LSAMP BD: University of Arizona, Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities

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）活动的目标是增加历史上代表性不足的少数民族人口的STEM研究生的数量和竞争力，重点是STEM博士的入学和完成。2018-2020年西部联盟扩大学生机会（WAESO） LSAMP BD计划将从全国LSAMP机构招募12名校友，在亚利桑那大学（UA）进行STEM学士学位后学习。为每名学生提供为期两年的津贴和学费形式的学生支助。该机构承诺通过研究和教学助教以及竞争性机构奖学金机会在经济上帮助学生完成STEM博士学位课程。评估包括形成性和总结性两种方法，并纳入研究生教育自我效能量表（GESES）工具，量化学术、研究和社交技能的自我效能。研究结果将通过该机构的网站、学术期刊和STEM专业会议上的演讲广泛传播。研究和评估活动的项目成果增加了在研究生和研究生阶段扩大STEM学科参与的学术知识，同时促进了国家STEM劳动力的多样性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 competitiveness of STEM graduate students from historically underrepresented minority populations, with emphasis on STEM doctoral matriculation and completion.The 2018-2020 Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities (WAESO) LSAMP BD program will recruit twelve (12) alumni from LSAMP institutions nationwide for STEM postbaccalaureate studies at the University of Arizona (UA). Student support in the form of stipends and cost of education are provided for two years for each student. The institution commits to assisting the students financially through research and teaching assistantships as well as through competitive institutional fellowship opportunities to complete the STEM doctoral degree program.The evaluation consists of formative and summative approaches and incorporates the graduate education self-efficacy scale (GESES) instrument which quantifies self-efficacy for academic, research and social skills. Outcomes will be disseminated broadly through the institution's website, scholarly journals, and presentations at STEM professional conferences. The project findings from the research and evaluative activities increases scholarly knowledge on broadening participation in STEM disciplines at the graduate and post-graduate level while contributing to the diversity of the nation's STEM workforce.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.