Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways Implementation-Only Alliance: The Tennessee Valley Tri-State LSAMP Alliance-Creating a Pathway of Success for General STEM Education

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院努力大幅增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程录取并成功完成的学生数量，以实现STEM劳动力的多样化。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STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的种族和族裔群体：黑人和非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉丁裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些战略有助于培养准备充分的学生，这些学生非常合格，有动力在STEM攻读研究生教育或职业生涯。培养STEM人才的需求已经确立。美国要想保持全球竞争力，就必须挖掘其所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。由北阿拉巴马大学(UNA)领导的田纳西山谷三州STEM路径实施联盟(SPIO)包括田纳西马丁大学(UTM)、密西西比女子大学(MUW)和西北浅滩社区学院(NW-SCC)。这些机构位于NSF既定的激励竞争研究(EPSCoR)司法管辖区的计划中。作为2020年LSAMP规划奖的结果，该项目的目标是执行一条专门设计的路径，以改善本科入学学生的一般STEM教育结果。活动包括为即将到来的学者创建和实施一年一度的夏季桥梁计划，重点放在基本的数学准备和基本的科学技能上，一年一度的全联盟研讨会，实践技能发展，同行辅导和社会支持。在我们的每个地点专门接触一批STEM教师导师将促进和支持学生参与研究活动。从长远来看，该联盟拥有前所未有的机会，为地区和国家就业市场注入来自农村背景的训练有素和多样化的STEM专业人员。这一奖项反映了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。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines in order to diversify the STEM workforce. 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: Blacks and African Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. These strategies facilitate the production of well-prepared students, highly qualified and motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM. The need for cultivating STEM talent has been well established. For the United States to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. The Tennessee Valley Tri-State STEM Pathways Implementation-Only (SPIO) Alliance, under the leadership of the University of North Alabama (UNA), includes the University of Tennessee Martin (UTM), Mississippi University for Women (MUW) and Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC). The institutions are located in NSF's Established Programs to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) jurisdictions. Resulting from a 2020 LSAMP planning award, the project's objective is designed to execute a pathway specifically devised to improve general STEM education outcomes for students matriculating in undergraduate studies. Activities include creating and implementing an annual Summer Bridge Program for incoming Scholars focused on basic math preparation and basic science skills, an annual Alliance-wide symposium, practical skills development, peer tutoring, and social supports. Dedicated access to a cohort of STEM Faculty mentors at each of our sites will promote and support student engagement in research activities. In the long-term, the alliance has an unprecedented opportunity to infuse regional and national job markets with trained and diverse STEM professionals from rural backgrounds.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.