Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Phase IV

在美国国家科学基金会（NSF）发起路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划14年后，少数民族在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）工作队伍中的代表性不足仍然是一个全国性问题。然而，从各方面来看，自1991年LSAMP计划开始以来，LSAMP计划中未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）的入学率和学士学位的持续增长趋势表明，取得了巨大进展。数据显示，1991年，我校颁发的学士学位由3914个增加到2004年的24000多个，学校招生人数由35000人增加到200000多人，办学点由6个增加到35个。作为美国六个最古老的国家科学基金会联盟之一，阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ALSAMP）一直站在努力提高少数民族在STEM领域获得学士学位的数量和质量的最前沿。该联盟在增加成员机构的入学人数和本科学位生产以及改变STEM教育文化方面取得了显著进展。有了这样的经验，成功的第一阶段和第三阶段的奖励，以及三个通往博士学位（BD）的桥梁奖，该联盟准备进行第四阶段的提案，以在国家科学基金资助结束时完全维持该项目。要做到这一点，需要所有成员机构和首席学术官员共同努力。为了准备samp第四阶段的申请，每个联盟成员都被要求确定特定的校园项目，以纳入第四阶段的提案，以及在nsf支持结束后维持这些努力的策略和资源。此外，ALSAMP首席研究员在佐治亚州亚特兰大会见了南方地区教育委员会(SREB)-州博士奖学金计划主任安斯利·亚伯拉罕博士，以寻求该组织对拟议努力的支持。有关少数族裔奖学金的信息和申请材料也从福特基金会、国家科学基金会和其他机构征求。随后召开了一次执行委员会会议，讨论可持续发展的方案和建议。这个建议是这次会议讨论的结果。ALSAMP目前有各种各样的学生支持计划，旨在满足本科生的需求，以及学生在高中到大学和大学到研究生院的学术管道连接。在ALSAMP第四阶段授予期间，这些计划将持续并制度化。ALSAMP项目的可持续性分为两个部分；本科生课程和BD学生课程。本科生项目包括奖学金支持、导师、研究会议和研究生院准备活动。BD学生项目包括奖学金和其他支持。关于每个合作机构如何在其校园内维持项目，以及如何维持联盟范围内的项目和BD项目的细节都包含在提案中。这些努力将包括SREB、福特基金会、美国国家科学基金会研究生教育和教授联盟等。智力优势-该项目是促进知识和理解的重要一步，帮助少数民族学生获得科学技术，工程和数学学士学位，弥合大学和研究生院之间的差距。此外，将提供关于实现可持续性进程的重要知识，作为其他类似项目的样板。项目成果将增加教育和评价方面的知识库。更广泛的影响-该项目通过将大量少数民族学生纳入该计划的目标人群，扩大了代表性不足群体的参与。此外，大量历史上的黑人学院和大学被纳入阿拉巴马联盟，项目的努力将涉及不同的学生和教师。学科和机构之间的合作促进了发现和理解。评估和评估结果将被记录下来，并在教育和国家会议上传播给其他研究人员。

Project SummaryThe underrepresentation of minorities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)workforce remains a national problem fourteen years after the National Science Foundation (NSF)initiated the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program. By all accounts,however, great progress has been made as indicated by the consistent trend of increasing enrollment andbaccalaureate STEM degrees by underrepresented minorities (URM) in the LSAMP program since thebeginning of the program in 1991. Figures show that baccalaureate degrees awarded at LSAMPinstitutions increased from 3,914 in 1991 to over 24,000 in 2004, and URM enrollment increased from35,000 to over 200,000 as the number of LSAMP sites increased from 6 to 35.As one of the six oldest NSF alliances in the nation, Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for MinorityParticipation (ALSAMP) has been at the forefront of efforts to increase the quantity and the quality ofunderrepresented minorities receiving baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields. The alliance has madeoutstanding progress in increasing enrollment and undergraduate degree production and changing theculture in STEM education at member institutions. With this experience, successful Phase I-Phase IIIawards and three Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) awards, the alliance is poised to undertake a Phase IVproposal to completely sustain the project by the end of NSF funding. To do this a team effortinvolving all member institutions and chief academic officers was needed. In preparation for theLSAMP Phase IV application, each alliance member was asked to identify particular campus programsfor inclusion in the phase IV proposal and strategies and resources for sustaining those efforts after NSFsupport ends. In addition, the ALSAMP Principal Investigator met in Atlanta, Georgia, with Dr.Ansley Abraham, Director, Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)-State Doctoral ScholarsProgram, to solicit support for the proposed efforts from that organization. Information and applicationmaterial regarding minority fellowships were also solicited from the Ford Foundation, NSF and otheragencies. An executive committee meeting was then held to discuss the programs and recommendationsfor sustainability. This proposal grew out of the discussions at this meeting.ALSAMP currently has a variety of student support programs designed to meet the needs ofundergraduate students, as well as students at the high school to college and the college to graduateschool junctions in the academic pipeline. Over the period of the ALSAMP Phase IV award, theseprograms will be sustained and institutionalized. The ALSAMP program sustainability is divided intotwo parts; undergraduate student programs and BD student programs. Undergraduate student programsinclude scholarship support, mentors, research conferences and graduate school preparation activities.BD student programs include fellowship and other support. Details on how each partner institution willsustain the project on their campus as well as how alliance-wide programs and the BD programs will besustained are included in the proposal. These efforts will include SREB, the Ford Foundation, the NSFAlliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate and others.Intellectual Merit - The project is an important step in advancing knowledge and understanding of thefactors involved in assisting minority students in the attainment of baccalaureate degrees in sciencetechnology, engineering and mathematics and bridging the gap between college and graduate school. Inaddition, important knowledge on the process for achieving sustainability will be provided as a model forother similar projects. The project results will add to the knowledge base in educational and evaluation.Broader Impacts - The project broadens the participation of underrepresented groups by the inclusion of alarge number of minority students in the target population for the program. In addition, a large number ofHistorically Black Colleges and Universities are included in the Alabama alliance, and the project efforts willinvolve a diverse pool of students and faculty. Discovery and understanding are advanced by thecollaboration between disciplines and institutions. Evaluation and assessment findings will be documentedand disseminated to other researchers in education and at national meetings.