RIMI: Special Project: The 1995 Leadership Alliance Symposium at the NAS, Summer 1995, Washington, DC

[9552941] Wyche领导联盟是一群致力于在教育管道的各个阶段改善代表性不足的学生和教师的地位的学院和大学。通过联合工作，联盟成员希望改变美国教育文化。该联盟打算解决阻碍获得决定学术界成功和领导地位的关键教育资源的体制障碍问题。本次研讨会的目的是为200名领导力联盟的本科生和研究生提供一个鼓励论坛，以加强他们在数学、科学、工程和社会科学领域完成高等学习的愿望，并为这些领域的职业生涯做好准备和进入这些领域收集工具。将有海报会议、几位国内和国际公认的演讲者、讲习班、招待会和至少一项主要的社会活动。专题讨论会还将提供一个机会，提供关于学术界和工业界当前气候的详细资料，重点是科学/技术专业；关于本科科学/工程学习与研究生学习的区别以及科学/工程职业道路如何变化的实用信息，以及如何生存和成功的指导，特别是在非少数民族占主导地位的环境中。最重要的是，研讨会将为学生们提供一种社区意识和一种心理乐观，这种乐观来自于认真的学生和导师的“临界质量”——在这里，每个人都了解我们在接近21世纪时将面临的困难，并就如何克服和继续克服障碍提供感人的个人见证和建议。* * *

9552941 Wyche The Leadership Alliance is a committed group of colleges and universities that have joined forces to improve the status of underrepresented students and faculty at various stages of the educational pipeline. By working as a consortium, members of the Alliance hope to effect change in the culture of American education. The Alliance intends to address the problem of institutional barriers that inhibit access to the crucial educational resources that determine success and leadership in academia. The purpose of this symposium is to provide 200 Leadership Alliance undergraduate and graduate students with a forum of encouragement that will reinforce their aspirations to complete advanced studies in mathematics, science, engineering and the social sciences--as well as gather the tools to prepare for and enter careers in these areas. There will be poster sessions, several nationally and internationally recognized speakers, workshops, a reception and at least one major social activity. The symposium will also serve as an opportunity to provide detailed information on the current climate of academia and industry, with emphasis on scientific/technical specialties; practical information on how undergraduate science/engineering studies differ from graduate studies and how science/engineering career paths can be varied, and pointers on how to survive and succeed, especially in predominately non-minority settings. Most importantly, the symposia will provide the students with a sense of community and a feeling psychological optimism that comes out of being part of a "critical mass" of serious students and mentors--where everyone understands the struggles to be faced as we approach the 21st century and can offer moving personal testimonials and advice on how barriers have and can continue to be overcome. ***