2008 Illinois LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program at University of Illinois at Chicago

芝加哥州立大学，伊利诺伊州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（I-LSAMP）桥梁博士学位（BD）计划的领导机构是国家科学基金会和伊利诺伊州高等教育机构之间的合作努力，以提高代表性不足的少数民族录取完成科学，技术，工程和数学领域（STEM）博士学位的质量和数量。该计划在伊利诺伊大学芝加哥（UIC）的学生准备迎接完成研究的博士课程和高等教育的学术生涯的挑战。 此外，该计划还培养了在国内和国际STEM劳动力中取得成功所需的领导技能。整合研究和教育，BD研究员将在两年多的时间里培养为一个共同的社区，该社区将受益于学术和个人发展活动计划以及社会支持，以维持他们对终端博士学位的承诺和成功。STEM学位。项目活动包括与UIC的医学科学研究生教育（GEMS）项目和罗纳德E。McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program以及其他NSF和NIH资助的研究和教育项目。在2009-2010学年，共有12名来自STEM领域代表性不足的少数民族的学生将参加UIC的该项目。 这一支持的结果将扩大非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民在STEM管道中的参与。S.劳动力和国外。 该项目的严格评估结果将增加在STEM领域招募和保留代表性不足的少数民族学生的文献。

Chicago State University, lead institution for the Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (I-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and Illinois Higher Education institutions 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 the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) 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 Graduate Education in the Medical Sciences (GEMS) program at UIC and the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program as well as other NSF and NIH-funded research and education projects. A total of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at UIC 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.