Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: North Carolina STEM Alliance

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。北卡罗来纳州STEM联盟(NCSA)由中央皮埃蒙特社区学院领导，与福赛斯技术社区学院和吉尔福德技术社区学院合作，将推进和创新根据LSAMP Bridge to the Baccalaureate(B2B)项目启动的当前实践。该联盟的目标是增加从两年制院校转读STEM学士学位课程的传统上代表不足的少数族裔(URM)学生的数量，将通过有针对性的参与、职业探索和结构化的学术道路增加这些学生的机会和机会，并通过基于研究的干预措施提高留校率和学生成就率，这些干预措施包括为STEM入门课程、课程调整、教师指导、学术研讨会、暑期桥梁项目以及研究和劳动力体验提供积极的建议、指导和辅导。以STEM为重点的学术和项目对北卡罗来纳州的劳动力需求和经济竞争力以及维持国家经济健康至关重要。数据分析和评估将有助于不断加强项目活动，并为研究和评估方案的成功提供机会。项目领导小组将传播有关项目成果的信息，通过参与国家和国际会议、高等教育网络、网站和其他社交媒体，分享最佳做法和经验教训。最后，伙伴关系的地区性将允许URM STEM重点模式的继续合作和扩展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 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. The North Carolina STEM Alliance (NCSA), led by Central Piedmont Community College, with partners Forsyth Technical Community College and Guilford Technical Community College will advance and innovate current practices initiated under the inaugural LSAMP Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B) project. The goal of the alliance, to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented minority (URM) students who transfer from the two-year institutions into STEM baccalaureate degree programs, will be achieved by increasing access and opportunities for these students through targeted engagement, career exploration, and structured academic pathways, and by improving retention and student success through research-based interventions, that include proactive advising, coaching and tutoring for gateway STEM courses, curriculum alignment, faculty mentoring, academic workshops, summer bridge programs, and, research and workforce experiences. STEM focused academics and programs are vital to the workforce need and economic competitiveness inNorth Carolina and maintaining the economic health of the nation. Data analysis and evaluation will contribute to continuously enhancing the project activities and provide opportunities for researchingand evaluating the success of the program. The project leadership team will disseminate information about the results of the project, sharing best practices and lessons learned through participation in national and conferences, higher education networks, website, and other social media outlets. Finally, the regional nature of the partnership will allow for continued collaboration and expansion of the URM STEM focused model.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.