2008 Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation - Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort VI)

华盛顿-巴尔的摩-汉普顿路路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（WBHR LSAMP）通往博士学位（BD）计划是美国国家科学基金会与华盛顿特区和弗吉尼亚州高等教育机构之间的一项合作努力，旨在提高未被充分代表的少数民族在科学、技术、工程和数学领域（STEM）获得博士学位的质量和数量。霍华德大学的课程为学生准备迎接完成博士课程和高等教育学术生涯的挑战。此外，该计划还培养在国内和国际STEM劳动力中取得成功所需的领导技能。将研究与教育相结合，BD研究员将在两年的时间里作为一个群体培养，他们将受益于学术和个人发展活动以及社会支持计划，以维持他们的承诺和成功，以获得STEM博士学位。项目活动包括与霍华德大学/德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索大学研究生教育教授合作联盟（HUTEP AGEP）以及其他nsf资助的研究和教育项目的联系，包括为本科生提供指导机会的项目。在2009-2010学年，共有12名来自STEM领域未被充分代表的少数族裔的学生将参加霍华德大学的这个项目。这种支持的结果将扩大非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民在STEM管道、美国劳动力和海外的参与。该项目的严格评估结果将为STEM领域招募和保留代表性不足的少数民族学生的文献提供补充。

The Washington-Baltimore-Hampton Roads Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (WBHR LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and higher education institutions in Washington, DC and Virginia to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating to completion of the doctoral degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) fields. The program at Howard University prepares students to meet the challenges of completing doctoral programs of study and for academic careers in higher education. In addition, the program develops leadership skills necessary for success in the STEM workforce nationally and internationally. Integrating research and education, the BD fellows will be nurtured over two years as a cohorted community that will benefit from a program of academic and personal development activities as well as social support to sustain their commitment and success to the terminal Ph.D. STEM degree. Program activities include linkages to the Howard University/University of Texas-El Paso collaborative Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate(HUTEP AGEP)as well as other NSF-funded research and education projects, including programs that provide mentoring opportunities for undergraduate students. A total of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at Howard University during the 2009-2010 academic years. Results from this support will broaden the participation of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific-Islanders in the STEM pipeline, U. S. workforce and abroad. Results from rigorous evaluation of the project will add to the body of literature in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields.