A Comprehensive, Collaborative Program to Increase Minorities in Science and Engineering

该提案的目的是规划一个系统和全面的计划，以增加少数民族学生进入自然科学，数学和工程教育管道并取得进步的数量和质量。这一综合项目的目标将通过在培养西班牙裔科学家、工程师、科学和工程教育家方面有着良好记录的机构之间建立联盟来实现，这些机构在波多黎各实施大规模科学教育和研究项目方面有成功的经验。波多黎各大学，通过科学与工程资源中心（RCSE）、Ana G. Mendez教育基金会（The Universidad Metorplitana）、波多黎各和大陆的其他两年制和四年制高等教育机构，以及主要的能源部国家实验室，将共同组成一个基础广泛的联盟，以汇集和利用这些机构的资源；并为学生和教师提供广泛的活动，旨在增加完成本科学位并继续学习的学生人数自然科学和工程学的研究生课程。​该联盟提出的活动将侧重于激励和培养学生，尤其是在本科阶段。此外,这些活动将拓宽他们对职业和学习机会的认识在科学和工程中，为了促进他们的进步，通过他们的关键转折点学术发展:高中到大学和本科到研究生学习的过渡教育连续。​通过发展基础广泛的联盟，参与机构将分享各自的优势和优势优化资源，使科学基础设施得到广泛而显著的改善西班牙裔的教育

The purpose of this proposal is to plan a systematic and comprehensive program to increase the number and quality of minority students entering and progressing through the educational pipeline in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering. The goals of this comprehensive program will be achieved by establishing an alliance between institutions with a strong track record of producing hispanic scientists, engineers and science and engineering educators, and which have successful experience in implementing large scale science education and research programs in Puerto Rico. The University of Puerto Rico, through the Resource Center for Science and Engineering (RCSE), the Ana G. Mendez Educational Foundation (The Universidad Metorplitana), other two-and four year postsecondary institutions in Puerto Rico and on the mainland, and major Department of Energy National Laboratories, will join to form a broad-based Alliance to: pool and build on the resources of these institutions; and provide students and faculty with a wide range of activities designed to increase the number of students that complete an undergraduate degree and continue graduate studies in the natural sciences and engineering. The activities proposed within this Alliance will focus on motivating and preparing students, particularly at the undergraduate level. In addition, the activities will broaden their awareness of career and study opportunities in the sciences and engineering in order to facilitate their progress through critical transition points in their academic development: the high school to college and undergraduate to graduate studies transitions in the education continuum. Through the development of a broad base Alliance, the participating institutions will share their strengths and optimize resources in order to bring about a broad and significant improvement in the infrastructure of science education for Hispanics in general.