Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划协助大学和学院努力显著增加学生入学人数并成功完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的高质量学位课程，以使STEM劳动力多样化。 特别强调通过创新的，基于证据的招聘和保留策略，以及相关的教育经验，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体，如非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，美洲印第安人，阿拉斯加原住民，夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民，来改变本科STEM教育。 这些策略促进了准备充分的学生的生产高素质和积极性，以追求研究生教育或在STEM的职业生涯。为了保持全球竞争力，它必须利用所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。 城市马萨诸塞州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（UMLSAMP）计划成立于2007年，以应对更多样化和熟练的技术劳动力的需求。 这种需要仍然存在，在马萨诸塞州联邦东部地区尤为迫切。 参与机构包括马萨诸塞州的三个校区（波士顿、达特茅斯和洛厄尔）;温特沃斯理工学院;以及四个社区学院合作伙伴（布里斯托、掩体希尔、米德尔塞克斯和罗克斯伯里）。 UMLSAMP的目标是增加1）黑人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民STEM学生的数量50%; 2）授予黑人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生的学士学位STEM学位150%; 3）从联盟社区学院成功转入BS STEM专业的学生150%。 这些目标支持美国国家科学基金会的战略目标，即“培养世界一流的、广泛包容的科学和工程劳动力，扩大所有公民的科学素养。“这些目标将通过基于联盟过去10年经验的战略来实现，其中包括但不限于：促进学习小组，补充教学，研究技能发展研讨会，指导研究经验的本科生在干，和社区服务项目。知识生成研究学习将采用多层次，混合方法设计的假设，了解有助于LSAMP成功的具体方案方面，在联盟机构制度化，并在高等教育部门复制它们，可以为国家各领域STEM技能劳动力的多样化做出重大贡献。 经验教训和方案成果将通过在线交流渠道、参加国家和国际学生成功和STEM相关会议和研讨会以及同行评审出版物传播。 项目目标的进展将根据UMLSAMP逻辑模型并通过外部评估人员的参与进行内部跟踪。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in order to diversify the STEM workforce. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, and relevant educational experiences in support of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. These strategies facilitate the production of well-prepared students highly-qualified and motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM.For the United States (U.S.) to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. The Urban Massachusetts Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UMLSAMP) program was established in 2007 in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the Eastern Region of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Participating institutions include three University of Massachusetts campuses (Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell); Wentworth Institute of Technology; and four community college partners (Bristol, Bunker Hill, Middlesex, and Roxbury). The UMLSAMP's goals are to increase the number of 1) Black, Hispanic, and Native American STEM students by 50%; 2) Baccalaureate STEM degrees awarded to Black, Hispanic, and Native American students by 150%; and 3) Students who successfully transfer from Alliance community colleges into BS STEM majors by 150%. These goals support the National Science Foundation's strategic goal to "cultivate a world-class, broadly inclusive science and engineering workforce, and expand the scientific literacy of all citizens." The goals will be accomplished by strategies based on the previous 10 years of Alliance experience to include but are not limited to: Facilitated Study Groups, Supplemental Instruction, Research Skills Development Workshops, Mentored Research Experiences for Undergraduates in STEM, and Community Service Projects.The knowledge generating research study will employ a multi-layered, mixed-methods design with the supposition that understanding the specific programmatic aspects that contribute to LSAMP's success, institutionalizing these at Alliance institutions, and replicating them across the higher education sector can make a significant contribution to diversifying the nation's STEM-skilled workforce in all fields. Lessons learned and programmatic outcomes will be disseminated through online communication channels, participation in national and international student success and STEM related conferences and workshops, and peer-reviewed publications. Progress towards project goals will be carefully tracked internally in accordance with the UMLSAMP Logical Model and through the engagement of an external evaluator.