A Partnership in Observational and Computational Astronomy II

少数族裔在STEM领域的代表性不足是美国劳动力面临的主要挑战之一。认识到这一问题，美国国家科学院发表的《新世界，天文学和天体物理学的新视野》十年调查指出，解决这一问题的一个有希望的方法是鼓励少数民族服务机构与研究型大学、国家中心和国家实验室之间建立战略伙伴关系。该奖项将继续支持这样一个伙伴关系：南卡罗来纳州州立大学（SCSU），一个历史上黑人学院和大学（HBCU）与94%的非洲裔美国学生之间的多方面合作，与克莱姆森大学（CU）和其他个人研究人员一起。该伙伴关系的使命是通过以下方式增加天文学的多样性：（1）加强招聘和保留代表性不足的少数民族进入研究生课程在天文学一般，特别是进入CU，（2）提供一个强大的辅导计划，包括提高学生？研究技能，和（3）促进教师参与天文学研究在SCSU。到该计划结束时，预计SCSU，CU和其他人之间的长期合作伙伴关系将形成，这将为天文学的少数民族学生提供可持续的管道。

The underrepresentation of minorities in STEM fields is one of the major challenges facing the United States workforce. Recognizing this problem, the "New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics" Decadal Survey, published by the National Academies, noted that a promising way to address this problem is to encourage strategic partnerships between minority-serving institutions and research universities, national centers, and national laboratories. This award will continue support for one such partnership: a multi-faceted collaboration between South Carolina State University (SCSU), a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with a 94% African-American student body, together with Clemson University (CU) and other individual investigators.The mission of the partnership is to increase diversity in astronomy by (1) strengthening the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minorities into graduate programs in astronomy in general and into CU in particular, (2) providing a strong mentoring program that includes enhancing students? research skills, and (3) boosting faculty involvement in astronomy research at SCSU. By the end of this program, it is expected that a long-term partnership between SCSU, CU, and others will be formed, which will provide a sustainable pipeline for minority students in astronomy.