Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: OK-LSAMP Alliance Phase VI

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划协助大学和学院努力显著增加学生入学人数并成功完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的高质量学位课程，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策略，以及相关的教育经验，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体，如非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，美洲印第安人，阿拉斯加原住民，夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民，来改变本科STEM教育。 这些策略促进了准备充分的学生的生产高素质和积极性，以追求研究生教育或在STEM的职业生涯。为了保持全球竞争力，它必须利用所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。 该俄克拉荷马州LSAMP（OK-LSAMP）计划成立于1994年，以应对更多样化和熟练的技术劳动力的需求。 这种需要仍然存在，在俄克拉荷马州尤为严重。 该联盟由12个机构组成，为解决获得STEM学位和在职业生涯中取得成功的代表性不足的少数民族的缺乏提供了一个全国性的模式。 这些机构是俄克拉荷马州州立大学、俄克拉荷马州大学、塔尔萨大学、兰斯顿大学、西北州立大学、西南俄克拉荷马州、东南俄克拉荷马州州立大学、东中央大学、东北州立大学、俄克拉荷马州潘汉德尔州立大学、中央俄克拉荷马州大学和卡梅隆大学。 该联盟的四个主要目标是：1）在STEM领域招聘，保留和毕业25%以上的URM; 2）理解和实施在俄克拉荷马州将URM从2年制转移到4年制机构的STEM领域招聘，保留和毕业的关键成功因素; 3）将获得国际经验的学者人数增加30%，重点是与国际中心和国际研究机会的伙伴关系;和4）将URM在STEM中的研究生院参与率提高25%。 这些目标将通过继续前几年成功的计划来实现，同时支持学者在研究，专业化，研究生院准备和国际经验方面的科学发展，以在具有全球竞争力的劳动力中竞争，这支持国家科学基金会的战略目标“培养世界一流的，广泛包容的科学和工程劳动力，并扩大所有公民的科学素养。“教育研究将确定和讨论西方和土著范式之间的差异。 多年的混合方法研究将集中在三个核心领域的差异：与高等教育相关的职业生涯思维，STEM识别发展的辩证经验，以及教育经验（研究，导师，特定学科，机构等）。 一个外部评估小组将实施定量和定性工具，以评估各个校区以及与项目总体目标相关的整个联盟的整体质量。该项目由路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划和刺激竞争力研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF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 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 Oklahoma LSAMP (OK-LSAMP) program was established in 1994 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 Oklahoma. The Alliance is comprised of twelve institutions and provides a national model for addressing the paucity of underrepresented minorities earning STEM degrees and achieving success in professional careers. The institutions are Oklahoma State University, The University of Oklahoma, The University of Tulsa, Langston University, Northwestern State University, Southwestern Oklahoma State, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, East Central University, Northeastern State University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, The University of Central Oklahoma, and Cameron University. The four main objectives of the alliance are to: 1) Recruit, retain and graduate 25% more URMs in STEM fields; 2) Understand and implement key success factors for recruitment, retention, and graduation of transferring URMs in STEM fields from 2-year to 4-year institutions in Oklahoma; 3) Increase the number of scholars gaining international experiences by 30% with an emphasis on partnerships with international centers and international research opportunities; and 4) Increase the graduate school participation of URMs in STEM by 25%. These objectives will be accomplished by continuing successful programming from previous years while supporting scholars' scientific development in research, professionalization, graduate school preparation and international experiences to compete in a globally competitive workforce, which 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."The educational research study will identify and talk across differences between Western and Indigenous paradigms. The multi-year, mixed methods research study will focus on three core areas of difference: career thinking related to higher education, the dialectical experience of STEM identify development, and educational experience (research, mentorship, discipline-specific, institutions, etc.). An external evaluation team will implement both quantitative and qualitative instruments to assess the overall quality of the programs on the individual campuses as well as the entire alliance related to the overall goals of the project.This project is jointly funded by the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.