Keystone Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

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，以实现STEM劳动力的多样化。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族裔群体：黑人和非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉丁裔美国人、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，这些学生非常合格，有动力在STEM攻读研究生教育或职业生涯。培养STEM人才的需求已经确立。美国要想保持全球竞争力，就必须挖掘其所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。Keystone Louis Stokes少数族裔参与STEM路径实施项目由宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PASSHE)十所院校中的四所组成：东斯特罗德斯堡大学、米勒斯维尔大学(LEAD)、滑石城大学和西切斯特大学。该项目的目标是增加从LSAMP人群中招收和留住学生，并最终增加STEM理科学士学位和进入STEM研究生课程。为了实现这一项目目标，联盟将在招聘和保留方面建立新的优势，同时在整个联盟现有优势的基础上进行改进。具体战略包括每年两到三周的入学暑期桥计划、联盟特定的课程和联合课程活动、重复性的多队列暑期计划，重点是为本科生或实习机会未来的研究经验做研究准备，为工作或研究生做准备，持续改进的形成性评估，以及显示影响的总结性评估。总体而言，Keystone联盟实现了NSF的各种目标，特别是(1)增加STEM中代表性不足群体的学生对STEM的参与，(2)通过整合全纳课程来改善STEM教育，通过基于社区的公民参与项目增加公众参与，以及(3)建立联盟机构的强大伙伴关系，以更好地在PASSHE多样性、公平和包容性行动计划中进行协作和合作，为国家劳动力培养具有高度竞争力的STEM专业人员。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 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 in order 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: Blacks and African Americans, Hispanic and Latino 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. The need for cultivating STEM talent has been well established. 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 Keystone Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation STEM Pathways Implementation-Only project is comprised of four of the ten Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) institutions: East Stroudsburg University, Millersville University (lead), Slippery Rock University, and West Chester University. The goal of the project is to increase recruitment and retention of students from LSAMP populations, and ultimately increase STEM B. S. degrees and entry into graduate STEM programs. To accomplish this project goals, the Alliance will build new strength in areas of recruitment and retention while improving on existing strengths alliance wide. Specific strategies include annual two to three-week summer bridge programs for entering students, Alliance specific curriculum and co-curricular activities, recurring multi-cohort summer programs focused on research preparation for future research experiences for undergraduates or internship opportunities, preparation for work or graduate school, formative evaluation for continuous improvement, and summative evaluation to show impact. Overall, the Keystone alliance addresses a variety of NSF goals, specifically (1) increasing participation in STEM for students from underrepresented groups in STEM, (2) improving STEM education by integrating inclusive curriculum, increasing public engagement through community-based, civic engagement projects, and (3) building a strong partnership of alliance institutions to better collaborate and cooperate in the PASSHE diversity, equity and inclusion action plan for developing highly competitive STEM professionals for the nation's workforce.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.