AMP: Houston Alliance for Minority Participation Project

休斯顿LSAMP的主要目标是在国家科学基金会、休斯顿大学和德克萨斯南方大学、六所高等教育学术机构、休斯顿独立学区和众多公司的合作下，在五年内将每年获得科学、数学、工程、科学和科学学士学位的少数民族学生数量增加一倍。并为他们进入研究生课程做准备。休斯敦LSAMP将实施一项全面而有力的战略，以消除大学一级SMET领域的两个有充分证据的人员流失原因；经济需求和缺乏学术支持。为了解决这两个重要问题，休斯敦LSAMP将创造并保持一个具有挑战性的，但培育的学习环境，努力学习的学生将有机会取得成功。该联盟将促进和利用行业和大学的参与，以激发大学本科生对SMET职业和研究生教育的兴趣，并为他们成功完成学位并过渡到职业或研究生院提供资源，学术支持和环境。来自国家科学基金会基金、机构资源和企业合作伙伴的财政支持将在确保学生不会因与他们的研究领域无关的工作而偏离他们的目标方面发挥关键作用。最后，休斯敦LSAMP领导层将继续改善参与机构、政府机构和行业合作伙伴之间的整合，并扩大参与者网络，以在NSF授予的五年期限之后无限期地维持该计划。

HRD-9900893BearThe primary goal of the Houston LSAMP, propelled by a partnership among the NSF, the University of Houston and Texas Southern University, six academic institutions of higher education, the Houston Independent School District, and numerous corporations, is to double, within five years, the number of minority students earning baccalaureate degrees each year in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) fields from the participating universities and prepare them for entry to graduate programs.The Houston LSAMP will implement a comprehensive and vigorous strategy to eliminate two well-documented causes of attrition in SMET fields at the university level; financial need and lack of academic support. To address these two important issues, the Houston LSAMP will create and maintain a challenging, yet nurturing learning environment in which students who work hard will have every opportunity to succeed. The Alliance will promote and capitalize on industry and university participation to stimulate the interest of university undergraduates in SMET careers and graduate education and provide the resources, academic support, and environment for them to successfully complete their degrees and transition to careers or graduate school. Financial support from NSF funds, institutional resources, and corporate partnerships will play a critical role in assuring that students are not diverted from their goals by employment unrelated to their fields of study. Finally, Houston LSAMP leadership will continue to improve the integration among participating institutions, government agencies and industry partners and expand the network of participants to sustain the program indefinitely beyond the five-year term of an NSF award.