Keystone Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

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，以及支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的种族和族裔群体的相关教育经验来改造本科STEM教育：黑人和非裔美国人，西班牙裔和拉丁美洲人，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。这些战略促进了准备充分的学生的生产，高素质和积极性，追求研究生教育或职业生涯在干。培养STEM人才的必要性已经确立。美国要保持全球竞争力，就必须挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。Keystone Louis Stokes少数民族参与STEM途径实施联盟项目由宾夕法尼亚州高等教育系统（PASSHE）的十所机构中的四所组成：东斯特鲁德斯堡大学，米勒斯维尔大学（牵头），Slippery Rock大学和西切斯特大学。该项目的目标是增加从LSAMP人口的学生的招聘和保留，并最终增加干B。S.学位和进入研究生STEM课程。 为了实现这一项目目标，联盟将在招聘和留住人才方面建立新的优势，同时改进整个联盟的现有优势。 具体策略包括每年为期两到三周的入学学生夏桥计划、联盟特定课程和课外活动、重复性多队列夏季计划，重点是为本科生未来的研究经验或实习机会做研究准备、为工作或研究生院做准备、持续改进的形成性评估以及显示影响力的总结性评估。 总的来说，Keystone联盟解决了各种NSF目标，特别是（1）增加STEM中代表性不足的群体的学生参与STEM，（2）通过整合包容性课程来改善STEM教育，通过以社区为基础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多样性中进行协作和合作，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 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.