Midwest Crossroads AGEP

中西部十字路口AGEP项目概要中西部十字路口AGEP是普渡大学西拉斐特大学、印第安纳大学布鲁明顿和西北大学的联盟，其主要目标是将获得STEM领域博士学位的有代表性的少数民族人数增加两倍。普渡大学、印第安纳大学(IU)和西北大学已经提出了一项战略计划，以增加招生人数，提高保留率，并准备和鼓励学生进入学院。拟议计划的主要内容如下：将发展和加强与印第安纳州LSAMP(总部设在普渡)、地区性本科院校以及全国以少数族裔为主的院校的招生联系和伙伴关系；将组织AGEP教职员工和学生进行校外访问，以传播普渡大学、密歇根大学和西北大学毕业生入学机会的信息；将协调和扩大研究生招生的本科生暑期研究计划。留住：将利用少数族裔学生组织确保即将入学的研究生有一个即时的同行网络；将发展一个致力于使少数族裔博士生毕业的AGEP教授网络；将开发有选择地启动暑期过渡经验，以适应新学生在学业上适应研究生院；并将开发和扩大有组织的小组学习模式。充实：将在AGEP和印第安纳LSAMP计划的合资企业CrossRoads Conference上组织一次特别的学生充实会议；将在每个校区重新组织、营销和推广大学教育学课程和研讨会以及准备未来教员计划；中西部十字路口AGEP将保持最新教师准备活动，并利用GEM和国家准备未来教师组织的教师准备活动，以保持对最佳实践和教师准备创新的认识；将与美国国家实验室发展博士后合作伙伴关系，以提供接触并使毕业生为教师职位做好准备。将建立一个行政网络，以推动上述努力的不断改进，并监测进展情况。智力优势：联盟的方案活动建立在经过验证的模式基础上。然而，在执行方面有许多创新之处。一个恰当的例子是，将少数族裔学生毕业的所有权交给系主任和教职员工的战略。这实际上将使奖励制度中的多样性得到承认，从而导致AGEP任务的真正制度化。该提案的另一个新颖方面是利用美国国家实验室的博士后计划，为少数族裔博士进入教授职位创造一个培训基地。这可能有助于将许多少数民族博士毕业生安置在全国顶尖大学。我们将探索的第三个创新(与传统方法相结合)是由一名付费学生学者领导的Keep Lead小组研究。与小组学习集中于复习授课材料不同，课程中的学生提前接受了以前的授课，因此能够在授课中吸收更多的东西。这种新颖性和成熟方法的混合有望帮助该联盟将目前的博士毕业人数增加两倍。更广泛的影响：在普渡大学教务长萨利·梅森的领导下，印第安纳州LSAMP的注册人数在两年内翻了一番。中西部十字路口AGEP将建立在印第安纳州LSAMP成功的基础上，并开辟从地区和全国的本科生课程到教授课程的新途径。我们将启动的招聘计划将通过越来越多的地区和国家合作伙伴的参与，跨越中西部和其他地区。总体而言，中西部十字路口AGEP的努力将改变普渡大学、伊利诺伊州和西北大学的文化，从被动的多样性转变为主动的多样性。

Midwest Crossroads AGEP Project SummaryThe primary goal of the Midwest Crossroads AGEP, which is an alliance between Purdue University WestLafayette, Indiana University Bloomington, and Northwestern University, is to triple the number ofunderrepresented minorities receiving doctoral degrees in STEM fields. Purdue, Indiana University (IU), and Northwestern have proposed a strategic plan to increase enrollments, improve retention, and prepare and encourage students to enter the academy. The key elements of the proposed plan are as follows Recruiting Linkages and partnerships with the Indiana LSAMP (based at Purdue), regional undergraduateinstitutions, and predominantly minority serving institutions nationwide will be developed and enhanced; offcampus visits by AGEP faculty, staff, and students will be organized to disseminate information on graduateschool opportunities at Purdue, IU, and Northwestern; and undergraduate summer research programs forgraduate school recruitment will be coordinated and expanded. Retention: Minority student organizations will be utilized to ensure that incoming graduate students have an instant peer network; a network of AGEP professors who are committed to graduating minority PhD students will be developed; selective jump-start summer transition experiences to acclimate new students academically to graduate school will be developed; and organized group study models will be developed and expanded. Enrichment: A special student enrichment session will be organized at the Crossroads Conference, a joint venture between AGEP and the Indiana LSAMP programs; college pedagogy courses and seminars and Preparing Future Faculty programs will be reorganized, marketed, and promoted on each campus; the Midwest Crossroads AGEP will keep current andleverage the faculty preparation activities of GEM and the National Preparing Future Faculty organization to maintain awareness of best practices and innovation in faculty preparation; and postdoctoral partnerships with will be developed with U.S. National Laboratories to provide exposure and prepare graduates for faculty positions. An administrative network will be developed to drive continuous improvement in the efforts listed above and to provide monitoring of progress. Intellectual Merit: The programmatic activities of the Alliance are built on proven models. However, a number of innovations are present with respect to implementation. A case in point is the strategy of giving ownership of minority student graduation to the department heads and the faculty. This in effect will allow diversity to be recognized in the reward system and thus lead to real institutionalization of the AGEP mission. Another novel aspect of the proposal is leveraging the post-doctoral programs at the U.S. National Laboratories to create a training ground for minority PhDs to enter the professoriate. This could help place many minority PhD graduates in top universities throughout the country. A third novelty we will explore (in conjunction with the conventional approaches) is keep ahead group study led by a paid student scholar. Rather than have the group study focus on review of lecture material, students in the session receive an advance previous of the lectures and thus are able to assimilate much more in lecture. This intermix of novelty with proven methodologies is anticipated to help the alliance triple itscurrent PhD graduation numbers. Broader Impacts: The Indiana LSAMP has already doubled its enrollment numbers in two years under the leadership of Purdue Provost Sally Mason. The Midwest Crossroads AGEP will build on the success of the Indiana LSAMP and create new pathways from undergraduate programs, both regionally and nationally, to the professoriate. The recruitment programs that we will initiate will span the Midwest and beyond through the involvement of a growing list of regional and national partners. Collectively, the efforts of the Midwest Crossroads AGEP will change the cultures at Purdue, IU, and Northwestern from diversity-passive to diversity-proactive.