Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Pathways Alliance

路易斯·斯托克斯密西西比STEM途径和研究联盟是一个综合性的全州计划，旨在支持基础广泛的STEM教育，并为密西西比州所有地理区域的STEM职业提供途径。该联盟由9所大专院校组成，这些院校通过集体共享资源并结合各自院校的优势进行合作，有着悠久的历史。这些机构包括杰克逊州立大学（领导机构）、密西西比大学、密西西比州立大学、奥尔康州立大学、密西西比河谷州立大学、南密西西比大学、图加卢学院、三角洲州立大学和海因兹社区学院。该联盟将在全州范围内招募和支持经济上处于不利地位的少数族裔学生。美国国家科学基金会提供的支持已经并将继续有助于培养从本科到研究生课程中未被代表的STEM学生。许多就读于STEM学科的密西西比州学生可能会在大学一年后换专业。LS-MAMP将为学生成功招聘、保留和过渡到STEM专业制定途径，并将帮助该地区大量URM学生改变这些模式。这些努力将通过计划性活动进行，如指导、侵入式干预、立法改革、（2+2）社区大学项目和转学、会议、专家演讲、暑期实习、咨询和许多其他活动，以改进这些成功，并保留和毕业这些热情但准备不足的STEM学生，从本科到研究生，再到STEM领域。在州内建立一个强大的、战略性的、富有成效的STEM毕业生管道的必要性再怎么强调也不为过。该联盟将继续为学生提供机会，并为他们提供必要的基础，以应对各州和全国的科学技术需求和挑战。国家的科学和技术需求以及国家人口统计和教育需求所带来的独特机会使该联盟成为国家科学基金会的强大合作伙伴。密西西比STEM路径和研究联盟的使命将由1)完成。在未来五年内，将STEM本科招生和招聘人数增加35%，将STEM保留率和学士学位毕业率提高30%。3)在未来五年内，将进入STEM研究生项目的学生人数增加25%。增加学术研究的产出和传播，扩大URM学生在STEM学科的参与，4)。5)将每年获得国际研究经验的学生人数从20人增加到30人。通过与国家实验室、工业、州外大学和科学协会的合作，为学生提供指导和STEM研究经验；6)通过持续的制度化支持联盟倡议。(7)。参与教育研究，提供可持续的全学院模式，以突出高影响力的最佳实践，并进行对照组研究，以大幅提高URM学生在STEM领域的毕业率。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 Mississippi STEM Pathways and Research Alliance is a comprehensive statewide program that is designed to support broad-based STEM education and to provide pathways to STEM careers in all geographical areas of the state of Mississippi. This alliance is comprised of nine (9) post-secondary institutions that have a long history of cooperation through collective sharing of resources combined with individual institutional strengths. The institutions include Jackson State University (the lead institution), the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Tougaloo College, Delta State University, and Hinds Community College. The alliance will recruit and support the economically disadvantaged minority student population throughout the state. The support provided by NSF has been, and will continue to be instrumental to the training of students unrepresented in STEM from undergraduate through graduate programs. Many Mississippi students enrolled in STEM disciplines will likely change their majors after the first year in college. LS-MAMP will develop pathways for successful, recruitment, retention and transition of students to STEM majors and will aid in changing these patterns for a significant number of URM students in the region. These efforts will be carried out through programmatic activities such as mentoring, intrusive intervention, legislative changes, (2+2) community college program and transfers, conferences, expert speakers, summer internships, advising and many other activities to improve upon these successes and to retain and graduate these enthusiastic yet less prepared STEM students from undergraduate to graduate and to STEM fields. The need for a strong, strategic, and productive STEM graduate pipeline within the state cannot be overemphasized. The alliance will continue to provide opportunities for students and equip them with the foundation necessary to tackle the states' and the nation's science and technology needs and challenges. The scientific and technological needs of the nation as well as the unique opportunity presented by the demographics and educational needs of the state makes the alliance a strong partner of the National Science Foundation. The mission of the Mississippi STEM Pathways and Research Alliance will be accomplished by 1). Increasing undergraduate STEM enrollment and recruitment by 35% and increasing STEM retention and baccalaureate graduation by 30% over the next five years, 2). Increasing the number of students matriculating into STEM graduate program pipelines by 25% over the next five years, 3). Increasing the production and dissemination of scholarly research on broadening participation of URM students in STEM discipline, 4). Increasing the number of students gaining international research experiences from 20 to 30 students annually, 5). Providing mentoring and STEM research experiences for students through partnerships with national laboratories, industry, out-of-state universities, and scientific societies, 6), Supporting the alliance initiatives via continued institutionalization. (7). Engaging in educational research that will provide a sustainable institution-wide model to highlight high impact best practices, and control group study to drastically improve the graduation rates of URM students in STEM fields.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.