Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways Implementation-Only Alliance: The Tennessee Valley Tri-State LSAMP Alliance-Creating a Pathway of Success for General STEM Education

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院努力显著增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，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，以及相关的教育经验来改变本科STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的种族和族裔群体：黑人和非裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉丁裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些策略有助于培养准备充分、高素质、有动力追求STEM研究生教育或职业生涯的学生。培养STEM人才的需求已经确立。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要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。在北阿拉巴马大学（UNA）的领导下，田纳西河谷三州STEM路径实施联盟（SPIO）包括田纳西大学马丁分校（UTM），密西西比女子大学（MUW）和西北浅滩社区学院（NW-SCC）。这些机构位于美国国家科学基金会促进竞争性研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）管辖范围内。该项目是2020年LSAMP规划奖的结果，其目标是实施一条专门设计的途径，以改善本科入学学生的一般STEM教育成果。活动包括为即将到来的学者创建和实施年度夏季桥梁计划，重点是基础数学准备和基础科学技能，年度联盟范围的研讨会，实用技能发展，同伴辅导和社会支持。在我们的每个站点都有专门的STEM教师导师队列，这将促进和支持学生参与研究活动。从长远来看，该联盟拥有一个前所未有的机会，可以为地区和国家就业市场注入来自农村背景的训练有素的多样化STEM专业人员。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 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 Tennessee Valley Tri-State STEM Pathways Implementation-Only (SPIO) Alliance, under the leadership of the University of North Alabama (UNA), includes the University of Tennessee Martin (UTM), Mississippi University for Women (MUW) and Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC). The institutions are located in NSF's Established Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions. Resulting from a 2020 LSAMP planning award, the project's objective is designed to execute a pathway specifically devised to improve general STEM education outcomes for students matriculating in undergraduate studies. Activities include creating and implementing an annual Summer Bridge Program for incoming Scholars focused on basic math preparation and basic science skills, an annual Alliance-wide symposium, practical skills development, peer tutoring, and social supports. Dedicated access to a cohort of STEM Faculty mentors at each of our sites will promote and support student engagement in research activities. In the long-term, the alliance has an unprecedented opportunity to infuse regional and national job markets with trained and diverse STEM professionals from rural backgrounds.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.