Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (CSU-LSAMP)

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院努力大幅增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程录取并成功完成的学生数量，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战略以及相关的教育经验来转变本科STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的种族和民族：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些战略有助于培养准备充分的学生，这些学生非常合格，有动力在STEM继续研究生教育或职业生涯。为了保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。加州州立大学-路易·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(CSU-LSAMP)计划成立于1993年，旨在满足对更多样化和更熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这一需求仍然存在，在加利福尼亚州尤为迫切。CSU-LSAMP是加州州立大学(CSU)系统的23个校区的联盟。作为LSAMP STEM路径和研究联盟，该项目有两个主要目标：(1)增加STEM本科和研究生毕业的人数不足的少数群体(URM)学生的数量；(2)促进学术研究成果的产生，扩大STEM的参与。这些目标支持了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劳动力队伍，并扩大所有公民的科学素养。”为了实现第一个目标，CSU-LSAMP将提供活动，支持参与者的学术融合、职业化和社会融合。目标二将通过建立一个由社会科学研究人员、项目评估员和CSU-LSAMP领导小组组成的研究小组来实现。这个研究团队将是创建一个CSU中心以扩大参与研究的第一步，该中心将为整个CSU系统的教育和社会科学研究人员提供资源。研究成果将被广泛传播，以确保复制成功的本科生干预模式，增加进入STEM学士学位课程的机会和成功，并促进STEM研究生课程的录取；此外，还将带来更有才华和更多样化的STEM工作队伍。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 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 California State University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) program was established in 1993 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 California. CSU-LSAMP is an alliance of the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system. As a LSAMP STEM Pathways and Research Alliance, the project has two primary goals: (1) increase the number of underrepresented minority (URM) students graduating with undergraduate and graduate degrees in STEM, and (2) contribute to the production of scholarly research in broadening participation in STEM. 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." To achieve the first goal, CSU-LSAMP will provide activities that support the academic integration, professionalization, and social integration of participants. Goal two will be achieved through the creation of a research team made up of social science researchers, program evaluators, and the CSU-LSAMP leadership team. This research team will be the first step in creating a CSU center for broadening participation research, which will serve as a resource for education and social science researchers across the CSU system. Research results will be broadly disseminated to ensure the replication of successful undergraduate intervention models that increase access to, and success in STEM baccalaureate degree programs and facilitate admissions to STEM graduate programs; 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.