AMP: North Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation (NCAMP)

HRD-9702237 Martin 尽管作出了旨在改善的努力，但该国的科学家和工程师队伍仍然反映出代表性不足的少数民族的参与程度不足。 在某种程度上，这是个人选择的自然和不可避免的结果，但少数民族科学，数学，工程和技术（SMET）专业缺乏的几个原因在很大程度上是可逆的。 其中包括：（1）对科学和数学的消极态度;（2）很少或没有榜样;（3）缺乏动力;（4）对科学工程职业选择的了解很少或根本没有;（5）工程的令人兴奋的公众形象，以及（6）一些学术和文化障碍，特别是对少数民族的打击。 发展高质量的教育计划，吸引和留住少数民族在中小型企业的职业生涯是一个既定的国家优先事项。 该提案描述了一个旨在改善新兴少数民族科学家和工程师教育框架的方案。 该提案的重点是本科教育作为其核心组成部分，以及增加研究生SMET课程学生比例所需的基本要素。 该联盟的合作伙伴代表着不同的项目，但有着非常共同的目标。 统一的目标是建立在现有的知识基础上，少数民族参与中小型企业和技术领域，并扩大现有的意见，以丰富在伙伴机构和超越方案。 北卡罗来纳州AT州立大学（牵头校区）、费耶特维尔州立大学、北卡罗来纳州中央大学、北卡罗来纳州州立大学、北卡罗来纳大学彭布罗克分校、北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校、北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校和北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校加入了这一项目，以增加少数民族学生在中小企业和技术教育中的入学机会。 该联盟的目标是：（1）改善所有学校少数民族中小企业学生的学习环境质量;（2）大幅增加少数民族学生获得中小企业学科学位的毕业生人数;（3）制定和实施有效方法，吸引那些否则不会选择中小企业职业的有才华的少数民族学生。 该项目强调协作学习方法，与教师积极和持续的互动，与其他支持人员的密集互动，以及实践研究和实习经验。 根据这一理念，选定了三个项目领域作为实现项目质量和数量目标的关键重点。 这些项目领域采用的战略在保留少数民族学生上中小企业和技术培训方面具有明显的效果。 他们还专注于创新的方法，有趣的社区大学生在小型和微型企业的职业生涯，并集中在过渡点研究生院。 所有项目领域都涉及教师和行业成员的设计和实施改进。 在该计划中，评估是建立在每个项目领域作为制定具体的，可衡量的定量和定性目标的结果。 这些目标不断得到审查和修订。 由八所大学的行政人员组成的咨询委员会监督该计划的各个方面。 在伙伴机构之间和联盟以外进行沟通和不断交流想法是主要目标，有助于在少数民族学生的教育基础设施中创造长期、积极的变化。

HRD-9702237 Martin Despite efforts aimed at amelioration, the nation's cadre of scientists and engineers continues to reflect an inadequate level of participation of underrepresented minorities. To some extent, this is a natural and inevitable consequence of individual choice, but several of the reasons for the lack of minority science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) majors are largely reversible. These include: (1) negative attitudes toward science and mathematics; (2) few or no role models; (3) lack of motivation; (4) little or no knowledge of scientific engineering career options open to them; (5) engineering's unexciting public image, and (6) a number of academic and cultural barriers that are particularly discouraging to minorities. Development of quality educational programs to attract and retain underrepresented minorities in SMET careers is a well-established national priority. This proposal describes a program designed to improve the educational framework for emerging minority scientists and engineers. The proposal focuses on undergraduate education as its core component as well as the essential elements required to increase the percentage of students in post-graduate SMET programs. The partners in the prmposed Alliance represent diverse programs, yet have remarkably common objectives. The unifying goal is to build on the existing knowledge base relative to minority participation in SMET fields and to expand the available opinions to enrich programs at partner institutions and beyond. North Carolina A&T State University (lead campus), Fayetteville Sate University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina-Pembroke, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, and the University of North Carolina-Greensboro join in this project to increase access and opportunities for minority students in SMET. The goals of the Alliance are: 1) to improve the quality of the learning environment for minority SMET students at all schools, 2) to substantially increase the numbers of minority students graduating with degrees in SMET disciplines, and 3) to develop and implement effective methods of attracting talented minority students who would not otherwise choose careers in SMET. The project emphasizes collaborative learning approaches, positive and sustained interaction with faculty, intensive interaction with other support persons, and hands-on research and internship experience. Using this philosophy, three project areas have been chosen as crucial focal points for achieving that qualitative and quantitative goals of the project. These project areas utilize strategies with demonstrable effectiveness in the retention of minority students in SMET. They also focus on innovative methods interesting community college students in SMET careers and concentrate on the transition point to graduate school. All project areas involve faculty and industry members in the design and implementation of improvements. In this program, assessment is built into each project areas as a result of the formulation of specific, measurable quantitative and qualitative objectives. These objectives are reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis. Advisory committees composed of administrative personnel from the eight universities oversee all aspects of the program. Communication and ongoing exchange of ideas among partner institutions and beyond the Alliance are primary objectives contributing towards the creation of permanent, positive changes in the infrastructure of education for minority students in SMET disciplines.