Collaborative Research: SBES Alliance: Atlantic Coast Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Alliance

Anne DonnellyCarolyn Tucker of FloridaSES-0750663 Kim Nickerson Johnetta Davis Robert Schwab.马里兰大学学院Parkses-0750657 Steven Ullmann MiamiSES-0549057 Anne Donnelly佛罗里达大学SES-0750683奥兰多·塔洛伦斯·弗洛伦斯·弗洛伦斯·博内尔·安吉拉·科尔霍华德大学赠款为大西洋海岸社会学、行为学和经济学(AC-SBE)联盟提供为期三年的持续支持。AC-SBE由霍华德大学、佛罗里达大学(牵头机构)、马里兰大学帕克分校、迈阿密大学和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校组成，旨在完成一系列活动，目标是增加少数族裔学生获得社会、行为和经济(SBE)科学博士学位的人数，并最终进入该专科学校。在向少数族裔学生授予SBE领域的博士学位方面，这五所大学目前都处于全国领先地位。AC-SBE联盟包括一些元素，旨在帮助学生从本科到研究生课程再到教授课程的每一步。该联盟将继续：(1)招募和准备本科生攻读SBE领域的博士学位；(2)帮助学生从本科生过渡到研究生学习；(3)留住博士生并提高学位完成率；(4)为未来的SBE教师成功做好准备。虽然AC-SBE联盟中的五所学校各有特色，但AC-SBE联盟包括一些涉及在五所大学之间共享资源的总体或“增值”活动。例如，该联盟建立在霍华德大学暑期学院的基础上，该学院为STEM(科学、工程和技术)领域的未来教师做准备，增加了平行的SBE组成部分。此外，进入AC-SBE的学生还参加了为期一周的课程--社会科学数据分析导论--在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的奥德姆社会科学研究所。奥德姆学院还为AC-SBE学生提供一些视频会议短期课程。更广泛的影响。通过整合五个联盟机构的资源，AC-SBE有可能在全国范围内广泛影响SBE博士学位获得者的培养。因此，AC-SBE是一个全面的项目，用于招募、指导和毕业SBE博士项目中代表性不足的学生，并进一步更广泛地支持希望攻读研究生和学术生涯的学生。预计AC-SBE联盟机构的包容性规范和已经建立的关系将在赠款支助终止后很长一段时间内持续下去，以继续努力确保大量少数族裔学生攻读和获得博士学位并进入教职。

SES-0750385Henry FriersonAnne DonnellyCarolyn TuckerUniversity of FloridaSES-0750663Kim NickersonJohnetta DavisRobert SchwabUniversity of Maryland, College ParkSES-0750657Steven UllmannUniversity of MiamiSES-0549057Anne DonnellyUniversity of FloridaSES-0750683Orlando TaylorFlorence BonnerAngela ColeHoward UniversityThe grant provides three years of continued support to the Atlantic Coast Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (AC-SBE) Alliance. AC-SBE, comprised of Howard University, University of Florida (lead institution), University of Maryland at College Park, University of Miami, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to complete a range of activities with the goal of increasing the number of under-represented minority students receiving doctorate degrees in the social, behavioral, and economic (SBE) sciences and ultimately entering the professoriate. All five universities are currently among the nation's leaders in awarding PhDs in the SBE fields to underrepresented minority students. The AC-SBE Alliance includes elements designed to help students at each step as they move from undergraduate school into graduate programs and onto the professoriate. The Alliance will continue to: (1) recruit and prepare undergraduates to pursue a PhD in SBE fields, (2) assist students in the transition from undergraduate to graduate study, (3) retain PhD students and increase degree completion rates, and (4) prepare future SBE faculty for success. Although each of the five schools in the AC-SBE alliance has unique features, the AC-SBE Alliance includes a number of overarching or "value-added" activities that involve sharing resources across the five universities. For example, the Alliance builds upon Howard University's Summer Institute that prepares future faculty in the STEM (science, engineering and technology) fields, adding a parallel SBE component. Also, entering AC-SBE students participate in a one-week course--Introduction to Data Analysis for the Social Sciences--at the Odum Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Odum Institute also offers a number of videoconference short courses to AC-SBE students. Broader Impacts. Through integrating the resources of the five Alliance institutions, AC-SBE has the potential to realize a broad impact across a wide region of the country in the production of SBE PhD recipients. Thus, AC-SBE serves as a comprehensive project for recruiting, mentoring, and graduating underrepresented students in SBE PhD programs, and further to more broadly support students who want to pursue graduate studies and academic careers. It is anticipated that the norms of inclusiveness at the AC-SBE Alliance institutions and the relationships that have been forged will endure well past the termination of grant support to continue efforts to ensure the significant numbers of minority students pursue and receive PhD degrees and enter the professoriate.