UT System Alliance: Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort VIII BD Site: University of Texas-Arlington

德克萨斯大学系统路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）将赞助德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校（UT阿灵顿）的博士学位课程（BD）。来自科学，技术，工程和技术（STEM）中代表性不足的少数民族人口的12名学生将增加获得STEM学科博士学位的有才华的学生人数。 完成后，这些博士。毕业生将进入技术劳动力市场，或选择在学术界的职业生涯，成为未来其他URM和女学生的榜样。该计划将建立在德克萨斯大学系统校园以前BD队列收集的经验基础上。该计划的关键组成部分包括以下内容：？该计划将主要针对学生与以前的本科研究经验谁希望攻读博士学位。在UT阿灵顿的STEM学科学位。?所有BD研究员将获得高质量的咨询和指导，以帮助他们实现自己的学术目标，给他们克服障碍的博士学位的支持，并准备他们成为知识渊博和称职的专业人士。?所有BD研究员将申请继续支持NSF研究生奖学金计划。?财政和学术支持的BD研究员将继续超过两年的BD赠款到期，以确保保留和毕业。该项目将有助于知识基础的干预措施的有效性需要带领合格的学生从URM组本科学位在干学科的博士课程在他们的研究领域的成功完成。 此外，该计划将导致URM研究生成功的成功策略的增强，这些策略适用于具有类似于UTA（城市研究型大学，URM招生的重要比例）的其他高等院校。 最后，该计划将有助于增加URM学生在STEM学科博士学位的数量的国家目标。专业领域的学位

The University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) will sponsor a Bridge to the Doctorate Program (BD) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington). This cohort of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM) will increase the number of talented students who will obtain doctoral degrees in the STEM disciplines. Upon completion, these Ph.D. graduates will either enter the technical workforce or choose a career in academia becoming role models for other URM and female students in the future. The program will build on the experiences gathered from previous BD cohorts at the University of Texas System campuses. Critical components of the program include the following: ? The program will target primarily students with prior undergraduate research experience who wish to pursue Ph.D. degrees in STEM disciplines at UT Arlington. ? All BD fellows will receive quality advising and mentoring to help them achieve their academic goals, to give them support in overcoming obstacles to the doctorate, and to prepare them to be knowledgeable and competent professionals. ? All BD fellows will apply for continuing support to the NSF Graduate Fellowship Program. ? Financial and academic support to the BD fellows will continue beyond the expiration of the two-year BD grant to ensure retention and graduation. The project will contribute to the knowledge base concerning the effectiveness of interventions needed to lead qualified students from URM groups with undergraduate degrees in STEM disciplines to successful completion of a doctoral program in their field of study. In addition, the program will lead to the enhancement of successful strategies for URM graduate student success that are applicable to other institutions of higher learning with characteristics similar to those of UTA (urban research university, significant proportion of URM enrollment). Finally, the program will contribute to the national goal of increasing the number of URM students in STEM disciplines with Ph.D. degrees in their area of expertise