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

摘要：罗伯特·汉默达伦·格兰特德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校让·莫里森南加州大学卡伦·库克斯坦福大学罗格里奥·萨恩兹德克萨斯州A & M研究基金会非裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁裔和美洲原住民学生在美国大学中的代表性不足，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，少数族裔的代表性不足甚至比本科阶段更为明显；例如，2000年，非洲裔美国人仅占研究生院入学人数的8.5%，西班牙裔美国人仅占研究生院入学人数的5.2%。在加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州，代表性不足的问题可能更为重要，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。此次合作的目标——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——是为了帮助解决这四所大学在社会、行为和经济科学（SBE）研究生课程中拉美裔、非裔美国人和印第安人代表性不足的问题。具体的重点将是增加参与机构中代表性不足的少数民族学生在SBE科学领域的入学率、保留率和成功完成学业，长期目标是增加代表性不足的少数民族在大学SBE科学院系中的代表性。两项原则指导工作。联盟伙伴将：1)分享想法、最佳实践和资源，并创建一个网络，为联盟大学招募和留住学生；2)以每个校区已经开展的成功举措为基础，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来改善各机构在招收和留住少数民族研究生方面的努力。支持国家科学基金将用于增加招募、保留和发展少数族裔学生的工作。联盟计划在每个校区招收代表性不足的少数族裔学生，从而增加我们每个机构中SBE科学专业少数族裔研究生的入学率。并以我们大学目前正在进行的努力为基础，以美国国家科学基金会（nsf）赞助的三所加州大学学院正在进行的合作项目的最佳实践为基础。更广泛的影响该项目有可能影响加州和德克萨斯州高等教育的未来。这两个关键州的教育的未来在一定程度上取决于这两个州（以及其他地方）的大学是否有能力使教师的种族/民族组合多样化。这种合作的努力意味着在SBE科学内部尝试这样做的一种方式。

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.