Mentoring Effectiveness in Undergraduate Research: An Examination of Its Impacts on Minority Students? Self-Efficacy and Persistence in STEM Fields

佐治亚州-阿拉巴马州少数群体参与STEM路径和研究非技术段佐治亚州-阿拉巴马州LSAMP STEM路径和研究联盟由9个伙伴机构组成，即克拉克亚特兰大大学(牵头机构)、亚特兰大大都会州立学院、佐治亚州立大学、J.F.德雷克社区与技术学院、劳森州立社区学院、莫尔豪斯学院、西乔治亚大学、佩恩学院和斯佩尔曼学院。该联盟将通过在其他联盟伙伴中复制我们的示范机构(佐治亚州立大学和斯佩尔曼学院)最成功的战略，在教育和准备代表不足的少数族裔学生方面提供变革性的领导。通过本科生研究、技术提升、学术建议、专业发展计划、科学报告和从两年制到四年制学院和大学的新途径的指导相结合，学生将提高他们的表现和在STEM领域攻读学士学位的进展，并为在这些领域攻读研究生课程做好准备。这实际上将增加STEM劳动力可用的合格和多样化专业人员的数量。该项目的一个重要组成部分是由教职员工对学生进行指导。我们将评估联盟内四年制院校教师的指导能力，并检查教师发展对指导能力和学生的影响。佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与联盟(GA-AL LSAMP)由9个伙伴机构组成，即克拉克亚特兰大大学(牵头机构/HBCU)、亚特兰大大都会州立学院(社区学院)、佐治亚州立大学(GSU/MSI)、J.F.德雷克社区与技术学院(MSI)、劳森州立社区学院(MSI)、莫尔豪斯学院(全部为男性/HBCU)、西乔治亚大学(UWG)、佩恩学院(HBCU)、和斯佩尔曼学院(全是女性/HBCU)。通过在本科研究、技术增强、学术建议、专业发展计划、科学演讲和从两年制到四年制学院和大学转学的新途径的结合，该联盟将增加未被充分代表的少数族裔科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学生的数量，在这种情况下，主要是非裔美国人，他们毕业于理科学士学位。该联盟将共同努力实现以下目标：1)在五年内逐步增加10%的少数族裔学生进入STEM专业的人数；2)在五年内逐步增加联盟中少数族裔STEM学生的持续性和进步性，使其平均达到85%；3)在五年内逐步增加从联盟两年制社区学院转到四年制学士院校的少数族裔STEM学生的数量10%；4)在五年内逐步增加少数族裔STEM学士毕业生的数量，从2016-2017学年的基线总数629人在五年内逐步增加10%，5)逐步增加从五年以上竞争进入研究生学位课程的少数族裔STEM学士学位毕业生的数量，以及6)开展教育研究，以了解本科研究指导对GA-AL LSAMP学者作为少数族裔STEM专业的坚持、进步和毕业的影响。该计划实际上将增加STEM劳动力可用的合格和多样化专业人员的数量。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

GEORGIA ALABAMA LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (GA-AL LSAMP) STEM PATHWAY AND RESEARCH ALLIANCENon-technical paragraphThe Georgia-Alabama LSAMP STEM Pathways and Research Alliance is comprised of the nine partner institutions, namely, Clark Atlanta University (Lead institution), Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Georgia State University, J.F. Drake Community and Technical College, Lawson State Community College, Morehouse College, University of West Georgia, Paine College and Spelman College. The alliance will provide transformative leadership in the education and preparation of underrepresented minority students by replicating the most successful strategies from our model institutions (Georgia State university and Spelman College) among the rest of our alliance partners. Through a combination of mentoring in undergraduate research, technology enhancement, academic advising, professional development programs, scientific presentations and new pathways for transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges and universities, students will improve their performance and their progress towards earing BS degrees in STEM fields and will be prepared for pursuing graduate studies in these areas. This will in effect increase the number of qualified and diverse professionals available for the STEM workforce. A significant component of the program is the mentoring of students by faculty. We will assess the mentoring capacity of faculty at the 4-year institutions within the alliance and examine the impact of faculty development on mentoring competence and on students? outcomes, such as science-self efficacy, persistence, degree completion in STEM fields, and enrollment in graduate programs in these fields.Technical paragraphThe Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (GA-AL LSAMP) is comprised of nine partner institutions, namely, Clark Atlanta University (Lead institution/HBCU), Atlanta Metropolitan State College (community college), Georgia State University (GSU/MSI), J.F. Drake Community and Technical College (MSI) Lawson State Community College (MSI), Morehouse College (all male/HBCU), University of West Georgia, (UWG), Paine College (HBCU), and Spelman College (all female/HBCU). Through a combination of mentoring in undergraduate research, technology enhancement, academic advising, professional development programs, scientific presentations and new pathways for transfer from 2-year to 4-year colleges and universities, the alliance will increase the number of underrepresented minority science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students, in this case predominantly African Americans, who graduate with BS degrees. The alliance will work collaboratively to accomplish the following goals: 1) Progressively increase the number of minority students recruited into STEM majors by 10 % over five-years, 2) Progressively increase persistence and progression of minority STEM students in the alliance to an average of 85% over five-years, 3) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM students transferring from alliance two-year community colleges to four-year baccalaureate institutions by 10% over five- years, 4) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM baccalaureate graduates from the academic year 2016 -2017 baseline total of 629 by 10% over five years, 5) Progressively increase the number of minority STEM baccalaureate graduates who compete successfully for entry into graduate degree programs from over five-years, and 6) Conduct educational research to access the impact of mentoring in undergraduate research on GA-AL LSAMP scholars' persistence, progress and graduation as minority STEM majors. The program will in effect, increase the number of qualified and diverse professionals available for the STEM workforceThis 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.