Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: Puget Sound Alliance

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。普吉特海湾通往学士学位联盟的桥梁（PS-B2B）专注于本科研究经验，以发展参与者的STEM身份，为未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）社区大学生做好准备，成功转学并完成STEM学士学位。PS-B2B将使用基于证据的策略，重点是在整个联盟中扩大本科生的研究经验，并实施基于证据的最佳实践，以培养参与者的STEM身份，以支持学生的成功。活动将包括进一步制定联盟范围内的招聘计划，为LSAMP学者提供多样化的会议机会，以建立社区，增加和集中本科生研究经验的机会，包括融入STEM“门户”课程，为指导学生进行研究活动的教师提供指导培训，以及指导学生转入四年制课程的过程。该联盟将形成一个实践社区，为社区大学生开发和传播成功的本科研究经验方法。联盟活动将得到联盟内现有合作伙伴以及外部社区合作伙伴的支持，包括华盛顿大学的三个机构和其他区域机构，包括太平洋西北LSAMP的机构。华盛顿州各院校之间已经达成了全州范围内的转学衔接协议，这将有助于学生转入四年制课程。在领导团队和外部评估人员的支持和参与下，全面的项目评估将成为实现项目目标和传播成功战略的基础。ps - b2b由北西雅图学院与绿河学院和皮尔斯学院合作领导，地区四年制院校作为非正式合作伙伴和转接点。PS-B2B建立在社区大学和四年制大学之间现有的全州范围内的衔接基础上，以支持整个地区在STEM学位获得和职业成就方面的努力。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 Puget Sound Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance (PS-B2B) focuses on undergraduate research experiences to develop participants’ STEM identity to prepare underrepresented minority (URM) community college students for successful transfer to and completion of STEM baccalaureate degrees. PS-B2B will use evidence-based strategies focused on expanding undergraduate research experiences throughout the Alliance and implementation of evidence based best practices to develop participants’ STEM identity in support of student success. Activities will include further developing an Alliance-wide recruitment plan, a diversity of meeting opportunities for LSAMP scholars to build community, increased and focused opportunities for undergraduate research experiences including integration into STEM ‘gateway’ courses, mentoring training for faculty who will be guiding students in research activities, and guidance in the process for transferring to a four year program. The Alliance will form a Community of Practice to develop and disseminate successful approaches to undergraduate research experiences for community college students. Alliance activities will be supported by existing partners within the Alliance as well as external community partners, including the three University of Washington institutions and other regional institutions including those in the Pacific Northwest LSAMP. Transfer to four-year programs will be facilitated by statewide transfer articulation agreements that are already in place among the Washington institutions. Comprehensive project evaluation with the support and participation of both the leadership team and an external evaluator will form the basis for achieving project goals and disseminating successful strategies.PS-B2B is led by North Seattle College in partnership with Green River College and Pierce College, with regional four year institutions as informal partners and points of transfer. PS-B2B builds on existing statewide articulations between community colleges and four year institutions to bolster a region-wide effort in STEM degree attainment and career achievement.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.