2014 CSU-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate at California State University, Los Angeles

2014年加州州立大学-路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(CSU-LSAMP)通往博士学位(BD)活动的表演地点是洛杉矶的加州州立大学。这项BD活动将有助于推进NSF的2011-2016财年战略计划，该计划的目标是：“准备并吸引一支有动力参与前沿活动的多样化的STEM员工队伍。”此外，它还将通过确定和培养学生的才华来增加博士水平的科学家的数量，这些学生如果没有NSF LSAMP的支持，就不太可能继续研究生水平的研究。加州州立大学洛杉矶分校为LSAMP本科项目的12名毕业生提供了进入博士水平学习的硕士“桥梁”。这些学生来自STEM学科历来代表性不足的群体。尽管美国的科学研究事业得益于其科学家和工程师的知识多样性，但妇女、残疾人和历史上在科学、技术和经济研究中代表性不足的种族/族裔群体的更多参与对科学的持续健康和活力至关重要。这些人在很大程度上是尚未开发的智力人才来源，并为研究企业带来了多样化的洞察力和视角。加州州立大学洛杉矶分校的硕士学位课程旨在提高学员在STEM领域的毅力和能力，并提升他们的博士学位。除了提供资金支持，使学生能够全职专注于两年制硕士课程，该项目还提供了一系列综合活动，旨在推动BD学生完成STEM的博士水平学习。除了让参与者参与正式的课程工作外，BD学生还将参加为期两年的指导性研究体验。对参与者的教职员工指导是本次BD活动的主要组成部分。CSU-LSAMP仍然致力于以下主张：(1)如果得到适当的支持，大多数学生都可以成功；(2)增加博士科学家和工程师的数量需要“额外”的学生(即尚未被录取并从事博士课程的学生)，并为博士水平的学习做好准备；以及(3)扩大对STEM教授和科学领导力的参与要求更多的URG为竞争激烈的研究型大学的博士培训做准备。

The performance site for the 2014 California State University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is California State University, Los Angeles. This BD activity will contribute to advancing NSF's FY 2011-2016 Strategic Plan, which aims to: "prepare and engage a diverse STEM workforce motivated to participate at the frontiers." Additionally it will increase the number of Ph.D. level scientists by identifying and developing the talent of students who would be unlikely to pursue graduate-level study at either the Master's or the doctorate level without NSF LSAMP support. California State University, Los Angeles provides a Master's level "bridge" to doctoral-level study for a cohort of 12 graduates of LSAMP undergraduate programs. These students are from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. Although the American scientific research enterprise has been well-served by the intellectual diversity of its scientists and engineers, greater participation of women, persons with disabilities, and persons from racial/ethnic groups that have historically been underrepresented in STEM is essential to the continued health and vitality of science. These populations are largely untapped sources of intellectual talent and bring a diversity of insights and perspectives to the research enterprise. This BD activity will contribute significantly to broadening participation in academe and scientific research.The Master's-level experience at California State University, Los Angeles is designed to increase participant persistence and competencies in STEM and their advancement to Ph.D. programs. In addition to providing financial support to enable students to focus full time on a two-year Master's program, the project provides an integrated set of activities designed to advance BD students toward completion of doctoral level studies in STEM. In addition to engaging participants in formal course work, BD students will participate in a two-year mentored research experience. Faculty mentoring of participants is a major component of this BD Activity. CSU-LSAMP remains committed to the propositions that (1) given appropriate support, most students can be successful; (2) increasing the number of Ph.D. scientists and engineers requires that "additional" students (i.e., students who are not already admitted to and engaged in Ph.D. programs) be recruited to and prepared for doctoral-level study; and (3) broadening participation in the STEM professoriate and scientific leadership requires that a greater number of URGs be prepared for Ph.D. training at highly competitive research universities.