Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Wisconsin LSAMP (WiscAMP)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过努力显著增加历史上代表性不足的少数族裔（非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民）学生的数量，夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)成功完成高质量的STEM学位课程。该计划还支持扩大STEM参与的研究。威斯康星路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（WiscAMP）是一个由13所四年制公立机构、4所私立机构（其中1所是西班牙裔服务机构）和一所技术学院组成的联盟。STEM路径和研究联盟将追求双重目标：1)扩大高级STEM学位职业路径的参与；2)转变WiscAMP机构，以支持和维持我们联盟内部和整个联盟的多样性。具体而言，该联盟将通过确保直接支持代表性不足的少数民族/种族（URM）学生在所有18个联盟机构参与STEM教师指导的研究，并在项目期间将学生与创新和创业经验联系起来，将完成STEM学士学位的学生人数增加75%。一个主要的研究和评估组成部分进行了一系列研究，以开发和测试干预措施，以减少URM和非URM STEM专业之间的保留和学业成绩差距。拟议的研究将确定哪种形式的干预措施（以教师为中心，以弹性为中心，还是以同伴为中心）对URM学生在STEM课程中的坚持和学习成绩至关重要。成功的战略将在整个联盟和全国广泛传播。提出的WiscAMP计划和评估活动是基于制度变迁、社会资本、社会心理学和成人学习的既定理论。提出的一系列研究将提供新的和令人信服的证据，说明什么样的干预可以对STEM课程中URM和非URM学生之间的差异产生重大影响。研究设计充分利用了联盟机构的规模、多样性和参与度。这些干预措施将很容易传播并适用于其他机构。作为STEM路径和研究联盟，WiscAMP将为STEM劳动力和扩大参与的科学做出重要贡献。拟议的计划将大大增加URM学生在STEM领域获得学士学位的人数，并准备从事STEM创新和创业，追求研究生培训，并改变国家和州的劳动力。拟议的研究将提供易于实施、适应和传播的战略，从而帮助机构支持学生在STEM领域取得成功，并将STEM学科的文化转变为更具包容性的多样性，从而推动创新。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 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 program also supports research in broadening participation in STEM.The Wisconsin Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WiscAMP) is a consortium of 13 public 4-year institutions, 4 private institutions (1 of which is a Hispanic Serving Institution), and one technical college. The STEM Pathways and Research Alliance will pursue the dual goals of 1) broadening participation in advanced STEM degree career pathways and 2) transforming WiscAMP institutions to support and sustain diversity across and throughout our alliance. Specifically, the alliance will increase the number of students completing their baccalaureate degrees in STEM by 75% by ensuring direct support for underrepresented ethnic/racial minority (URM) students to engage in STEM faculty-mentored research at all 18 alliance institutions and connect students with innovation and entrepreneurship experiences during the project period. A major research and evaluation component undertakes a series of studies to develop and test interventions to reduce gaps in retention and academic performance between URM and Non-URM STEM majors. The proposed research will establish what form of intervention matters (instructor focused, resilience focused, or peer-focused) with respect to URM student persistence and academic performance in STEM courses. Successful strategies will be widely disseminated throughout the alliance and nationally.The proposed WiscAMP program and evaluation activities are based on established theories of institutional change, social capital, social psychology, and adult learning. The proposed series of studies will provide new and compelling evidence about what type of intervention can have a significant impact on disparities between URM and non-URM students in STEM courses. The research design capitalizes on the size, diversity, and engagement of the alliance institutions. The interventions will be easily disseminated and adapted to other institutions. As a STEM Pathways and Research Alliance, WiscAMP will make important contributions to the STEM workforce and the science of broadening participation. The proposed programs will significantly increase the number of URM students graduating with baccalaureate degrees in STEM and prepared to engage in STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, pursue graduate training, and transform the national and state workforce. The proposed research will provide easy to implement, adapt, and disseminate strategies thus helping institutions to support student success in STEM and transform the cultures of STEM disciplines to be more inclusive of the diversity that drives innovation.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.