Bridge to Doctorate: WAESO LSAMP, Multidisciplinary STEM Solutions 2017-2019

摘要：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年战略计划的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以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。亚利桑那州立大学（ASU）致力于通过不同的学术项目建立、发展和实施跨学科研究和智力融合的项目，这是该资助的核心。在过去的26年里，西部扩大学生机会联盟（WAESO） LSAMP联盟在从目前代表性不足的人口中招聘、留住和毕业STEM学士学位方面取得了无与伦比的成功。通往博士学位的桥梁：WAESO LSAMP，多学科STEM解决方案2017-2019将扩大努力，招募，录取，注册，毕业论文硕士学位，并为录取12名代表性不足的少数民族（URM） STEM学生做好充分准备。这一新的12名学生将受到教师和工作人员的特别关注，同时参与同伴指导，具有挑战性的研究和学术学习机会和活动，同时得到导师的大力支持。该项目将利用基于证据的研究文献和MTBI 21年的指导模式的框架，该模式侧重于研究导致URM校友毕业的潜在因素、力量和方法，这些校友自2005年以来主要在数学科学领域获得博士学位。其中一些因素包括：提高URM学生的研究自我效能感、研究经验、奖学金申请的个性化培训、博士课程申请、手稿写作和指导，以提高学生的自信心，增加学生在STEM领域攻读博士学位的可能性。BD学生将通过定期举办的专业发展研讨会和社区建设社交活动，沉浸在现有的学术社区和包容性的国家和地方（ASU）社区中，以减少人员流失，增加使用研究工具和特定学科技能的经验。BD学生将通过学术激励MTBI社区与导师和同龄人配对，这是一个全年促进科学沉浸和智力融合的社区。

Non-Technical Abstract: 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.Arizona State University's (ASU) commitment to the establishment, development and implementation of programs driven by interdisciplinary studies and intellectual fusion through varied academic programs are at the heart of the grant. Over the past 26 years, the Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) LSAMP alliance has demonstrated unparalleled success in recruiting, retaining, and graduating bachelors' STEM degrees from currently underrepresented populations. The Bridge to Doctorate: WAESO LSAMP, Multidisciplinary STEM Solutions 2017-2019 will expand efforts to recruit, admit, enroll, graduate with thesis masters degrees, and fully prepare for admission to highly reputable doctoral programs 12 underrepresented minority (URM) STEM students. This new cohort of 12 students will receive specialized attention as a group by faculty and staff while engaging in peer mentoring, challenging research and academic study opportunities and activities while receiving intensive support from their mentors. This project will utilize a framework derived from elements of the evidence based research literature and MTBI's 21-year model of mentorship that have focused on the study of the underlying factors, forces and methods that have led to the graduation of URM alumni earning PhDs predominantly in the mathematical sciences since 2005. Some of these factors include: improving a URM student's research self-efficacy, research experience, personalized training for fellowship applications, PhD program applications, and manuscript writing and mentoring to increase student self-confidence and increase the likelihood that a student will pursue a PhD in a STEM field. BD students will be immersed in the existing academic community and inclusive national and local (ASU) communities via regularly scheduled professional development workshops and community building social events to decrease attrition and increase experience in utilizing research tools and specific disciplinary skills. BD students will be paired with mentors and peers via the academically stimulating MTBI community, a community that promotes scientific immersion and intellectual fusion year round.