NSF INCLUDES: Consortium of Minority Doctoral Scholars (CMDS)

摘要吉尔伯特1649320第一部分虽然预计在未来10年内，工程和计算机工作的主要增长，但学生的专业人数不足以满足这一需求。 如果不发展少数种族和族裔的技能，这些迫在眉睫的劳动力需求就无法得到满足：然而，西班牙裔和黑人/非洲裔美国人只占美国博士生的一小部分。 少数民族博士学者联合会（CMDS）设计和开发启动试点的目标是扩大少数民族在这些领域的参与。 这个试点项目将创建一个数据门户，使研究团队能够研究和了解各种指导策略的有效性，这些策略可能会在各机构和少数民族博士生项目中试行。美国最古老和最突出的少数民族博士学者计划（GEM，SREB和McKnight）;在增加少数民族获得高级学位的数量方面具有悠久历史的组织。 CMDS设计和开发启动试点将使用来自这三个项目的数据进行广泛的研究。 研究小组将对数据进行混合方法分析，以发现这三个项目的共同点和区别。辅导努力相比，学生没有参与这三个方案。 这将导致一个数据驱动的策略，用于研究可以在三个CMSD成员和其他少数民族博士学者计划中应用的指导计划的有效性。 通过利用成功方案的数据来确定有效的指导战略，该项目将为更多的少数民族创造成功的机会。 这一方法不仅涉及公平和机会，而且涉及发展一支将推动未来进步的劳动力队伍。

Abstract Gilbert 1649320Part IAlthough major growth in engineering and computing jobs is expected in the next 10 years, students are not majoring in sufficient numbers to meet this demand. These impending workforce demands cannot be met without developing the skills of racial and ethnic minorities: however, Hispanics and Black/African Americans make up only a small percentage of doctoral students in the United States. The goal of the Consortium of Minority Doctoral Scholars (CMDS) Design and Development Launch Pilot is to broaden the participation of minorities in these fields. This pilot project will create a data portal that will allow the research team to study and understand the efficacy of various mentoring strategies that might be piloted across institutions and minority doctoral scholars programs.Part IIThe Consortium of Minority Doctoral Scholars (CMDS) will unite three of the nation?s oldest and most prominent minority doctoral scholars programs (GEM, SREB and McKnight); organizations with a long history of impact in increasing the numbers of minorities obtaining advanced degrees. The CMDS Design and Development Launch Pilot will conduct extensive studies using data from these three programs. The research team will conduct a mixed method analysis of the data to discover commonalities and distinctions about the three programs? mentoring efforts as compared to students not involved in the three programs. This will result in a data-driven strategy for researching the efficacy of mentoring programs that can be applied across the three CMSD member and other minority doctoral scholars programs. By utilizing data from successful programs to pinpoint effective mentoring strategies, the project will create opportunities for larger numbers of minorities to be successful. This approach has implications not only with respect to equity and access, but also the development of a workforce that will drive future advances.