Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP): Alabama Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Phase III

在美国国家科学基金会（NFS）发起路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划十年之后，少数民族在科学、数学、工程和技术领域的代表性不足仍然是一个全国性的问题。大家都说已经取得了很大的进展，但还不足以扭转问题。作为美国六个最古老的国家科学基金会（NSF）联盟之一，阿拉巴马州一直在努力提高未被充分代表的少数民族获得科学、数学、工程和技术（SMET）领域学士学位的数量和质量。阿拉巴马联盟的许多项目已经被其他联盟复制。阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（ALSAMP）成立于1991年，当时的基线是431个少数族裔SEM本科学位，1999年达到了979个的峰值，增长了127%。alsamp的少数族裔SEM基线入组人数为3301人。1999-2000学年，少数族裔管理学院的入学人数为5876人，增长了78%。这些是ALSAMP第一阶段和第二阶段成功的指标。ALSAMP第三阶段提案旨在a)维持第二阶段目标规定的学士学位生产水平和学生保留率，b)定义基线水平和承诺，以显着增加以前，现在和未来进入SMET研究生课程或教师教育研究生课程的学士学位获得者的数量。因此，LSAMP的项目方法将包括维持和制度化当前的LSAMP第二阶段活动，并实施新的LSAMP第三阶段活动，如下所示。项目将持续和制度化新的LSAMP第三阶段项目LSAMP夏季桥梁项目GRE为所有学生准备的项目LSAMP学者项目所有学生的本科研究项目夏季研究实习项目GRE为所有LSAMP学生要求的项目LSAMP研究生桥梁项目sem学生师徒计划通过跟踪努力增加SMET学生进入研究生院的人数-入读中心/合作学习加强技术招聘学生暑期研究会议增加与其他项目的合作国家LSAMP杂志出版国家LSAMP出版第三期第三阶段预算的主要部分将用于支持这些新项目。因此，第二阶段项目将通过参与机构的成本分担、私人来源的支持和制度化来维持。在接下来的五年里，LSAMP将确定一个基本水平，并致力于显著增加进入SMET研究生项目或教师教育研究生项目的学士学位获得者的数量。这一努力将包括为学生在研究生院取得成功和在所选择的研究生院的安置做好准备。学生将通过LSAMP成功联系计划在研究生院进行跟踪，研究生数据库将由联盟维护。与其他NSF项目的合作将大大增加，特别是与NSF研究生教育联盟和教授项目以及NSF城市系统项目的合作。方案活动将通过出版国家lsamp杂志进行传播，并将任命一名全职方案评价员监督评估和评价活动。

The underrepresentation of minorities in the science, mathematics, engineering, and technologyworkforce is still a national problem, ten years after the National Science Foundation (NFS) initiatedthe Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program. By all accounts greatprogress has been made, but not enough to turn the problem around. As one of the six oldest NationalScience Foundation (NSF) Alliances in the nation, Alabama has been in the forefront of efforts toincrease the quantity and the quality of underrepresented minorities receiving baccalaureate degrees inscience, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) fields. Many of the Alabama Alliance'sprograms have been replicated by other alliances. The Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation (ALSAMP) began in 1991 with a baseline of 431 minority SEM undergraduate degreesand reached a peak of 979 in 1999, a 127% increase. The baseline minority SEM enrollment forALSAMP is 3,301. The minority SEM enrollment for the 1999-2000 academic year is 5,876, a 78%increase. These are indicators of success for ALSAMP Phase I and Phase II.The ALSAMP Phase III proposal is designed to a) sustain the B.S. Degree production levelsand student retention rates specified as Phase II goals and b) define a baseline level of and commitmentto a significant increase in the number of previous, current, and future baccalaureate recipients enteringeither a SMET graduate program or a graduate program in teacher education. Thus, the projectapproach for LSAMP will involve sustaining and institutionalizing current LSAMP Phase II activitiesand the implementation of new LSAMP Phase III activities as given below.Programs to be Sustained and Institutionalized New LSAMP Phase III ProgramsLSAMP Summer Bridge Program GRE Preparation for All StudentsLSAMP Scholars Program Undergraduate Research for All StudentsSummer Research Internship Program GRE Required for All LSAMP StudentsLSAMP Graduate Bridge ProgramSEM Student Mentoring Program Increase Number of SMET Students Entering Graduate School through Tracking EffortDrop-In Centers/Cooperative Learning Intensify Recruitment of Technology StudentsSummer Research Conference Increase Collaboration with Other ProgramsPublication of The National LSAMP Magazine National LSAMP Publication in Phase III BudgetThe major portion of the Phase III budget will support these new programs. Consequently, thePhase II programs will be sustained by cost sharing from participating institutions, support fromprivate sources, and institutionalization. During the next five years, LSAMP will define a baselinelevel of and commit to a significant increase in the number of baccalaureate degree recipients enteringeither a SMET graduate program or a graduate program in teacher education. This effort will involvepreparing students for success in graduate school and placement in a graduate school of choice.Students will be tracked through graduate school by means of the LSAMP Success Link Programand a graduate student database will be maintained by the Alliance.Collaboration with other NSF programs will be increased substantially, particularly with theNSF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Program and the NSF Urban SystemicProgram. Program activities will be disseminated through the publication of the National LSAMPMagazine and a full-time program evaluator will be appointed to oversee assessment and evaluationactivities.