Alabama LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Auburn U

阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）是一个NSF高级联盟，拥有独特的基础设施，可以实现通往博士学位（BD）计划的桥梁。奥本大学是2012-2014年阿拉巴马州LSAMP BD站点。该大学成立于1856年，是一所主要的国家资助的综合性研究机构，具有悠久的学术卓越和研究生教育传统。将从阿拉巴马州LSAMP合作伙伴和全国其他LSAMP机构中选出12名LSAMP学生，从2012年秋季学期开始参加阿拉巴马州BD项目。这些新的商业发展学系学生将有老的商业发展学系学生提供同侪咨询和交流的机会。入选的BD参与者将被分配为教师导师，每年至少有机会参加一次专业科学会议。此外，BD参与者将被要求申请NSF研究生奖学金，并参加专门为该项目设计的关于研究生入学的专题研讨会。已经制定了一项计划，将大量新入学的LSAMP学生与博士学位课程正式联系起来，并将对参与者进行跟踪。该项目将在2012-2013学年第一学期结束时进行评估，并在第二学年结束时再次进行评估。此外，评估信息将转发给城市研究所进行总体BD计划审查。评估的目的是提供指定地点在保留、毕业和将大量少数民族毕业生送入博士学位课程方面的表现的文件。该项目是提高未被充分代表的少数民族学生在科学、技术、工程和数学方面知识的重要一步。这些学生在理工科学院工作所获得的经验将为他们的职业发展奠定良好的基础。该项目扩大了未被充分代表的群体在研究生教育中的参与，并有望增加这些群体获得STEM博士学位和成为教授的人数。从这个项目中获得的发现和理解将通过国家BD出版物传播给其他专注于研究生教育的机构和项目。

The Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a NSF Senior-Level Alliance and has an infrastructure that is uniquely positioned to implement a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD)program. Auburn University is the Alabama LSAMP BD site for 2012-2014. The University was established in 1856 and is a major state-assisted, comprehensive, Research I, land-grant institution with a long tradition of academic excellence and graduate education. Twelve LSAMP students will be selected from Alabama LSAMP partners and other LSAMP institutions across the nation to participate in the Alabama BD program beginning with the fall semester 2012. These new BD students will have the older BD students to provide peer consultations and networking opportunities. Selected BD participants will be assigned faculty mentors and have the opportunity to attend at least one professional scientific meeting each year. In addition, BD participants will be required to apply for an NSF Graduate Fellowship and attend special topic seminars regarding graduate school matriculation designed specifically for the program. A plan for formally connecting a significant number of newly matriculated LSAMP students to doctoral degree programs has been developed and participants will be tracked. The program will be evaluated at the end of the first semester of the 2012-2013 academic year and again at the end of the second year. Further, evaluation information will be forwarded to the Urban Institute for the general BD program review. The evaluation is designed to provide documentation of the performance of the designated site in retaining, graduating, and placing significant numbers of its minority graduates into doctoral-degree programs.The project is an important step in advancing the knowledge of underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The experiences gained by these students working with science and engineering faculty will position them for excellent career advancement. The project broadens participation of underrepresented groups in graduate education with the real prospect of increasing the number of such groups in attaining doctoral degrees in STEM and entering the professoriate. Discovery and understanding resulting from this project will be disseminated via a national BD publication to other institutions and programs focusing on graduate education.