SBE Collaborative Proposal: Diversifying Graduate Education in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) Sciences

摘要SES-0549041罗伯特·胡默·达琳·格兰特得克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校SES-0549026吉恩·莫里森南加州大学SES-0548993卡伦·库克斯坦福大学SES-0549007罗格里奥·萨恩斯得克萨斯州A& M研究基金会非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔、美国大学中的美国土著学生仍然是实现跨种族和民族更公平社会目标的重要障碍。在研究生阶段，少数族裔群体的代表性不足甚至比本科阶段更引人注目;例如，2000年，非裔美国人仅占研究生入学人数的8.5%，西班牙裔仅占研究生入学人数的5.2%。代表性不足的问题在加州和得克萨斯州可能更为重要，这两个州是美国人口最多的两个州，也是种族和民族最多样化的两个州。 这项合作的目标--包括德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、斯坦福大学、德克萨斯农工大学和南加州大学--是帮助解决西班牙裔、非洲裔美国人和土著美国人在这四所大学的社会、行为和经济科学（SBE）研究生课程中代表性不足的问题。具体重点将是增加参与机构中SBE科学中代表性不足的少数民族学生的入学率，保留率和成功完成学业，长期意图是增加SBE科学大学院系中代表性不足的少数民族群体的代表性。有两个原则指导这些努力。 联盟伙伴将：1）分享想法、最佳实践和资源，并建立一个网络，为联盟大学招募和留住学生; 2）以每个校区已经制定的成功举措为基础，使努力尽可能具有成本效益和成功。将采用高度协作和创新的方法，加强各机构征聘和留住少数民族研究生的努力。支持NSF将用于增加招聘，保留和发展代表性不足的少数民族学生的职业生涯。该联盟计划在每个校区招募代表性不足的少数民族学生，从而增加我们每个机构SBE科学的少数民族研究生入学率，并建立在我们的大学目前已经在进行的努力，并建立在合作NSF已经在进行的最佳实践-该项目有可能影响加州和得克萨斯州高等教育的未来。这两个关键州的教育未来在一定程度上取决于这些州（和其他地方）的大学实现教师种族/民族多元化的能力。这种合作努力是作为一种方式来尝试，并在SBE科学这样做。

ABSTRACT SES-0549041Robert HummerDarlene GrantUniversity of Texas at AustinSES-0549026Jean MorrisonUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSES- 0548993Karen CookStanford UniversitySES-0549007Rogelio SaenzTexas A & M Research FoundationThe under-representation of African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American students in U.S. Universities continues to be an important impediment to the goal of a more equitable society across racial and ethnic lines. At the graduate level, under-representation among minority groups is even more striking than at the undergraduate level; for example, African Americans comprised just 8.5 percent of graduate school enrollments and Hispanics comprised just 5.2 percent of graduate school enrollments in 2000. The issue of under-representation may even be more important in California and Texas, which are the two largest states in the country in terms of population and two of the most racially and ethnically diverse states. The goal of this collaboration - which includes the University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Southern California -is to help address the under-representation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans in graduate programs in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) at the four institutions. Specific focus will be to increase the enrollment, retention, and successful completion of under-represented minority students in the SBE sciences at the participating institutions, with the long-term intent to increase representation among under-represented minority groups on university faculties in the SBE sciences. Two principles guide efforts. Alliance partners will: 1) share ideas, best practices, and resources, and create a network to recruit and retain students for alliance universities; and 2) build on successful initiatives that have already been developed on each of the campuses so that efforts can be as cost-effective and successful as possible. Highly collaborative and innovative methods will be used to improve efforts in recruiting and retaining minority graduate students at the institutions. Support NSF will be used to increase efforts in recruiting, retaining, and developing the careers of under-represented minority students. The Alliance plans to recruit cohorts of under-represented minority students on each campus, thus increasing minority graduate student enrollment in the SBE Sciences at each of our institutions, and to build on current efforts already ongoing at our universities and to build on the best practices that are already ongoing in the collaborative NSF-sponsored effort being undertaken by the three University of California schoolsBroader ImpactThe program has the potential to influence the future of higher education in both California and Texas. The future of education in these two critical states in part depends on the ability of universities in these states (and elsewhere) to diversify the race/ethnic mix of faculty. This collaborative effort is meant as one way to try and do so within the SBE Sciences.