MIND Alliance for Minority Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

科学、技术、工程和数学少数族裔残疾学生心灵联盟旨在汇集两所少数族裔服务的高等教育机构--纽约州纽约市的亨特学院和洛杉矶巴吞鲁日的南方大学--的专业知识和资源，以提高接受社区学院和STEM学科学士学位并进入STEM劳动力或研究生教育的残疾学生的数量和质量。思想联盟致力于实现以下目标：(1)成功地留住、毕业和过渡残疾中学生，以便进入社区大学和STEM学士学位课程。(2)成功地将残疾学生从社区大学学位项目留住、毕业并过渡到STEM学士学位项目或劳动力。(3)成功地留住、毕业并将残疾学生从STEM学士学位项目过渡到STEM研究生学位或劳动力队伍。学生干预措施强调对文化敏感的学生经历以及职业评估和咨询方法，并与传统的有希望的做法相结合：暑期学院计划；辅导、指导和角色建模；高中顾问和教师研讨会；研究机会和实习计划；学生奖学金和年度科学会议。咨询项目正在由弗吉尼亚联邦大学康复副教授艾伦·刘易斯博士评估。传播将侧重于利用网络传播，重点是与全国中学后受众分享伙伴关系模式和对文化敏感的职业规划方法。

The MIND Alliance for Minority Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is designed to bring together the expertise and resources of two minority-serving institutions of higher education, Hunter College, City University of New York in New York City, NY and Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, to increase the quantity and quality of students with disabilities receiving community college and baccalaureate degrees in STEM disciplines and entering the STEM workforce or graduate education. The MIND Alliance is addressing the following objectives:(1) To successfully retain, graduate and transition secondary school students with disabilities for entry into community college and baccalaureate STEM degree programs. (2) To successfully retain, graduate and transition students with disabilities from community college degree programs to STEM baccalaureate programs or the workforce.(3) To successfully retain, graduate and transition students with disabilities from STEM baccalaureate degrees to STEM graduate degrees or the workforce.Student interventions, which emphasize culturally sensitive student experiences and a career assessment and counseling approach, are combined with traditional promising practices: Summer Institute Programs; Tutoring, Mentoring and Role Modeling; High School Counselor and Teacher Workshops; Research Opportunities and Internship Programs; Student Scholarships and an Annual Science Conference.The project is being evaluated by a Dr. Allen Lewis, an Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dissemination will focus on the use of web-based diffusion with an emphasis on sharing the partnering model and culturally sensitive career planning approach with a national post-secondary audience.