The Michigan AGEP Alliance

自1998年以来，作为AGEP项目的参与者，密歇根大学(UM)建议在其成功和成就的基础上，成立密歇根AGEP联盟(MAA)。我们的合作伙伴关系将包括密歇根州的四所领先的博士授予机构，所有这些机构都拥有在博士教育和科学与工程(STEM)学科的学术卓越方面的长期传统，以及实现高等教育多样化的坚定承诺。MAA将以密歇根州立大学为牵头学校，并包括密歇根州立大学、韦恩州立大学和西密歇根大学作为主要合作伙伴。密歇根大学将与新的合作伙伴学校分享其以往AGEP活动的许多成功经验，并反过来学习每个合作伙伴给联盟带来的不同经验和见解。UM在AGEP的资助下成功地实现了制度化，以及我们的伙伴机构取得了相当大的成就，这将为为拟议的人与生物圈计划制定新的方案提供坚实的基础。我们的联盟将是四个机构的全面伙伴关系，建立在我们的集体智慧、分享最佳做法、评估结果和利用这些知识实施持续改进的基础上。通过发展联合项目和项目，MAA将实现(1)MAA机构之间持续的、有组织的合作；(2)通过协调MAA合作伙伴的资源和业务来提高效率；以及(3)增加代表不足的学生的机会。拟议的AGEP计划的主要目标是：通过与联盟机构分享密歇根大学成功的经验教训，以及通过使联盟的成功计划适应密歇根大学的机构文化，维持和扩大在STEM领域招收代表不足的学生方面取得的成果。制定和实施新的举措，以扩大学生渠道，留住在校学生并使其毕业，并为学生进入学术界的职业生涯做好有效准备。确保学生做好准备，成为学术界的领导者和创新者。确保通过将成功制度化而取得的成果具有长期可持续性。拟议的AGEP计划将集中在一系列计划活动上，其中包括：招聘和外联：招聘会和外联，协调的暑期研究计划，学生对合作校园的协调访问，向行业潜在学生的外联。留校：缓解经济问题，找出学术问题的解决方案，回应社会问题，加强指导，改进项目，为学生进入研究生课程做准备。学生领导力的发展和STEM领域的创新。教学准备和职业发展：鼓励学术生涯。智力优势--总的来说，MAA合作伙伴在分析数据方面拥有丰富的经验，我们建议开发一个评估模型，使我们能够利用我们的成功并及时补救困难。通过这个模型，我们将对不同的学生群体、合作机构和其他AGEP联盟之间的结果进行深入的衡量和分析。我们将通过各种方式传播所获得的知识，包括会议、演讲、报告和期刊出版物。我们打算创建一种可以在其他AGEP联盟中采用的评估方法，对努力和成功进行更广泛的比较，并可能为研究生教育的国家分析标准奠定基础。更广泛的影响-我们的努力将导致更多未被充分代表的学生成功完成博士学位并进入学术界。然而，我们AGEP项目的目标不仅仅是增加人数，而是提供一种可供其他研究生项目采用的教育体验，使我们代表性不足的学生成为STEM领域下一代领导者和创新者的一部分。我们将开发一系列项目，帮助培养学生成为创造性的研究人员、教育工作者和领导者所需的技能和态度，他们将准备为国家的知识、技术、安全和生活质量做出贡献。

As an AGEP program participant since 1998, the University of Michigan (UM) proposes to build upon its successes and achievements by forming the Michigan AGEP Alliance (MAA). Our partnership will comprise four leading Ph.D. granting institutions in the State of Michigan, all of which have long-standing traditions of academic excellence in doctoral education and research in science and engineering (STEM) disciplines, as well as a firm commitment to achieving diversity in higher education. The MAA will feature the UM as the lead school, and include Michigan State University, Wayne State University, and Western Michigan University as primary partners. The UM will share the many successes of its previous AGEP activities with the new partner schools and, in turn, learn from the different experiences and insights that each partner brings to the Alliance. The institutionalization successfully carried out at the UM with AGEP funding, as well as the considerable achievements of our partner institutions, will provide a solid foundation on which to develop new avenues of programming for the proposed MAA. Our Alliance will be a full partnership of the four institutions, built upon our collective wisdom, the sharing of best practices, and the assessment of outcomes and use of this knowledge to implement continuous improvement. Through the development of joint programs and ventures, the MAA will achieve (1) sustained, organized cooperation between MAA institutions; (2) increased efficiency by aligning the resources and operations of MAA partners; and (3) increased opportunities for under-represented students. The primary objectives of the proposed AGEP program are: To sustain and expand upon gains made in the recruitment of under-represented students in the STEM fields, by sharing lessons of UM successes with alliance institutions and by adapting successful programs from the alliance to UM.s institutional culture. To develop and implement new initiatives to expand the student pipeline, to retain and graduate enrolled students, and to prepare students effectively for entering careers in academia. To ensure that students are prepared to become leaders and innovators in the academic world. To ensure long-term sustainability of gains made by institutionalizing successes. The proposed AGEP program will be centered on a set of programmatic activities that include: Recruiting and outreach: recruiting fairs and outreach, coordinated summer research programs, coordinated visits of students to partner campus, outreach to potential students in industry. Retention: alleviating financial concerns, identifying and finding solutions for academic concerns, responding to social concerns, strengthening mentoring, improving programs that prepare students for entering graduate programs. Development of student leadership and innovation in STEM fields. Teaching preparation and career development: encouragement of academic careers. Intellectual Merit- Collectively the MAA partners have extensive experience in analyzing data, and we propose to develop an evaluation model that will enable us to capitalize on our success and remedy difficulties in a timely fashion. With this model we will measure and analyze in depth outcomes between different student groups, partner institutions, and other AGEP alliances. We will disseminate the knowledge gained in a variety of ways, including meetings, presentations, reports and journal publications. We intend to create an approach to evaluation that may be adopted in other AGEP alliances, producing a wider comparison of effort and success and perhaps setting the groundwork for a national analysis standard in graduate education. Broader Impact- Our efforts will lead to an increased number of under-represented students successfully completing a Ph.D., and entering academia. However, the aim of our AGEP program is not simply to increase numbers, but rather to provide an educational experience, adoptable by other graduate programs, that will enable our under-represented students to become part of the next generation of leaders and innovators in STEM fields. We will develop a series of programs that will help develop the skills and attitude students need to become creative researchers, educators and leaders, who will be ready to contribute to the knowledge, technology, security and quality of life of the nation.