Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate II

阿拉巴马州研究生教育和教授联盟(AGEP)II正在得到资助，以显著增加在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域获得博士学位并进入教授职位的未被充分代表的少数民族学生的数量。阿拉巴马州AGEP II是阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校、阿拉巴马大学、阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校、奥本大学、阿拉巴马州七所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)、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、塔拉迪加学院和塔斯基吉大学以及密西西比州一所HBCU和图加鲁学院的合作伙伴关系。该联盟的成员是阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)的成员，并有成功合作实施少数族裔学生计划的记录。HBCU的本科生合作伙伴将作为研究生大学合作伙伴的支线学校。阿拉巴马州AGEP计划已经开发并将实施一种创新的模式，用于招募、指导和留住STEM博士项目的少数族裔学生，使用以下战略：1.研究生意识和准备活动，2.招聘和录取计划，3.研究生桥梁计划，4.指导和建议，5.创建支持性环境/保留和支持网络，以及6.学位完成和就业安置。智力价值：拟议活动的实施将促进对创新方法的了解和理解，以吸引未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生进入研究生院，并最终进入教授行业。由经验丰富的数学家和科学家组成的高素质、多样化的团队将在参与的大学和学院担任PI，他们将探索和实施创造性活动，旨在增加获得STEM学科博士学位并进入教授职位的少数民族学生的数量。广泛影响：拟议的活动将扩大代表不足的少数民族的参与，并通过增加准备在国家科学和教育劳动力中担任高级职位的公民数量来造福社会。此外，项目活动将通过为参与机构的本科生提供研究经验，通过研究和教育的整合来促进发现和理解。

The Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) II is being funded to increase significantly the number of underrepresented minority students receiving doctoral degrees in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields and entering the professoriate. The Alabama AGEP II is a partnership between The University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Auburn University, seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in Alabama; Alabama A&M University, Alabama State University, Miles College, Oakwood College, Stillman College, Talladega College and Tuskegee University, and one HBCU in Mississippi; Tougaloo College. The members of the Alliance are members of the Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and have a track record of working together successfully to implement minority student programs. The HBCU undergraduate partners will serve as feeder schools for the graduate university partners. The Alabama AGEP program has developed and will implement an innovative model for recruiting, mentoring, and retaining minority students in STEM doctoral programs using the following strategies: 1. Graduate School Awareness and Preparation Activities, 2. Recruitment and Admission Initiatives, 3. Graduate Bridge Programs, 4. Mentoring and Advising, 5. Creation of a Supportive Environment / Retention and Support Network, and 6. Degree Completion and Job Placement. Intellectual Merit: The implementation of the proposed activities will advance the knowledge and understanding of innovative methods to attract underrepresented minority undergraduate students to graduate school and eventually to careers in the professoriate. A well qualified and diverse team of experienced mathematicians and scientists serving as PIs at participating universities and colleges will explore and implement creative activities designed to increase the number of minority students earning Ph.D. degrees in STEM disciplines and entering the professoriate.Broader Impacts: The proposed activities will broaden participation of underrepresented minorities and benefit society by providing an increase in the number of citizens prepared to assume high-level positions in the nation's scientific and educational workforce. In addition, project activities will advance discovery and understanding through the integration of research and education by providing research experiences for undergraduate students at participating institutions.