University, Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Cleveland State University, Columbus State Community College, Cuyahoga Community College, Miami University, Sinclair Community College, The Ohio State University, University of Cincinnati, and Wright State University. The Alliance goals include: 1) continuing the innovative, evidence-based high-impact practices that have proven to be effective in recruitment and retention of URM STEM students; 2) strengthening pathways for smooth transitions from community colleges to four-year institutions; 3) initiating innovative interventions that fortify mathematical knowledge, reform mathematics curricula, and prevent mathematics from being a barrier to progression of URM students in STEM; 4) increasing access to high quality faculty-mentored research experiences for URM STEM students; 5) preparing URM students for and facilitate their seamless transition into STEM graduate programs; and 6) developing and implementing an alliance-wide communications plan, including an interactive website, for effective communication and dissemination of information. 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." In support of the goals, the alliance-wide activities consist of the Annual Research Conference and the activities of the alliance task forces for ancillary studies, communications, community college pathways, corporate engagement, and mathematics curriculum reform. The high-impact practices at each partner institution of the Alliance include advisement and transfer support services, bridge/early arrival programs, tutoring, peer mentoring, faculty mentoring and undergraduate research, and professional development. Of note, each of the four community colleges is in the same city as a four-year institution of the alliance, and a major emphasis of this alliance is to produce viable community college pathways to STEM degrees for URMs. The said activities will produce higher rates of retention and graduation; and moreover, lead to a more talented and diverse STEM workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.