Louis Stokes Renewal STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Washington Baltimore Hampton Roads -Louis Stokes Alliance (WBHR-LSAMP )

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学科中代表性不足的人群：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、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接受研究生教育或从事职业生涯。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘其所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。华盛顿巴尔的摩汉普顿路-路易·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(WBHR-LSAMP)成立了一个联盟，以应对对更多样化和更熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这种需求仍然存在，在哥伦比亚特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州(DMV)尤为迫切。组成联盟的机构多种多样，包括霍华德大学、牵头机构、鲍伊州立大学、汉普顿大学、摩根州立大学、诺福克州立大学、哥伦比亚特区大学、弗吉尼亚州立大学、埃尔卡米诺学院、霍华德社区学院和乔治王子社区学院。通过这一项目，联盟将开展活动，通过提高留校率、参与本科生研究以及从联盟十所院校获得STEM学位的历史上代表性不足的人口总数，来支持学生的成功。通过这一努力，参与该项目的研究人员相信，改进的结果将加强机动车管理局的STEM工作人员，并最终为美国的国家安全做出贡献。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 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 populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic 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.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 Washington Baltimore Hampton Roads – Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WBHR-LSAMP) has formed an alliance in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV). The institutions that make up the Alliance are diverse and include Howard University, lead institution, Bowie State University, Hampton University, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, University of the District of Columbia, Virginia State University, El Camino College, Howard Community College, and Prince George’s Community College. Through this project, the Alliance will implement activities to support student success by improving retention, participation in undergraduate research, and the overall number of historically underrepresented populations graduating with STEM degrees from the ten Alliance institutions. Through this effort, researchers involved in this project believe that the improved results will strengthen the STEM workforce in the DMV and ultimately contribute to America's national security.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.