LSAMP BD: University of Texas at El Paso - University of Texas System LSAMP

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程的学生数量，使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的群体：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。博士之桥(BD)活动为获得STEM博士学位的STEM项目的学士学位后学习提供支持。德克萨斯大学路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(UT LSAMP)将在德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)主持博士学位(BD)项目，这是一所为拉美裔服务的机构，也是该联盟的牵头机构。来自STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的少数群体(URM)和来自全国各地的LSAMP校友池的12名研究员将被选为参加这项为期两年的计划。拟议的项目基于UT System LSAMP在制定成功和可复制的战略方面收集的经验，以确保大量URM学生毕业于科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)本科学位并完成STEM博士学位。UTEP的项目尤其建立在与UT系统LSAMP社区中先前的BD队列一起开发和测试的经过验证的指导模型的基础上。它促进了学生的研究和专业技能、价值观和态度的成熟。该项目的成果将进一步使该国的STEM劳动力多样化。它将使新兴研究型大学在STEM研究生教育方面有希望的做法能够为那些与参与这一机构联盟的学生相似的学生复制。自2003年以来，该联盟已经支持了118名不同的BD参与者攻读STEM硕士或博士学位。评估工作将确定需要采取哪些干预措施，让来自代表性不足的少数群体的合格学生成功地从他们的本科STEM学科过渡到他们所研究领域的博士课程，其速度与所有同等资质的学生相当或超过。结果将通过专业研究会议、学术期刊、机构网站和社交媒体在国内和国际上传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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 their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree 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 groups historically underrepresented 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 postbaccalaureate studies in STEM programs leading to the STEM doctoral degree. The University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP) will host a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), a Hispanic-serving institution and the lead institution of the Alliance. Twelve fellows from historically underrepresented minority (URM) groups in STEM disciplines and from the LSAMP alumni pool from across the nation will be selected to participate in the two-year program. The proposed project builds on experiences gathered by the UT System LSAMP on the development of successful and replicable strategies to ensure that large numbers of URM students graduate with undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and complete STEM doctoral degrees. The project at UTEP, in particular, builds on a proven mentoring model developed and tested with prior BD cohorts within the UT System LSAMP community. It promotes the maturation of the students' research and professional skills, values, and attitudes. The project results will further diversify the nation's STEM workforce. It will enable the replication of promising practices in STEM graduate education at emerging research universities for students with profiles similar to those participating in this alliance of institutions. Since 2003, the alliance has supported 118 diverse BD participants pursuing STEM M. S. or Ph.D. degrees.Evaluative efforts will determine which interventions are needed for qualified students from underrepresented minority groups to successfully transition from their undergraduate STEM disciplines to the completion of a Ph.D. program in their field of study, at rates comparable to or exceeding those of all similarly qualified students. Outcomes will be disseminated nationally and internationally through professional research conferences, scholarly journals, institutional websites, and social media.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.