Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Rocky Mountain Alliance for Minority Participation (RM-LSAMP)

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程的学生数量，使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。落基山路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(RM-LSAMP)，前身为Co-WY LSAMP，已经成功地增加了STEM中人数不足的学生获得的学士学位数量，现在将成为一个新的STEM途径和研究联盟，具有重要的拉美裔美国人和美洲原住民学生的代表性。RM-LSAMP将继续发展自1995年以来一直由LSAMP资金支持的成功计划。RM-LSAMP联盟由13个机构组成：科罗拉多州立大学、科罗拉多博尔德大学、丹佛大学、科罗拉多丹佛大学、北科罗拉多大学、科罗拉多矿业学院(博士生大学)、亚当斯州立大学、科罗拉多州立大学普韦布洛(硕士大学)、刘易斯堡学院、丹佛大都会州立大学(文凭学院)、怀俄明中央学院、奥特罗学院和特立尼达州立大学(准学院)。这些机构都是城市和农村的，包括科罗拉多州所有为少数民族服务的机构，有六个HSI和两个为美洲原住民服务的非部落机构。该联盟的总体目标是增加来自代表不足群体的学生获得STEM学士学位的人数。该计划侧重于为整个联盟的学生提供学术和社会支持，并正在与机构共同努力制定几项具体的干预措施。对学生研究机会的重视包括支持美洲原住民夏季研究经验的第一民族倡议和国际经验，目的是增加参与研究的学生人数。还强调增加从两年制院校转到四年制院校的学生人数。联盟的活动还将侧重于为学生参加STEM研究生课程做准备。联盟的研究将通过两个研究项目产生知识，以调查目标一致性模型对于了解STEM中代表性不足的学生进入STEM领域和坚持STEM领域的相关性。这些研究既包括对美洲原住民高中生的定量研究，也包括对参加夏季研究的STEM代表性不足人群的定性研究。假设目标一致性模型解释了STEM中代表性不足的学生在STEM中参与差距的一些差异，从而可以为针对个人、学院和工作场所的干预提供建议。该项目实施的学生学术和职业发展干预措施将对STEM学生和世界各地的其他机构具有可转让的价值。所取得成果的长期影响将在大学校园和STEM劳动力中创造一个更多样化和更具包容性的环境。最终，落基山脉联盟将为保持和提高美国在克服关键的全球技术、健康和经济发展挑战方面的竞争力做出重大贡献。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 diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Rocky Mountain Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (RM-LSAMP), formerly known as the CO-WY LSAMP, has been successful in increasing the number of baccalaureate degrees earned by students from populations underrepresented in STEM and will now be a new STEM Pathways and Research Alliance with important representation of Hispanic American and Native American students. The RM-LSAMP will continue to grow the successful program that has been supported by LSAMP funding since 1995. The RM-LSAMP Alliance consists of 13 institutions: Colorado State University, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Denver, University of Colorado Denver, University of Northern Colorado, Colorado School of Mines (Doctoral Universities), Adams State University, Colorado State University – Pueblo (Master’s Universities), Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver (Baccalaureate Colleges), Central Wyoming College, Otero College, and Trinidad State College (Associate’s Colleges). The institutions are both urban and rural, including all the Minority Serving Institutions in Colorado with six HSIs and two Native American-Serving, Nontribal Institutions. The overall goal of the Alliance is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups earning baccalaureate degrees in STEM. The program focuses on academic and social support for students across the Alliance, with several specific interventions being developed with joint institutional efforts. The emphasis on opportunities for student research includes a First Nations Initiative in support of summer research experiences for Native Americans, and international experiences, with a goal of increasing the number of students participating in research. There is also an emphasis on increasing the number of students transferring from two to four-year institutions. Alliance activities will also be focused on preparing students for graduate programs in STEM.The Alliance’s research will generate knowledge through two research projects to investigate the relevance of the Goal Congruity Model for understanding entry into and persistence in STEM fields by students from populations underrepresented in STEM. The research studies include both a quantitative study of Native American high school students, as well as a qualitative study of students from populations underrepresented in STEM participating in summer research. It is hypothesized that the Goal Congruity Model explains some of the variance in the participation gaps in STEM by students underrepresented in STEM, and thus could provide suggestions for interventions directed at the individual, the academy, and the workplace. The student academic and professional development interventions implemented in this project will have transferable value for STEM students and other institutions worldwide. Long-lasting impact from outcomes achieved will create a more diverse and inclusive environment on college campuses and in the STEM workforce. Ultimately, the Rocky Mountain Alliance will contribute significantly to preserving and improving the United States’ competitiveness in overcoming key global technology, health, and economic development challenges.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.