Louis Stokes B2B Alliance: Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate 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。通往学士学位联盟（TB-B2B）的坦帕湾大桥将以他们第一个项目的成功活动为基础，重点关注以证据为基础的策略，以改善招聘和数学方面的成功。此外，他们将为教师提供指导培训，并对教师的动机和参与进行研究。TB-B2B将以当前项目的经验教训为基础，重组联盟活动，增加对联盟机构招聘的关注，使用循证战略提高数学成绩，并为教师提供导师培训。前一个项目通过建议、指导和同伴联系来支持学生留校的活动将继续进行，包括本科生研究经历、职业探索和专业发展。所有这些活动都将得到区域合作伙伴网络的支持，包括四年制院校、研究中心和STEM企业。在领导团队、联盟数据团队和外部评估人员的支持和参与下，全面的项目评估将成为实现项目目标和传播成功战略的基础。TB-B2B项目由圣彼得堡学院牵头，与希尔伯勒社区学院和佛罗里达海牛-萨拉索塔州立学院合作，南佛罗里达大学作为非正式合作伙伴。TB-B2B建立在他们的第一个项目的基础上，该项目旨在增加URM STEM专业学生向四年制院校的转移，以支持整个地区在STEM学位获得和职业成就方面的努力，以增加区域STEM企业的多样性。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 Tampa Bay Bridge to the Baccalaureate Alliance (TB-B2B) will build on the successful activities in their first project to focus on evidence-based strategies to improve recruitment, and success in mathematics. In addition, they will provide mentoring training for faculty paired with a research study on faculty motivation and engagement. TB-B2B will build on the lessons learned from the current project to restructure Alliance activities with an increased focus on recruitment at Alliance institutions, using evidence-based strategies to improve success in mathematics, and mentor training for faculty. Activities from the previous project to support student retention through advising, mentorship and peer connections will continue, including undergraduate research experiences, career exploration and professional development. All of these activities will be supported by a network of regional partners, including four year institutions, research centers and STEM enterprises. Comprehensive project evaluation with the support and participation of the leadership team, an Alliance Data Team, and an external evaluator will form the basis for achieving project goals and disseminating successful strategies. TB-B2B is led by St. Petersburg College in partnership with Hillborough Community College and State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, with the University of South Florida as an informal partner. TB-B2B builds on the foundation established in their first project to increase transfer of URM STEM majors to four year institutions to bolster the region-wide effort in STEM degree attainment and career achievement to increase the diversity of the regional STEM enterprise.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.