Supplement to LSAMP Award

9600115戴尔阿拉巴马州少数民族参与联盟方案第一阶段始于1991年，是为了响应全国需要，增加获得科学、工程和数学本科学位的人数不足的少数民族人数。最初的联盟成员包括八所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学：阿拉巴马农工大学、阿拉巴马州立大学、迈尔斯学院、奥克伍德学院、斯蒂尔曼学院、塔拉迪加学院、图加鲁学院、塔斯基吉大学、一个多数派机构--阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校；以及两家企业。可口可乐基金会和国际商业机器公司(IBM)。联盟计划是由这些机构的十名拥有科学和数学博士学位的黑人教师构思和发起的，旨在吸引少数族裔进入SEM学科的职业生涯，提高保留率，并提高获得SEM学科学位的少数族裔代表的质量和数量。这些计划包括：(1)AMP学者计划，(2)暑期研究实习，(3)AMP插入式中心，(4)AMP指导计划，(5)教师和学生会议，(6)阿拉巴马州AMP保留研究，(7)阿拉巴马州AMP科学日。该联盟成功地增加了EM学科的毕业生人数，提高了参与机构的科学教育质量，并提高了参与机构项目参与者的学生保留率。AAMP第一阶段为AAMP第二阶段奠定了坚实的基础。这一基础将使联盟能够通过高中和大学、两年制和四年制大学以及本科生和研究生院过渡的关键决策点，影响少数族裔学生的进步。此外，联盟和国家实验室以及阿拉巴马州能源部/EPSCoR计划之间的合作也在计划之中。此外，这一基础将使AAMP第二阶段能够解决数学和科学教学专业中少数群体代表性不足的问题。AAMP第二阶段将包括以下额外计划：(1)研究生院衔接计划--旨在帮助少数族裔学生轻松从大学过渡到研究生课程；(2)夏季桥梁计划--旨在帮助少数族裔学生轻松从高中和专科学校过渡到大学；(3)AAMP研究拓展计划--旨在为阿拉巴马州能源部/EPSCoR计划的国家实验室和研究中心的少数族裔学生提供研究经验，以及(4)AAMP教师准备计划--旨在吸引少数族裔从事数学和科学教学专业，帮助他们为认证要求做准备，并提供教师教育方面的研究经验。在过去的三年里，所有主要的州立大学都加入了AAMP。这一行动将加强AAMP第二阶段的成功及其对阿拉巴马州高等教育系统的影响。AAMP第二阶段将扩大AAMP第一阶段的目标，将数学和科学教育方面的研究生学位和本科学位包括在内。该项目将提供重大的费用分担、适当的活动传播，并采用评价和评估活动。

9600115 Dale The Alabama Alliance for Minority Participation Program Phase I began in 1991, as a response to a national need to increase the number of underrepresented minorities receiving undergraduate degrees in science, engineering and mathematics (SEM). Initial Alliance Members included eight Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Miles College, Oakwood College, Stillman College, Talladega College, Tougaloo College, Tuskegee University, one majority institution, University of Alabama at Birmingham; and two businesses. The Coca-Cola Foundation and International Business Machines (IBM). Conceived and initiated by ten black faculty at these institutions with Ph.D. degrees in science and mathematics, Alliance programs were designed to attract minorities to careers in SEM disciplines, increase retention rates, and increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities receiving degrees in SEM disciplines. These programs included: (1) AMP Scholars Program, (2) Summer Research Internships, (3) AMP Drop-In Centers, (4) AMP Mentoring Programs, (5) Faculty and Student Conferences, (6) Alabama AMP Retention Study, and (7) Alabama AMP Science Day. The Alliance was successful in increasing the number of graduates in SEM disciplines, improving the quality of science education at participation institutions, and increasing the student retention rates of program participants at participating institutions. AAMP Phase I built a solid foundation for AAMP Phase II. This foundation will allow the Alliance to affect minority student advancement through the critical decision points at the transition between high school and college, 2-year and 4-year colleges and undergraduate and graduate school. In addition, collaborations between the Alliance and National Laboratories and the Alabama DOE/EPSCoR Program are planned. Moreover, this foundation will allow AAMP Phase II to address the problem of underrepres entation of minorities in the mathematics and science teaching profession. AAMP Phase II will include the following additional programs: (1) A Graduate School Bridge Program - designed to ease the transition of minority students from college to graduate programs; (2) Summer Bridge Program - designed to ease the transition of minority students from high school and junior colleges to college; (3) AAMP Research Outreach Program - designed to provide research experience for minority students at National Laboratories and Research Clusters of the Alabama DOE/EPSCoR Program, and (4) AAMP Teacher Preparation Program - designed to attract minorities to the mathematics and science teaching profession, to prepare them for certification requirements, and to provide research experience in teacher education. During the last three years, all of the major state universities joined AAMP. This action will enhance the success of AAMP Phase II and its impact on the higher education system in Alabama. AAMP Phase II will expand and goal of AAMP Phase I to include graduate SEM degrees and undergraduate degrees in mathematics and science education. The project will provide significant cost-sharing, appropriate dissemination of activities, and employ evaluation and assessment activities.