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

合作提案robert HummerDarlene grant德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校jean morrison南加州大学university of Southern california university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，仍然是实现更公平社会目标的一个重要障碍。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，21世纪初，非裔美国人在美国大学研究生院入学人数中所占比例不到9%，西班牙裔美国人仅占研究生院入学人数的5%。在加州和德克萨斯州，代表性不足的问题可能更为严重，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。事实上，加利福尼亚和德克萨斯现在都被认为是“少数族裔占多数”的州。这一合作更新项目——包括来自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的提案——将继续解决这四所大学在社会、行为和经济（SBE）科学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。该项目将继续增加联盟院校中未被充分代表的少数民族研究生的入学率、保有率和成功结业率，其长期目标是增加未被充分代表的少数民族在大学SBE科学院系中的代表性。两项原则继续指导工作。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。更广泛的影响这个项目的更广泛的影响是影响加州和德克萨斯州高等教育的未来。在这两个少数族裔占多数的关键州，高等教育的未来在一定程度上取决于这些州的大学是否有能力使教员的种族/族裔构成多样化。协作努力提供了如何在SBE科学中这样做的一个模型。

Collaborative ProposalSES-0750597Robert HummerDarlene GrantUniversity of Texas at AustinSES-0750160Jean MorrisonUniversity of Southern CaliforniaSES- 0750723Karen CookStanford UniversitySES-0750645Rogelio 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. At the graduate level, under-representation among minority groups is even more striking than at the undergraduate level; for example, African Americans comprised fewer than nine percent of graduate school enrollments and Hispanics comprised just five percent of graduate school enrollments in the early 21st Century in U.S. universities. 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 also two of the most racially and ethnically diverse states. Indeed, both California and Texas are now considered to be "majority-minority" population states. This collaborative renewal project -- which includes proposals from the University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Southern California -- will continue to address the under representation of Hispanics, African Americans, and Native Americans in graduate programs in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic (SBE) sciences at these four institutions. The project will continue to increase the enrollment, retention, and successful completion of under-represented minority (URM) graduate students in the SBE Sciences at alliance institutions, with the long-term intent to increase representation among URM groups on university faculties in the SBE sciences. Two principles continue to 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. Broader Impact The broader impact of this program is to influence the future of higher education in bothCalifornia and Texas. The future of higher education in these two critical majority-minority states in part depends on the ability of universities in these states to diversify the racial/ethnic mix of faculty. The collaborative effort presents one model of how to do so within the SBE sciences.