2015 CSU-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate at California State University, Los Angeles (Cohort XII)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生，使STEM劳动力多样化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：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。LSAMP通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位的入学和完成。在美国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现美国国家科学基金会2014-2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，支持具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力的发展”。为了保持全球竞争力，美国必须在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。加州州立大学洛杉矶分校是加州州立大学-路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（CSU-LSAMP）所包括的23所加州州立大学校园之一，将实施一项全面的BD计划，该计划将从代表性不足的群体中培养出训练有素、高技能的STEM专业人员。因此，该项目将大大有助于增加学术界和STEM劳动力的多样性和代表性，从而提高国家的竞争力。在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，加州州立大学洛杉矶分校将为参加LSAMP本科项目的12名学生提供硕士水平到博士水平学习的“桥梁”。硕士水平的经验旨在提高参与者在STEM方面的持久性和能力，并在完成硕士学位后晋升为博士课程。该项目将通过发现和培养学生的才能来增加博士级科学家的数量，如果没有项目的支持，这些学生不太可能在硕士或博士阶段进行研究生水平的学习。除了提供大量的经济支持，使学生能够专注于为期两年的全日制硕士课程和研究，BD计划将提供一套完整的活动，旨在推动BD学生完成博士水平的研究。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities" For the U.S. to remain competitive globally, it must provide exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. California State University, Los Angeles, one of the 23 California State University campuses included in The California State University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (CSU-LSAMP), will implement a comprehensive BD Program, which will result in the production of well-trained, highly skilled STEM professionals from underrepresented groups. Therefore, the project will contribute significantly to increasing the diversity and representation in academia and the STEM workforce, thereby increasing the nation's competitiveness.With support from the National Science Foundation, California State University, Los Angeles, will provide a Master's level "bridge" to doctoral-level study for twelve students who have participated in the LSAMP undergraduate programs. The Master's-level experience is designed to increase participant persistence and competencies in STEM and their advancement to Ph.D. programs following completion of the Master's degree. The project 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 the project's support. In addition to providing substantial financial support to enable students to focus full-time on a two-year program of Master's-level course work and research, the BD Program will provide an integrated set of activities designed to advance BD students toward completion of doctoral level studies.