Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: Harris County Community College Alliance (HCCCA)

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，他们非常合格，有动力在STEM接受研究生教育或从事职业生涯。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘其所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。哈里斯县社区学院联盟(哈里斯县社区学院联盟)由两个授予副学位的西班牙裔公立两年制院校(圣哈辛托学院和休斯顿社区学院)组成，以满足对更多样化和更熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这种需求仍然存在，在德克萨斯州尤为迫切。HCCCA将建立在研究模式的基础上，这种模式已被证明成功地增加了转到STEM学科四年制院校的社区大学生人数。这一重点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。”为了支持这一重点，该联盟将让学生参与STEM接触、第一年同伴指导、教师指导、竞争性暑期研究和实习机会、年度研究研讨会、STEM研讨会系列和专门的社交媒体网站，以帮助促进对社区大学学生形成学术认同至关重要的社会凝聚力。为了支持转学目标，该联盟将使用地图，或指导路径，明确确定的教育和职业目标，以提供更容易的过渡到四年制院校。此外，还将建立一个渠道，利用已在转学机构的LSAMP校友帮助接收新的转学学生，并在大学建立一个新的学者社区。这一奖项反映了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 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 Harris County Community College Alliance (HCCCA), consisting of two public, associate-degree granting, Hispanic Serving two-year institutions (San Jacinto College and Houston Community College), was formed 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 Texas. HCCCA will build on research-based models which have proven successful in increasing the number of underrepresented community college students who transfer to four-year institutions in a STEM discipline. This focus supports 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 focus, the Alliance will engage students in STEM exposure, first-year peer mentoring, faculty mentoring, competitive summer research and internship opportunities, an annual research symposium, STEM seminar series, and dedicated social media sites to help facilitate the social cohesion critical for community college students to form their academic identify. In support of the transfer goal, the alliance will use mapping, or guided pathways, with clearly identified educational and career goals, to provide easier transitions to four-year institutions. In addition, a pipeline will be created that uses alumni LSAMP students already at the transfer institution to help receive the new transfer students and establish a new Community of Scholars at the university.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.