AMP: Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities

9623615加西亚扩大学生机会西部联盟(WAESO)是一个地区性联盟，建立在高效的南落基山脉AMP的基础上，该AMP正在顺利(并提前)实现其目标，即将该地区少数族裔的SMET学士学位数量增加一倍以上。通过在内华达州增加三个机构，WAESO联盟增加了南落基山脉AMP的35所学院和大学、7个专业组织、2个政府实验室、4个教育组织、16个公司和147个学术和支持项目。学生成功的一个关键因素是SMET教职员工的参与，同样也是广泛的。WAESO吸引了75个校区和参与组织的500多名顾问人员(其中349人是SMET教师)。大约85%的人是大学、政府实验室或行业的科学家和工程师，15%的人是行政人员。在这些资源参与者中，略高于40%的人本身就是代表不足的少数族裔。WAESO将帮助所有符合条件的SMET领域的本科生，包括生物/生命科学、化学、计算机和信息科学、工程、地球科学、数学、物理和天文学、农业科学、技术和其他符合条件的NSF领域。利用NSF的资金，每年将有600名本科生参加：(1)本科生暑期过渡到高年级(针对大学二年级和三年级；社区学院的学生希望继续攻读学士学位)；(2)院系指导的本科生项目(针对社区学院或四年制大学生)；(3)现场同行学习小组(针对高一新生、社区学院或四年制大学生)；(4)国家电子同行小组学习网络(NINS)；(5)超媒体助学金和学术计划定位器(适用于新生、社区学院和四年制大学学生)；(6)计算机化本科研究生学习准备计划：二年级、三年级、大四学生；(7)课程开发和改革：夏季桥梁、本科研究；以及(8)实习计划(适用于社区学院和四年制大学学生)。此外，WAESO每年还将向另外400名本科少数民族学生传播有关学术计划、实习、GRE考试技能和其他重要技能培养研讨会的信息。总而言之，WAESO计划在5年内让5000名本科生参加该联盟的活动，并利用该联盟提供的服务和先进的互动数据库。非国家科学基金会的资金将用于通过Prime项目和纳瓦霍高等教育示范模式为10,066名大学预科学生提供服务，这些项目显示，真正从高中毕业并进入大学的少数族裔和多数族裔学生的数量大幅增加。

9623615 Garcia The Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) is a regional alliance building upon the highly effective Southern Rocky Mountain AMP which is well on its way (and ahead of schedule) to completing its goal of more than doubling the number of minority SMET B.S. degrees in the region. By adding three institutions in Nevada, the WAESO alliance adds to the 35 colleges and universities, 7 professional organizations, 2 government laboratories, 4 educational organizations, 16 corporations and 147 academic and support programs of the Southern Rocky Mountain AMP. A key component to student success is SMET faculty participation which is also similarly extensive. WAESO draws on over 500 resource individuals (349 of which are SMET faculty) at 75 campuses and participating organizations. Approximately 85% are university, government laboratory or industry scientists and engineers, while 15% were administrators. Just over 40% of these resource participants are underrepresented minorities themselves. WAESO will help undergraduate students in all of the eligible SMET areas including biological/life sciences, chemistry, computer and information science, engineering, geosciences, mathematics, physics and astronomy, agricultural science, technology, and other eligible NSF fields. With NSF funds, 600 undergraduate students per year will participate in: (1) Undergraduate Summer Transition to Upperclass (for college sophomores and juniors; community college students expecting to go on to a baccalaureate); (2) Faculty-Directed Undergraduate Student Projects (for community college or four-year college students); (3) On-Site Peer Study Groups (for incoming freshman in their summer prior to matriculation, community college, or four-year college students); (4) The National Electronic Peer Group Study Network (NEPS); (5) Hypermedia Financial Aid and Academic Program Locator (for incoming students, community college, and four-year college stude nts); (6) computerized Undergraduate Preparation program for Graduate Study: Sophomores, Juniors, Seniors; (7) Curriculum Development and Reform: Summer Bridges, Undergraduate Research; and (8) Internship Programs (for community college and four-year college students). Additionally the WAESO will disseminate information on academic programs, internships, GRE test taking skills, and other important skill building workshops to another 400 undergraduate minority students per year. In all, for the 5-year period, the WAESO plans to have 5,000 undergraduate minority SMET student participating in activities and utilizing the services and advanced interactive databases produced by the alliance. Non-NSF funds will be used to serve 10,066 students at the pre-college level through Project PRIME and the navajo Higher Education demonstration Model which have shown substantive increases in the number of minority and majority students who actually graduate from high school and enter college with SMET programs.