LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC

路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与博士桥梁联盟（BD）项目是美国国家科学基金会和马里兰大学机构之间的一项合作努力，旨在提高未被充分代表的少数族裔在科学、技术、工程和数学领域（STEM）获得博士学位的质量和数量。马里兰大学巴尔的摩县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。BD研究员将在两年的时间里被培养成一个群体，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，以获得最终的STEM博士学位。项目活动包括与马里兰州研究生教育联盟（PROMISE）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马里兰大学巴尔的摩县分校的该项目。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 Maryland System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and University of Maryland 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 Maryland-Baltimore County prepares students to meet the challenges of completing doctoral programs of study and for academic careers in higher education. The BD fellows will be nurtured over two years as a cohort 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 Maryland Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (PROMISE) 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 a University of Maryland-Baltimore County 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.