Arkansas Alliance for Minority Participation (ARK-LSAMP) in STEM Careers - New Alliance

阿肯色州少数民族参与联盟(ARLSAMP)STEM职业生涯执行摘要(智力优点和更广泛的影响)阿肯色州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(ARLSAMP)是由九所机构组成的合作联盟，其中包括两所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)和两所为期两年的机构，其目标是增加阿肯色州STEM学科的学士、硕士和博士毕业生人数？劳动力。通过ARLSAMP，第一次有了一些具有代表性的公立和私立机构的集合和网络，动员起来的共同需求是培养更多合格的STEM毕业生；在共同愿景的指导下，帮助阿肯色州、该地区和全国成为科学界更具竞争力的力量。该联盟的活动将解决(从中学和两年制大学招聘)问题。作为一名大一新生，ARLSAMP暑期学院将帮助第一学期的新生顺利过渡到大学水平的课程。对瓶颈课程的审查将导致采取干预措施，防止学生在这些关键点被从STEM管道中移除。学院实验室的暑期和学年研究将提供对STEM前沿研究的课外参与。指导计划将提供同行指导(从高水平学生到低水平学生)以及教师指导。STEM系列研讨会将提供研究伦理方面的培训，以及关于STEM职业、STEM在社会中的信息以及为研究生院做准备的信息。联盟范围内和机构间的会议和活动将促进跨机构教师之间更多的合作研究。智力上的好处：这项建议将建立并增加最佳实践的知识库，以增加进入、成功和完成STEM学科本科学位的人数，这些少数族裔有能力并希望在这些学科内攻读更高的学位。这些措施将包括招收STEM学生，留住STEM学生，并为他们攻读更高的STEM学位做好准备。广泛的影响：STEM学位获得者人数不足的学生数量的增加，将为阿肯色州提供更多的劳动力。继续获得研究生学位的学生将增加进入STEM领域领导层和教职员工职位的学生人数。学生的研究经验将增加STEM领域的创业数量。要求学生和教师导师访问其他联盟机构将增加教师和研究人员之间的跨机构合作。在K-12学校的公共宣传和招聘中使用ARLSAMP学生学者将提供一个积极的反馈循环，以增加进入大学后攻读STEM学位的学生人数。

Arkansas Alliance for Minority Participation (ARLSAMP) in STEM CareersExecutive Summary (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impact)The Arkansas Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ARLSAMP) is a collaborative alliance of nine institutions, including two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and two two-year institutions, which has a goal of increasing the pool of baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree graduates in STEM disciplines in Arkansas? workforce. Through ARLSAMP, for the first time, there is an assembly and networking of a representative number of public and private institutions mobilized by the embracement of a common need to produce more well-qualified STEM graduates; guided by a shared vision to help make Arkansas, the region, and the nation a more competitive force in the sciences.The activities of the alliance will address recruitment (both from secondary schools and from two-year colleges). A Pre-Freshmen an ARLSAMP Summer Institute will help to prepare first semester freshmen to successfully navigate the transition to college level coursework. A review of bottleneck courses will result in interventions to prevent students from being removed from the STEM pipeline at these critical points. Summer and academic year research in faculty laboratories will provide extracurricular involvement in research at the forefront of STEM. Mentoring programs will provide for peer mentoring (upper-level student to lower-level student) as well as faculty mentoring. A STEM seminar series will provide training in research ethics, as well as information on STEM careers, STEM in society, and preparation for Graduate School. Alliance-wide and inter-institutional conferences and activities will foster greater collaborative research among faculty across institutions.Intellectual Merit: This proposal will build upon and add to the knowledge base of best practices for increasing the number of underrepresented minorities entering, succeeding in, and completing undergraduate degrees in STEM disciplines with the ability and desire to pursue advanced degrees within these disciplines. These will include practices for recruiting students to STEM, retaining students in STEM, and preparing them for pursuing advanced STEM degrees.Broader Impacts: The increase in the number of underrepresented students receiving baccalaureate degrees in STEM will provide an enhanced workforce for the state of Arkansas. Those continuing to obtain graduate degrees will increase the pool of students going into leadership and faculty positions in STEM areas. The research experiences of the students will increase the number of entrepreneurial ventures in STEM areas. Requirements for students and faculty mentors to visit other alliance institutions will bring increases in cross institutional collaborations among faculty and researchers. The use of ARLSAMP student scholars in public outreach and recruiting to K-12 schools will provide a positive feedback loop to increase the number of students who pursue STEM degrees when they get to college.