The Greater Alabama Black Belt Region (GABBR) LSAMP

大阿拉巴马州黑带地区(GABBR)联盟的目标是(1)提高未被充分代表的少数族裔STEM学位的数量和质量，(2)增加进入研究生院的未被充分代表的少数族裔本科生的数量和质量，以及(3)调查和宣传该项目对目标学生的招生、留住、成功和毕业的影响。该联盟使用当代辅导战略，通过注重研究的干预措施、公私合作伙伴关系和海外留学计划，建立一个得到充分支持的学者网络，以提高其学者在STEM途径(大学预科、大学头两年和大学最后两年)过程中获得的STEM教育质量。GABBR联盟由八所学院和大学组成：阿拉巴马州立大学、奥本大学、蒙哥马利大学、企业州立社区学院、南方联盟州立社区学院、特洛伊大学、塔斯基吉大学和西阿拉巴马大学；以及两个国家实验室：布鲁克海文国家实验室中心和橡树岭国家实验室。GABBR包括阿拉巴马州黑带的17个县和毗邻阿拉巴马州黑带的3个县。在这些县和伙伴机构，GABBR的目标是在五年内将代表性不足的少数民族STEM学士学位和副学士学位的数量增加100%，分别从422个增加到844个，从91个增加到182个。

The Greater Alabama Black Belt Region (GABBR) Alliance goals are to (1) increase the quantity and quality of underrepresented minority STEM degrees, (2) increase the quantity and quality of underrepresented minority undergraduates entering graduate school, and (3) investigate and disseminate the project's impact on recruitment, retention, success, and graduation of target students. The Alliance uses contemporary mentoring strategies to create a network of scholars who are adequately supported through research-focused interventions, public-private partnerships, and study abroad programs to enhance the quality of STEM education for its scholars as they progress through the STEM pathway (pre-college, first two years of college, and last two years of college). The knowledge and findings that is being generated by the project illuminates factors central to promoting interest and persistence in STEM studies and in STEM career trajectories for URMs, especially those from rural communities.GABBR Alliance consists of eight colleges and universities: Alabama State University, Auburn University, Auburn University Montgomery, Enterprise State Community College, Southern Union State Community College, Troy University, Tuskegee University, and University of West Alabama; and two national laboratories: Brookhaven National Laboratory Center and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. GABBR encompasses 17 counties in the Alabama Black Belt and three counties adjacent to the Alabama Black Belt. Within these counties and at the partner institutions, GABBR aims at increasing the number of underrepresented minority STEM bachelor and associate degrees by 100% in five years, from 422 to 844 and 91 to 182, respectively.