Alabama Bridge to the Doctorate II

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ALSAMP）通往博士学位（BD）计划是美国国家科学基金会和阿拉巴马州高等教育机构之间的一项合作努力，旨在提高代表性不足的少数民族在科学、技术、工程和数学领域（STEM）获得博士学位的质量和数量。阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校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。项目活动包括与阿拉巴马州研究生教育联盟（Alabama 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2009-2011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阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校的这个项目。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。

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ALSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and Alabama 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 Alabama at Birmingham 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 Alabama Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate(Alabama 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 University Alabama at Birmingham during the 2009-2011 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.