2017-2019 Northeast LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program: University of Connecticut

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科高质量学位课程的学生人数，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留策略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体：非裔美国人、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。通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动为STEM项目的学士学位后研究提供支持，从而获得STEM博士学位。康涅狄格大学（UConn）是该机构领导下的东北路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（NELSAMP） 2017-2019年博士学位桥梁（BD）项目的主办地点。这是该机构的第三个学士学位后项目，该项目支持来自全国各地LSAMP校区的未被充分代表的少数民族（URM） STEM博士研究生。BD活动提供特定STEM学科的广泛培训，以及促进科学界同侪指导和领导的专业发展和指导。学生将获得严格的学术和研究培训经验，以支持博士学位的完成，并过渡到学术界和工业界的竞争职业。在项目期间及之后，康涅狄格大学的BD项目旨在提高来自代表性不足群体的学生完成stem博士学位的数量和质量。学位和进入STEM劳动力。形成性评估和总结性评估将进行，总结性评估包括一个比较组，以评估项目干预对学生成绩的影响。BD活动的长期影响反映在美国的STEM劳动力中，包括学术界和工业研发领域。通过培养未来的STEM领导者，可以看到在科学和工程领域未被充分代表的少数民族的知名度，增加了代表性，并为下一代提供了榜样和动力。

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 qualitydegree 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 groupshistorically under-represented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity provides support for postbaccalaureatestudies in STEM programs leading to the STEM doctoral degree.The University of Connecticut (UConn) is the host site for the 2017-2019 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program for the Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NELSAMP) under the leadership of this institution. This is the third post-baccalaureate program at the institution that supports a graduate student cohort of underrepresented minority (URM) STEM Ph.D. students from LSAMP campuses across the nation. The BD Activity provides extensive training in specific STEM disciplines as well as professional development and guidance that promote peer mentoring and leadership in the scientific community. Students receive rigorous academic and research training experiences that support completion of the Ph.D. and the transition to a competitive career in academia and industry. Over the duration of the project and beyond, the BD program at UConn serves to increase the number and quality of students from underrepresented groups completing STEMPh.D. degrees and entering the STEM workforce. Formative and summative evaluation will occur with the summative evaluation including a comparison group to assess impact of the program interventions on student outcomes. The long-term impact of the BD activity is reflected in America's STEM workforce, both academia and in industrial research and development. By nurturing future STEM leaders, the value added is seen in the visibility of underrepresented minorities inscience and engineering, increasing representation and providing role models and motivation for the next generation.