Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: North Star STEM Alliance (NSSA)

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，并支持STEM学术研究的成果扩大参与。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具有高度竞争力的学生，这些学生有动力在STEM接受研究生教育或从事职业。对于美国(美国)为了保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才华，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供出色的教育准备。北极星STEM联盟(NSSA)包括明尼苏达大学的四个校区(双子城、德卢斯、莫里斯和罗切斯特)；七所明尼苏达州立大学(贝米吉州立大学、世纪学院、丰迪拉克部落和社区学院、大都会州立大学、明尼阿波利斯社区与技术学院、圣克劳德州立学院)、两所部落学院(白土部落与社区学院和红湖民族学院)和三所私立学院(奥格斯堡、卡尔顿和圣奥拉夫)。社区合作伙伴包括明尼苏达州科学博物馆、明尼苏达州高科技协会和明尼苏达州教育公平伙伴关系。在五年内，该联盟将通过为国内和国际研究经验、实习、补充指导和其他学生支持服务以及联盟研究会议提供财政支持(津贴)，将STEM理科学位从2022年的700个增加到2028年的每年1000个，作为招聘和保留方面基于证据的高影响力实践。社会科学研究项目考察了STEM毕业生从大学毕业后的过渡，特别关注与职业道路相关的过渡点期间的心理社会因素。前瞻性和回溯性数据的结合将产生关于如何帮助学生走出学士学位，走向他们教育和职业道路上的下一步。该联盟将通过美国教育研究协会(AERA)、国际学习科学学会和其他专业协会等会议广泛传播项目评估活动和NSSA研究的结果。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 and supports the production of scholarly research in STEM broadening participation. 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 highly competitive students motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM. For the United States (U.S.) 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 North Star STEM Alliance (NSSA) consists of four University of Minnesota campuses (Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris and Rochester); seven Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Bemidji State, Century College, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Metropolitan State, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, St. Cloud State College), two tribal colleges (White Earth Tribal and Community College and Red Lake Nation College) and three private colleges (Augsburg, Carleton, and St. Olaf). Community partners include the Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota High Tech Association, and the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership. Over the five-year period, the alliance will increase STEM B. S. degrees from 700 in 2022 to 1,000 annually by 2028 by providing financial support (stipends) for domestic and international research experiences, internships, supplemental instruction and other student support services and alliances research conferences as evidence-based high impact practices in recruitment and retention. The social science research project examines the transition of STEM graduates from college, focusing particularly on psychosocial factors during points of transition associated with career pathways. The combination of prospective and retrospective data will be produced about how to help orient students beyond the bachelor’s degree and toward the next steps in their educational and career pathways. The alliance will broadly disseminate results from project evaluation activities and the NSSA study via conferences such as American Educational Research Association (AERA), International Society for the Learning Sciences among other professional associations.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.