Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: North Carolina STEM Alliance

路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过努力显著增加历史上代表性不足的少数族裔（非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人或阿拉斯加原住民）学生的数量，夏威夷原住民或其他太平洋岛民)成功完成高质量的STEM学位课程。由中央皮埃蒙特社区学院领导的北卡罗来纳州STEM联盟（NCSA）与合作伙伴福赛斯技术社区学院和吉尔福德技术社区学院将推进和创新在首届LSAMP通往学士学位（B2B）项目下启动的当前实践。联盟的目标是增加传统上代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）学生从两年制院校转学到STEM学士学位课程的人数，通过有针对性的参与、职业探索和结构化的学术途径，增加这些学生的接触和机会，并通过基于研究的干预措施，包括积极的建议，提高保留率和学生的成功率，从而实现这一目标。为入门STEM课程、课程调整、教师指导、学术研讨会、夏季桥梁项目以及研究和劳动力经验提供指导和辅导。以STEM为重点的学术和项目对北卡罗来纳州的劳动力需求和经济竞争力以及维持国家的经济健康至关重要。数据分析和评估将有助于不断加强项目活动，并为研究和评估项目的成功提供机会。项目领导团队将通过参加国家和会议、高等教育网络、网站和其他社交媒体渠道，传播有关项目成果的信息，分享最佳做法和经验教训。最后，该伙伴关系的区域性质将允许URM STEM重点模式的持续合作和扩展。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 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students from historically underrepresented minority populations (African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians or Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or Other Pacific Islanders) to successfully complete high quality degree programs in STEM. The North Carolina STEM Alliance (NCSA), led by Central Piedmont Community College, with partners Forsyth Technical Community College and Guilford Technical Community College will advance and innovate current practices initiated under the inaugural LSAMP Bridge to the Baccalaureate (B2B) project. The goal of the alliance, to increase the number of traditionally underrepresented minority (URM) students who transfer from the two-year institutions into STEM baccalaureate degree programs, will be achieved by increasing access and opportunities for these students through targeted engagement, career exploration, and structured academic pathways, and by improving retention and student success through research-based interventions, that include proactive advising, coaching and tutoring for gateway STEM courses, curriculum alignment, faculty mentoring, academic workshops, summer bridge programs, and, research and workforce experiences. STEM focused academics and programs are vital to the workforce need and economic competitiveness inNorth Carolina and maintaining the economic health of the nation. Data analysis and evaluation will contribute to continuously enhancing the project activities and provide opportunities for researchingand evaluating the success of the program. The project leadership team will disseminate information about the results of the project, sharing best practices and lessons learned through participation in national and conferences, higher education networks, website, and other social media outlets. Finally, the regional nature of the partnership will allow for continued collaboration and expansion of the URM STEM focused model.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.