Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: University of Texas System LSAMP

德克萨斯大学系统路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟的主要目的是增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）学生的数量和质量，这些学生在德克萨斯州攻读和获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学士学位，以使国家的劳动力多样化。该联盟还旨在增加攻读硕士和/或博士学位的STEM学士学位毕业生的数量。该联盟由14个机构组成，并将继续其全州范围内的工作，通过加强基于最佳实践的活动，如国内外的本科生研究机会，与美国能源部实验室的合作，以及模仿国家研究专题讨论会的年度研究会议。创新活动包括创建课程研究流倡议（SRI），学生群体参加研究课程以获得学分。此外，一个专家评估小组将引入一个新的教育研究部分，该部分将调查德州大学系统LSAMP校友不断增长的群体，以确定影响他们社区学院和大学准备和学位完成的社会、经济和学术因素，以及他们攻读研究生学位的决定。这项研究活动将产生高质量的会议和期刊出版物，以传播该联盟的成果，这将鼓励在其他同行机构复制LSAMP的活动。拟议的活动以一系列相互关联的本科生研究经验为中心，将促进对社会、经济和学术因素的认识和理解，使URM学生能够成功获得STEM学位并继续读研。该项目将积极影响并使国家STEM劳动力多样化，使其具有全球竞争力，并真正代表国家21世纪的人口结构。作为老年人联盟的典范，它已经证明了合作的努力会获得丰厚的回报。该联盟是全州范围内致力于提高传统上没有机会接受高等教育的弱势群体的入学率、留校率、表现和毕业率的一个真正的例子。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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 University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation's primary purpose is to increase the quantity and quality of underrepresented minority (URM) students who pursue and earn Bachelor's (BS) degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the state of Texas to diversify the nation's workforce. The Alliance also aims to increase the number of STEM BS graduates who pursue Master's and/or Doctoral degrees. The Alliance is comprised of 14 institutions and will continue its statewide work by enhancing activities based on best practices such as undergraduate research opportunities domestic and abroad, collaborations with US Department of Energy laboratories, and an annual research conference modeled after national, research symposia. Innovative activities include the creation of a curricular Research Stream Initiative (SRI) in which student cohorts enroll in research courses for credit. Additionally, an expert evaluation team will introduce a new educational research component that will survey the growing pool of UT System LSAMP alumni to determine the social, economic, and academic factors that influence their community college and university preparation and degree completion, as well as their decision to pursue graduate degrees. This research activity will produce high quality conference and journal publications to disseminate the Alliance's results, which will encourage the replication of LSAMP activities at other peer institutions.The proposed activities, centered on a set of interconnected undergraduate research experiences, will advance knowledge and understanding of the social, economic, and academic factors that enable URM students to successfully earn STEM degrees and continue to graduate school. This project will positively influence and diversify the national STEM workforce to be globally competitive and truly representative of the nation's 21st century demographic. As a model Senior Alliance, it has demonstrated that collaborative efforts reap substantial rewards. The alliance has served as a genuine example of a statewide commitment to improve enrollment, retention, performance, and graduation of underrepresented groups that traditionally have not had access to higher education.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.