California State University Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) Senior Alliance - Senior Level Alliance

项目概要：该项目响应NSF计划征求07-566（扩大STEM参与联盟？LSAMP计划元素9133），是加州州立大学路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（CSU-LSAMP）作为高级联盟的五年延续。CSU-LSAMP于1994年启动，是一个全州范围的计划，致力于扩大科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的参与。目前的高级CSU-LSAMP包括加州州立大学（CSU）23个校区中的22个。唯一不包括的CSU校园是加州海事学院，这是CSU独特而专业的校园。因此，这个项目是CSU，在世界上最大的公立高等教育系统，在全国最大的和最多样化的国家位于真正的全面努力。智力优点：作为高级LSAMP项目，CSU-LSAMP旨在：（1）继续提高学生的表现，成功，并保留在STEM学科;以及保持或增加学士学位的生产，（2）通过提高转学生的保留率的活动，促进社区学院学生在转学到CSU校园的第一年的过渡;（3）继续提高学生对STEM研究和职业的兴趣，并提高CSU-LSAMP学生的全球意识。(4)增加被研究生课程录取并获得STEM博士学位的学生人数，以及（5）记录，传播和复制本科干预模式，增加获得和成功，STEM学士学位课程，并促进本科生入学STEM研究生课程。为支持每个目标而提供的活动类型一直被证明有助于保留和URM学生在STEM的进展，并代表了一套完善的？最佳实践？值得注意的是，该项目继续包括五大LSAMP标志性活动，这是在城市研究所确定的？LSAMP的国家研究（即，研究经验、指导、实习、奖学金/津贴和学术支持/辅导）。此外，根据城市研究所？研究发现，LSAMP参与者谁参加了研究更有可能追求和完成研究生学位，这个项目包括一个实质性的重点，让学生参与研究活动。该项目还包括各种活动，旨在提供机会，以提高学生的研究生课程资格（例如，GRE准备，教学经验;研究报告和实习），并与参与校园的其他学生支持计划（例如，McNair和NIH-NIGMS未来之桥项目），并在博士学位项目。授予机构（例如，更广泛的影响：CSU-LSAMP为扩大代表性不足的少数群体对STEM学科的参与做出了重大贡献。在过去CSU-LSAMP项目的14年历史中，参与这些项目的校园共授予109，115个STEM学士学位。在这些学位中，18，513个STEM学位授予了自称是URM团体成员的学生，77，105个STEM学位授予了自称不是URM团体成员的学生，13，497个STEM学位授予了拒绝提供种族/民族数据的学生。虽然CSU-LSAMP不限制URM学生的参与或提供URM学生优先录取，但该项目预计每年录取的1600-2000名STEM学生中有85-90%将是URM学生。CSU-LSAMP还预计，在项目期间，URM STEM学士学位的生产由22 CSU校园在高级联盟将从今年的基线1,654增加到至少2，000/年，URM CSU-LSAMP参与者进入研究生课程的人数将从估计的基线95/年增加到200/年。到项目期末。

PROJECT SUMMARY: This project, which responds to NSF Program Solicitation 07-566 (Alliances for Broadening Participation in STEM?LSAMP program element 9133), is a five-year continuation of the California State University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) as a Senior-level Alliance. Initiated in 1994, CSU-LSAMP is a statewide program dedicated to broadening participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The current Senior-level CSU-LSAMP includes 22 of the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU). The only CSU campus that is not included is The California Maritime Academy, which is a unique and specialized campus of the CSU. Hence, this project is truly a comprehensive effort of the CSU, the largest system of public higher education in the world, located in the largest and most diverse State in the Nation.Intellectual Merit: As a Senior-level LSAMP project, CSU-LSAMP aims to: (1) continue to enhance student performance, success, and retention in STEM disciplines; as well as maintain or increase baccalaureate degree production, (2) facilitate the transition of community college students in their first year of transfer to a CSU campus through activities that improve the retention rates of transfer students; (3) continue to enhance student interest in research and careers in STEM, as well as enhance the global awareness of CSU-LSAMP students. (4) increase the number of students who are admitted to graduate programs and obtain doctoral degrees in STEM, and (5) document, disseminate, and replicate undergraduate intervention models that increase access to, and success in, STEM baccalaureate degree programs and facilitate undergraduate admissions to STEM graduate programs.The types of activities that are offered to support each objective have consistently been shown to facilitate retention and progression of URM students in STEM, and represent a set of well-established ?best practices?. Notably, the project continues to include the top five LSAMP hallmark activities, which were identified in the Urban Institute?s national study of LSAMP (i.e., research experiences, mentoring, internships, scholarships/ stipends and academic support/tutoring). In addition, in light of the Urban Institute?s finding that LSAMP participants who participated in research were more likely to pursue and complete graduate degrees, this project includes a substantial emphasis on engaging students in research activities. The project also includes a variety of activities designed to opportunities to enhance student qualifications for graduate programs (e.g., GRE preparation, teaching experiences; research presentations, and internships), and collaborates with other student support programs on participating campuses (e.g., McNair and NIH-NIGMS Bridges to the Future programs) and with programs at Ph.D. granting institutions (e.g., AGEP) that share the goal of broadening participation in STEM.Broader Impacts: CSU-LSAMP has contributed substantially to broadening participation of underrepresented minority (URM) groups in STEM disciplines. Over the 14 year history of past CSU-LSAMP projects, the campuses participating in those projects awarded a total of 109,115 STEM baccalaureate degrees. Of these degrees, 18,513 STEM degrees were awarded to students who self declared as members of URM groups, 77,105 STEM degrees were awarded to students who self-declared as not being members of URM groups, and 13,497 STEM degrees were awarded to students who declined to provide race/ethnicity data. Although CSU-LSAMP does not limit participation to URM students or provide URM students preference in admission, the project anticipates that 85-90% of the 1600-2000 STEM students admitted to the project each year will be URM students. CSU-LSAMP also anticipates that, over the course of the project period, URM STEM baccalaureate degree production by the 22 CSU campuses in the Senior-level Alliance will increase from the current year base-line of 1,654 to at least 2,000/year and that the number of URM CSU-LSAMP participants who progress to graduate programs will increase from an estimated base-line of 95/year to 200/year by the end of the project period.