Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP) Initiative (Senior -Level Alliance)

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程的学生数量，使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的群体：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。由德雷克塞尔大学领导的大费城路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟是一个高级联盟，由以下公立和私立机构组成：四年制研究所德雷克塞尔大学切尼大学特拉华州立大学林肯大学新泽西理工学院坦普尔大学特拉华州大学宾夕法尼亚大学两年制研究所费城社区学院该联盟代表了公立和私立、两年和四年、研究和非研究以及为少数族裔服务的机构的多样化联盟。该联盟已经为2014-2019年项目活动的目标奠定了坚实的基础，作为一个高级联盟，特别关注：1)进一步加强机构间的联系，2)扩大社区大学生到4年制院校的协调流动，3)增加本科生对国内和国际研究经验的参与，以及研究生院的入学，以继续增加STEM学士学位的保留率和完成率，并提高STEM学生在STEM领域研究生课程的竞争力。更广泛的影响将包括加强社区学院、少数族裔服务和博士学位授予大学之间的伙伴关系、研究合作和衔接战略，项目的内部评估和外部评估将试图通过回答以下问题来衡量项目的有效性：(1)项目过程中保留率和学业表现数据有何变化？(2)项目期间与社区学院的联系有何变化？(3)研究生准备工作对学生有何影响？准备好从事研究生学习了吗？(4)该项目在哪些方面影响了机构间的合作和协作？

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups historically under-represented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Greater Philadelphia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, under the leadership of Drexel University, is a senior-level alliance consisting of the following public and private institutions: Four-Year InstitutionsDrexel UniversityCheyney UniversityDelaware State UniversityLincoln UniversityNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyTemple UniversityUniversity of DelawareUniversity of PennsylvaniaTwo-Year InstitutionCommunity College of PhiladelphiaThe alliance represents a diverse alliance of public and private, two and four year, research and non-research, and minority-serving institutions. .The alliance has established a firm foundation for the objectives of the 2014-2019 project activities as a senior-level Alliance with specific attention to: 1) further enhancing inter-institutional connectivity, 2) expanding the coordinated movement of community college students to 4-year institutions, 3) increasing the engagement of undergraduate students in national and international research experiences, as well as graduate school matriculation to continually increase retention and completion of STEM baccalaureate degrees and improve STEM student competitiveness for graduate programs in STEM fields.Broader impacts will include enhancing partnerships, research collaborations, and articulation strategies between community colleges, minority-serving and Ph.D. granting universities, within the alliance and beyond and enhancing the integration of research and education.Internal assessment and external evaluation of the project will attempt to measure program effectiveness by answering questions such as: (1) how have retention rates and academic performance data changed during the course of the project? (2) how has connectivity with the community colleges changed during the project? (3) what has been the impact of graduate school preparation on students? readiness to engage in graduate studies? (4) in what ways has the project impacted inter-institutional cooperation and collaboration?