AMP: The University of Texas System Alliance for Minority Participation

德克萨斯大学少数族裔参与系统联盟(U.T.System AMP)汇集了德克萨斯大学系统的所有非大学和六个密切合作的社区学院系统，以增加少数族裔学生入学、毕业和进入数学、科学和工程(MSE)研究生课程的人数。活动将得到与工业界和国家实验室的伙伴关系的支持。在参与的机构中，突出的是边境地区的那些为大量拉美裔学生服务的机构，以及大都市地区的那些主要为通勤学生服务的机构，其中包括许多少数民族学生。为拟议的AMP设定的目标是：1)在1996-97学年结束前，每年培养约2,000名少数族裔MSE学士毕业生；以及2)每年在德州大学系统的大学招收至少500名少数族裔研究生。提出的方法的特点是：1)计划变革的高级别领导；2)专注于基本的、“把关”的科学和数学课程；3)社区学院合作伙伴实质性地参与课程努力；4)支持少数族裔学生参与研究的灵活计划；以及5)特别工作组，将来自不同机构的教职领导聚集在一起，对德克萨斯州的本科生MSE教育进行系统性改革。拟议的AMP将与德克萨斯州A&Amp；M-Directed AMP合作，该AMP包括7所德克萨斯大学；其他主要项目；以及州政府机构。

The University of Texas System Alliance for Minority Participation (U.T. System AMP) brings together all none universities of The University of Texas system and six closely partnering community college systems to increase the number of minority students enrolling in, graduating from, and entering graduate programs in mathematics, science, and engineering (MSE). Activities will be supported by partnerships with industry and national laboratories. Prominent among participating institutions are those in Border regions serving large numbers of Hispanic students and those in metropolitan areas serving mainly commuter student, including many minority students. Goals set for the proposed AMP are: 1) to produce approximately 2,000 minority MSE B.S. graduates each year by the end of the 1996-97 academic year; and 2( to enroll at least 500 minority graduate students per year in U.T. System universities. The approach proposed is characterized by: 1) high level leadership for programmatic change; 2) focus on essential, "gate-keeper" science and mathematics courses; 3) substantive involvement of community college partners in curriculum efforts; 4) flexible programs for supporting minority student participation in research; and 5) task forces that bring faculty leaders from different institutions together to make systemic changes in undergraduate MSE education in Texas. The proposed AMP will cooperate with the Texas A&M-directed AMP, which includes seven Texas universities; other major projects; and state agencies.