Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

华盛顿州、俄勒冈州和爱达荷州三州地区的学院和大学提议成立太平洋西北路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（PNW LSAMP）。该联盟将使来自科学中心、大学预科项目、社区学院和四年制大学的教育工作者和倡导者能够利用他们的资源和现有关系，提高少数族裔在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）专业的参与度。爱达荷州、俄勒冈州和华盛顿州这三个州预计的人口结构变化为高校提供了一个绝佳的机会，可以大大增加获得STEM学位学生的多样性。作为经济发展计划的一部分，每个州都投入了大量资源来努力增加STEM学位。为了利用这一机会，实现其将STEM学士学位授予代表性不足的学生的数量增加一倍的目标，太平洋西北联盟将开发和/或加强与以下重点相关的项目和服务：1 .增加URM学生进入大学的途径，同时增强他们追求STEM职业的兴趣；在四年制大学校园中，为URM STEM专业的学生创造一种成功的文化和社区，以提高留校率和毕业率；说谎。扩大URM STEM专业学生参与校园和国家本科生研究经验的机会。PNW LSAMP合作伙伴将在STEM多样性倡议中实施最佳实践，这些倡议已经在全国范围内的现有LSAMP项目中传播，包括早期推广和招聘、社区大学转学援助、补充指导、指导、夏季桥梁项目和本科生研究经验。除了参加联合年度研究会议，每所社区大学和四年制大学都承诺在校园内建立PNW LSAMP中心，为对STEM感兴趣的代表性不足的学生提供可见和可访问的支持系统。更广泛的影响联盟将通过将高等教育机构与大学预科和科学宣传项目联系起来，解决国家和地区增加STEM学位授予数量的必要性。联盟伙伴关系将为学生提供从高中到大学，从社区大学到四年制大学的无缝过渡。联盟中机构类型的多样性将补充学生获得夏季桥梁和定向项目，辅导和指导关系，以及本科研究经验。该联盟将进一步利用其努力，将科学中心纳入其中，这些科学中心是公众的重要门户，并且已经建立了一些旨在提高学生对STEM兴趣的优秀项目。该联盟还将鼓励由国家科学基金会资助的成员校园中存在的许多扩大参与项目之间的合作，包括Noyce奖学金、system / cems、STEP和ADVANCE。将所有这些与多样性相关的项目结合在一起所产生的协同效应将促进每个校园的制度转型。

Colleges and universities in the three-state region of Washington, Oregon and Idaho are proposing to form the Pacific Northwest Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PNW LSAMP). This Alliance will enable educators and advocates from science centers, pre-college programs, community colleges and four-year institutions to leverage their resources and existing relationships to increase minority participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors. The projected demographic shifts in these three states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington present an extraordinary opportunity for colleges and universities to greatly increase the diversity of students earning STEM degrees. Each state has committed substantial resources to efforts to increase degrees granted in STEM as part of economic development initiatives.Intellectual MeritTo take advantage of this opportunity and reach its goal of doubling the number of STEM bachelor degrees granted to underrepresented students, the Pacific Northwest Alliance will develop and/or strengthen programs and services related to the following priorities:1. Increase pathways to college for URM students while strengthening their interest in pursuing STEM careers;2. Create a culture and community of success for URM STEM majors on four-year college campuses to improve retention and graduation rates; and3. Expand opportunities for URM STEM majors to participate in campus-based and national undergraduate research experiences.PNW LSAMP partners will implement best practices in STEM diversity initiatives that have been disseminated by existing LSAMP programs around the country including early outreach and recruitment, community college transfer assistance, supplemental instruction, mentoring, summer bridge programs, and undergraduate research experiences. In addition to participation in a joint annual research conference, each of the community college and 4-year institutions has committed to establishing PNW LSAMP centers on their campus that will serve as visible and accessible support systems for underrepresented students with an interest in STEMBroader ImpactsThe Alliance will address the national and regional imperative to increase the number of degrees granted in STEM by connecting institutions of higher education with precollege and science advocacy programs. The Alliance partnership will provide seamless transitions for students as they proceed on the pathway from high school to college and from community colleges to 4-year colleges. The diversity of institution type in the Alliance will supplement student access to summer bridge and orientation programs, tutoring and mentoring relationships, and undergraduate research experiences. The Alliance will further leverage its efforts through the inclusion of science centers that serve as important portals to the public and already have a number of established stellar programs targeted to raise student interest in STEM.The Alliance will also encourage collaboration between the many broadening participation programs funded by the National Science Foundation that exist on member campuses, including Noyce Fellowships, SSTEM/CSEMS, STEP, and ADVANCE. The synergy created by bringing all of these diversity-related programs together will augment institutional transformation on each campus.