LOUIS STOKES B2B ALLIANCE: SHORELINE-WEST STEMConnect

路易·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划的总体目标是通过增加授予LSAMP人口的STEM学士学位和研究生学位的数量，帮助大学和学院使国家的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力多样化。LSAMP人口被定义为来自STEM企业中代表性不足的群体：黑人和非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉美裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。三所社区学院包括海岸-西部STEMConnect路易·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟、桥到学士(B2B)项目-位于布里奇波特的Housatonic社区学院诺沃克的诺沃克社区学院和纽黑文的盖威社区学院。通过向社区大学生提供学术、社会和财政支持，并与康涅狄格州、纽约、新英格兰和几所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)的四年期合作伙伴协调，该计划将提高成功转学四年制STEM学位课程的招生、保留率、持久率和毕业率。海岸线-西部STEMConnect LSAMP计划的组成部分，如指导路径建议、辅导、辅导，为即将入学的一年级学生提供以STEM为重点的夏季桥牌计划。除了四年制校园的学生参观活动外，还将建立STEM卓越中心，以支持学生STEM的社会化和归属感。将提供在政府实验室或大学的研究经验，以及接触四年制学院和大学的新兵训练营。这些以证据为基础的活动旨在实现以下目标：增加选择STEM学科、转入文凭院校并从这些院校毕业的人数不足的群体的数量。通过与多所四年制学院和大学的衔接协议，学生将无缝地转到全国各地的STEM学士学位课程。Shoreline-West STEMConnect B2B网站和社交媒体网站将为联盟范围内和全国范围内的STEM学生提供传播信息和创建支持网络的有效手段。项目结果，包括评估建议，将在地方、地区和国家会议上广泛传播，在这些会议上，STEM领域的坚持性、表现、进步和职业生涯。该奖项反映了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 overall goal of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to persons from LSAMP populations LSAMP populations are defined as persons from groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise: Blacks and African-Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.Three community colleges comprise the Shoreline-West STEMConnect Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, Bridge-to-the-Baccalaureate (B2B) project-Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, and Gateway Community College in New Haven. Through academic, social and financial support to community college students and in coordination with four-year partners across Connecticut, New York, New England, and several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), the program will increase recruitment, retention, persistence and graduation rates for successful transfer to four-year STEM degree programs. Shoreline-West STEMConnect LSAMP program components, such as Guided Pathways advising, tutoring, mentoring, a STEM-focused summer bridge program for incoming first-year students. STEM Centers of Excellence will be established to support students' STEM socialization and belongingness in addition to student tours of four-year campuses. Research experiences at government labs or universities and boot camps for exposure to four-year colleges and universities will be available. These evidence-based activities are designed to accomplish the goal of increasing the number of underrepresented groups who select STEM disciplines and transfer into and graduate from baccalaureate-producing institutions. Through articulation agreements with multiple four-year colleges and universities, students will seamlessly transfer to baccalaureate STEM programs throughout the nation. The Shoreline-West STEMConnect B2B website and social media sites will offer an effective means to disseminate information and create networks of support for STEM students alliance-wide and nationally. Project results, including evaluation recommendations, will be disseminated widely at local, regional and national meetings where the persistence, performance, advancement and careers in STEM fields.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.