Collaborative Research: The Tuskegee Alliance to Develop, Implement and Study a Virtual Graduate Education Model for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM

塔斯基吉大学、奥本大学和亚拉巴马州立大学将合作创建塔斯基吉联盟，以打造学术职业之路（T-PAC）。 该项目是为了响应NSF的研究生教育联盟和教授（AGEP）计划征集（NSF 14-505）的AGEP转换（AGEP-T）轨道而创建的。 AGEP-T轨道的目标是机构和组织的战略联盟，以开发，实施和研究创新的循证模型和标准，用于STEM研究生教育，博士后培训和学术STEM职业准备，消除或减轻负面因素，促进URM的积极实践。 T-PAC项目将开发，实施，研究和评估STEM研究生教育的模式，重点关注代表性不足的少数民族（URM）谁是美国公民。这个拟议的AGEP-T项目将是独一无二的，并将有潜力为基础知识做出贡献，了解两所专注于学士学位生产的历史黑人大学将如何与一所研究型大学合作，实施和研究研究生教育和URM研究生在STEM综合专业发展的模式。 该项目还将强调在线教学和专业发展。 随着该项目的进展而吸取的经验教训以及工作的最终结果将提供有益于教育工作者、行政人员和决策者以及公众的信息。

Tuskegee University, Auburn University and Alabama State University will collaborate to create the Tuskegee Alliance to Forge Pathways to Academic Careers (T-PAC). This project was created in response to the NSF's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program solicitation (NSF 14-505) for the AGEP-Transformation (AGEP-T) track. The AGEP-T track targets strategic alliances of institutions and organizations to develop, implement, and study innovative evidence-based models and standards for STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and academic STEM career preparation that eliminate or mitigate negative factors and promote positive practices for URMs. The T-PAC project will develop, implement, study, and evaluate a model of STEM graduate education focusing on underrepresented minorities (URMs) who are U.S. citizens.This proposed AGEP-T project will be unique and will have potential to contribute to foundational knowledge about how two Historically Black Universities that focus on baccalaureate degree production will collaborate with a research university to develop, implement and study a model of graduate education and comprehensive professional development for URM graduate students in STEM. The project will also emphasize on-line instruction and professional development. The lessons learned as this project progresses, and the ultimate results from the work, will provide information that will be beneficial to educators, administrators and policymakers, as well as the general public.