Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (CSU-LSAMP)

在Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)的支持下，加州州立大学(CSU)LSAMP是一个协调和全面的计划，致力于在CSU系统的所有23个校区扩大对STEM的参与。自1993年成立以来，CSU-LSAMP已经服务了近30,000名CSU学生，其中83%来自历史上在STEM中代表性不足的种族和民族群体。通过每年吸引约2,000名参与者，CSU-LSAMP将继续对提高STEM学生的整体坚持性和授予代表性不足的学生的STEM学位数量产生重大影响。CSU-LSAMP已经表明，参加本科生研究经历的LSAMP学生的毕业率和STEM研究生学位完成率都有所提高。展望未来，CSU-LSAMP将利用其庞大的规模、多样化的机构和协调的结构来产生关于包容性指导实践对本科研究人员学术成功的影响的新知识。该项目的具体目标是：(1)增加在STEM获得本科生和研究生学位的职业生涯中面临经济、教育和社会障碍的学生的数量；(2)关于强调文化意识的指导实践对来自少数群体的本科STEM研究人员的学术坚持和职业选择的影响的新知识；以及(3)创建一个制度化和可持续性的计划，以支持整个CSU系统中STEM学生的学业保留和成功。通过使用有目的的抽样策略对LSAMP学生研究人员及其教师导师进行一项混合方法研究，CSU-LSAMP将出版学术著作，重点了解研究导师培训和实践在影响本科生STEM研究人员的学术成功和职业决策中所扮演的角色，包括对文化多样性的关注。研究结果将广泛传播到全国LSAMP和学术研究社区，以确保复制成功的本科生包容性指导实践，作为一种干预模式，增加学生进入STEM研究生课程的机会，并成功录取他们。LSAMP计划对学生的发展和留住采取了全面的方法。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留战略以及相关的教育经验来转变本科生的STEM教育，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的种族和族裔群体。因此，该项目将对扩大学术和科学研究的参与做出重大贡献。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。

With support from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) this STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (SPRA) from the lead institution at Sacramento State, the California State University (CSU) LSAMP is a coordinated and comprehensive program dedicated to broadening participation in STEM at all 23 campuses of the CSU system. Since its inception in 1993, CSU-LSAMP has served close to 30,000 CSU students where 83% are from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM. By engaging approximately 2,000 participants annually, CSU-LSAMP will continue to have a significant impact on increasing overall STEM student persistence and the number of STEM degrees awarded to underrepresented students. CSU-LSAMP has already illustrated increased rates of graduation and completion of STEM graduate degrees for LSAMP students who participated in undergraduate research experiences. Moving forward, CSU-LSAMP will leverage its large size, varied institutions, and coordinated structure to produce new knowledge on the impact of inclusive mentoring practices on the academic success of undergraduate researchers.The specific aims of the project are to: (1) increase the number of students who face economic, educational, and social barriers in careers in STEM earning undergraduate and graduate STEM degrees; (2) contribute new knowledge about the impacts of mentoring practices that emphasize cultural awareness on the academic persistence and career choices of undergraduate STEM researchers from minoritized populations; and (3) create a plan of institutionalization and sustainability that supports the academic retention and success of STEM students across the CSU system. By conducting a mixed-methods study using a purposive sampling strategy to survey LSAMP student researchers and their faculty mentors across the 23 CSU campuses, CSU-LSAMP will produce scholarly works focused on understanding the role research mentor training and practices, including attention to cultural diversity, play in influencing the academic success and career decisions of undergraduate STEM researchers. Results of the study will be broadly disseminated to the national LSAMP, and academic research communities to ensure the replication of successful undergraduate inclusive mentoring practices as an intervention model that increases student access to, and success in admissions to STEM graduate programs. The LSAMP program takes a comprehensive approach to student development and retention. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, and relevant educational experiences in support of racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines. Therefore, the project will contribute significantly the broadening participation in academe and science research.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.