Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity

描述（由申请人提供）：新墨西哥大学正在为少数民族学生发展计划（IMSD）申请为期5年的资助。在5年的时间里，新密歇根大学-管理与管理学院每年将为研究生院的75名本科生提供研究、指导和教育项目的指导。我们估计，IMSD常规项目的毕业生中约有80 - 90%将进入研究生院，约有50%的学生将进入目标指导小组，其中许多人将转到我们的其他本科研究项目。除了经典的本科研究项目外，这一时期的计划是变革性的，旨在使获得研究经验并为研究生院做准备的学生人数增加一倍，而不仅仅是直接支持做研究的学生。我们提出的未来五年的目标和目标是：目标1：通过将IMSD支持的本科生数量增加到25人，并保持IMSD支持的本科毕业生准备从事研究职业的百分比，为博士多样性做出贡献。目前的IMSD项目开发了一个指导项目，我们相信，在过去的三年里，将研究生院的毕业生比例从2004年的25%提高到80 - 90%。为了增加攻读博士学位的学生数量，我们的目标是：1)将IMSD本科生在新墨西哥大学的人数从18人增加到25人，同时保持或增加进入研究生院的学生比例。学生还将参与：2)一个良好的指导研究经验，重点是发展关键的技术和智力技能；3)秋季和春季学期的1学分会议课程，包括IMSD指导计划，包括科学写作（包括准备个人简历，研究计划和意向书），领导力培训，以及旨在为学生成功的研究生涯做好准备的其他活动；4)夏季开设非学分会议课程，为新生提供项目介绍和团队建设；5)新墨西哥大学夏季和学年研究专题讨论会；6) 2年内至少完成8小时负责任的研究行为相关课程；7)在SACNAS和其他全国性会议上的研究报告；8)在新墨西哥大学以外的暑期或短期研究经历。通过这些努力，我们将显著增加读研和攻读博士学位的人数。目标2：提高新墨西哥大学和新墨西哥州新墨西哥大学管理与管理学院的影响力。我们将增加我们的指导计划的影响，从而显著增加为研究生院做准备的学生数量：1)建立2个有针对性的指导小组，每个小组约25人，作为“指导瀑布”方法的模型：盖茨学者小组和面向大二学生和转校生的预科STEM小组；2)在辅导瀑布中为学生提供建议和辅导支持；2)为这些学生中的学生提供必要的建议支持；3)教授一学期和短期课程，旨在吸引新墨西哥大学2000名符合条件的大学STEM本科生；4)建立一个由新墨西哥大学学生研究项目的高级顾问和项目负责人组成的咨询小组，在新墨西哥大学制定更统一的指导计划。里程碑将包括：1)在4年内将参与IMSD指导项目的非IMSD学生人数从15人增加到100人以上；2)增加新墨西哥大学准备进入研究生院的大四本科生人数；3)通过改善获得优秀指导的机会，解决新墨西哥大学STEM UR学生未满足的需求。目标3：在全国范围内扩大新管理-管理和管理系统的影响。为了实现这一目标，高级pi、项目主管和一组选定的评估人员将聚集在一起，提供项目建议，并确定导致我们所有项目成功的显式和隐含组件。这项工作将被记录下来，我们的结果将被公布。评估：与往年一样，将对IMSD学生和一个对照组进行评估，以确定每个项目元素的成功，确定需要改进的领域，并提供有关招生、成功和项目和部门挑战的信息。这些目标中的每一个都与IMSD项目的目标一致，旨在使UR和URM研究生院的入学率和成功实现可持续增长。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of New Mexico is requesting funding for 5 years of support for the Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) program. In the 5-year period, UNM-IMSD will mentor ~ 75 UR undergraduates per year for graduate school in its research, mentoring, and education program. We estimate that ~ 80 - 90% of the graduating seniors in the regular IMSD program will enter graduate school and ~ 50% of the students in the targeted mentoring groups, many of whom will have transferred to our other undergraduate research programs. In addition to a classical undergraduate research program, the plan for this period is transformative and aimed at doubling the number of UR students who have access to research experience and are prepared for graduate school, beyond the students directly supported to do research. The aims and objectives we propose for the next five years are: Aim 1: To contribute to PhD diversity by increasing the number of undergraduates supported by IMSD to 25 and sustaining the percentage of graduating IMSD-supported undergraduates prepared for research careers. The current IMSD program has developed a mentoring program that we believe has contributed to the increase in graduating seniors attending graduate school from 25% in 2004 to 80 - 90% for the past 3 years. To increase the number of UR students entering PhD programs, our objectives are to: 1) increase the number of IMSD undergraduate students at UNM from 18 to 25 while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students who enter graduate school. Students will also participate in: 2) a well-mentored research experience focused on developing key technical and intellectual skills; 3) a 1-credit conference course Fall and Spring semesters that includes the IMSD mentoring program, including scientific writing (including preparation of a c.v., research proposal, and letter of intent), leadership training, an other activities aimed at preparing the students for a successful research career; 4) a non-credit conference course during the summer, to provide new students an introduction to the program and team building; 5) summer and academic-year research symposia at UNM; 6) at least 8 hours of relevant course work in Responsible Conduct of Research over the 2-year period; 7) research presentations at SACNAS and other national meetings; and 8) summer or short research experiences away from UNM. Through these efforts, we will significantly increase the number of students entering graduate school and completing PhDs. Aim 2: To increase the impact of UNM-IMSD at UNM and in New Mexico. We will increase the impact of our mentoring program and, thereby, significantly increase the numbers of UR students prepared for graduate school by 1) establishing 2, targeted mentoring groups of ~25 each as models of the "mentoring waterfall" approach: a Gates Scholars Group and Pre-Grad STEM Group for sophomores and transfer students; 2) provide advising and tutoring support to students in mentoring waterfall; 2) providing essential advising support to students in these students; 3) teaching one-semester and short courses aimed at engaging more of the >2000 eligible UR STEM undergraduates at UNM; 4) establishing an advisory group of senior advisors and PIs of student research programs throughout UNM to develop a more uniform mentoring plan at UNM. Milestones will include: 1) increasing the number of non-IMSD students involved in IMSD mentoring programs from 15 to 100+ in 4 years; 2) increasing the number of senior UR students at UNM prepared to enter graduate school; and 3) addressing the unmet need among STEM UR students at UNM by improving accessibility to excellent mentoring. Aim 3: To broaden the impact of UNM-IMSD nationally. In this aim, senior PIs, program directors, and a select group of evaluators will be brought together to provide program advice and identify the explicit and implicit components that lead to success of all of our programs. This exercise will be documented and our results published. Evaluation: As in previous years, evaluations of IMSD students and a control group will be carried out to determine the success of each program element, to identify areas for improvement, and to provide information about enrollments, success, and challenges to the program and departments. Each of these objectives is aligned with the goals for IMSD programs and aimed at making sustainable increases in UR and URM graduate school enrollment and success.