Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliances: The Illinois LSAMP STEM Pathway and Research Alliance (ILSPRA)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟项目是一个以联盟为基础的项目。该项目的理论是基于学生留存率的Tinto模型。该计划的总体目标是帮助大学和学院通过增加STEM研究生课程的STEM学士学位和硕士学位参与者的数量，使国家的科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力多样化，以满足这些学科历史上代表性不足的人群：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。伊利诺斯州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ILSAMP）由芝加哥州立大学（CSU）领导，重组后由伊利诺斯州城市和农村地区的15所公立和私立大学、社区学院和非学术组织组成。除了科罗拉多州立大学，四年制大学还包括德保罗大学（DPU）、州长州立大学（GSU）、伊利诺伊理工学院（IIT）、东北伊利诺伊大学（NEIU）、南伊利诺伊大学、爱德华兹维尔大学（SIUE）、伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）和伊利诺伊大学斯普林菲尔德分校（UIS）。参与的两年制机构是草原州立学院（PSC）、马尔科姆·艾克斯学院（MXC）、莫顿学院（MC）和圣奥古斯丁学院（SAC）。这两个非学术部门的合作伙伴包括阿贡国家实验室和菲尔德自然历史博物馆。将进行扩大参与研究，以进一步加强LSAMP模式。该项目的研究结果将通过路易斯·斯托克斯中西部卓越区域中心扩大参与（LSMRCE），通过学术期刊和STEM会议在国内和国际上广泛传播。在为期5年的项目结束时，ILSPRA将显著增加URM获得STEM学位的学生数量，并加入STEM劳动力或进入STEM研究生课程。此外，通过实施创新项目的关键要素，如整个联盟的学习助理（LA）模型，将产生新的知识。ILSPRA项目团队将实现三个主要目标：1)提供学术，专业和社会活动，以提高URM学生在STEM学士学位课程中的参与度，保留率和进步；2)在关键的过渡时刻提供机会，支持URM学生从两年制大学到四年制大学，从四年制大学到STEM研究生课程或劳动力。3)根据ILSPRA项目中URM STEM学生和导师的学术、个人和专业经验，开发和传播创新的STEM指导模式。由联盟伙伴机构的校长或其他高级管理人员组成的理事会将为各自的机构提供支持和机构影响力。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 program is an alliance-based program. The program's theory is based on the Tinto model for student retention. The overall goal of the program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation's science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate degrees and postbaccalaureate participants in STEM graduate studies to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines: African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ILSAMP), led by Chicago State University (CSU), is reorganized to consist of a diverse group of 15 public and private universities, community colleges and non-academic organizations in urban and rural settings within the state of Illinois. In addition to CSU, four-year institutions include DePaul University (DPU), Governors State University (GSU), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (SIUE), University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS). The participating two-year institutions are Prairie State College (PSC), Malcolm X College (MXC), Morton College (MC) and Saint Augustine College (SAC). The two non-academic sector partners consist of Argonne National Laboratory and the Field Museum of Natural History. Broadening participation research will be conducted to further strengthen the LSAMP model. Findings from the project will be disseminated broadly via the Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence in Broadening Participation (LSMRCE), via scholarly journals and STEM conferences nationally and internationally. By the end of the 5-year project the ILSPRA will significantly increase the number of URM students graduating with STEM degrees and joining the STEM workforce or matriculating into STEM graduate programs. Additionally, new knowledge will be generated through the implementation of key elements of innovative programming such as the Learning Assistant (LA) model across the alliance.The ILSPRA project team will implement three primary objectives:1) Provide academic,professional and social activities to increase URM students' engagement, retention, and progress in STEM baccalaureate degree programs, 2) Provide opportunities during the critical transition junctures to support URM student from two-year to four-year institutions and from four-year institutions into STEM graduate programs or workforce, and 3) Develop and disseminate innovative STEM mentoring models based on the academic, personal, and professional experiences of URM STEM students and mentors in this ILSPRA program. The Governing Board, made up of the Presidents or other senior administrators from the alliance partner institutions, will provide the buy-in and the institutional clout for their respective institutions.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.