Implementation Project Moving Forward - Steps to Graduate School

勒莫因-欧文学院题为“向前迈进--迈向研究生院”的实施项目建立在之前一个非常成功的项目的基础上，总体目标是让少数族裔本科生具备在研究生院取得成功所需的技能和知识，目的是让他们在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)领域从事职业。该项目的目标是：增加学生和教师的研究和出版；教师发展；通过荣誉课程加强课程；以及旨在激励学生进入STEM专业的方法。活动的重点是提高招生和留校率；丰富学生的学术准备；通过改善与其他学术机构、工业和联邦实验室在研究方面的伙伴关系和合作，扩大和加强本科生研究计划；通过鼓励合作研究和出版，加强教师作为导师和研究人员的专业知识。勒莫因-欧文学院招收的学生主要是非裔美国人，其中60%以上是女性。大多数学生来自贫困的社会经济背景。该项目的成果将成为其他为少数群体服务的私立机构寻求加强STEM本科教学和研究计划的典范，从而增加学生在研究生院以及随后STEM劳动力的参与。

The Implementation Project entitled "Moving Forward - Steps to Graduate School" at Le Moyne-Owen College builds on a very successful previous project and has the overall goal to prepare minority undergraduate students with the skills and knowledge required to succeed in graduate school, with the aim to have them pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The objectives of the project are: increased research and publications by students and faculty; faculty development; enhancement of the curriculum through honors courses; and methods designed to motivate students to matriculate in STEM majors. Activities focus on improvement of recruitment and retention rates; enrichment of the academic preparation of students; broadening and strengthening the undergraduate research program by improving the partnerships and collaborations in research with other academic institutions; industry and federal labs; and strengthening the faculty expertise as mentors and researchers by encouraging collaborative research and publications.Le Moyne-Owen College enrolls mostly African American students, over sixty percent of whom are women. Most students come from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. The outcomes of this project will serve as a model for other minority-serving private institutions seeking to enhance STEM undergraduate instruction and research programs leading to increased participation of students in graduate school and subsequently the STEM workforce.