Louis Stokes STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: North Star STEM Alliance (NSSA)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院努力显著增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，以使STEM劳动力多样化，并支持STEM学术研究的生产，扩大参与。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留策略，以及相关的教育经验来改变本科STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的种族和族裔群体：黑人和非裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉丁裔美国人、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。这些策略促进了极具竞争力的学生的产生，他们有动力追求STEM的研究生教育或职业生涯。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。北极星STEM联盟（NSSA）由明尼苏达大学的四个校区（双子城、德卢斯、莫里斯和罗切斯特）组成；七所明尼苏达州立学院和大学（贝米吉州立学院、世纪学院、丰杜拉克部落和社区学院、大都会州立学院、明尼阿波利斯社区和技术学院、圣克劳德州立学院），两所部落学院（白土部落和社区学院和红湖国家学院）和三所私立学院（奥格斯堡、卡尔顿和圣奥拉夫）。社区合作伙伴包括明尼苏达科学博物馆、明尼苏达高科技协会和明尼苏达教育公平伙伴关系。在五年的时间里，该联盟将通过为国内和国际研究经验、实习、补充指导和其他学生支持服务以及联盟研究会议提供财政支持（津贴），将STEM学士学位从2022年的700个增加到2028年的每年1000个，作为招聘和保留的循证高影响力实践。社会科学研究项目考察了STEM毕业生从大学毕业后的转变，特别关注与职业道路相关的过渡阶段的心理社会因素。前瞻性和回顾性数据的结合将产生关于如何帮助学生在学士学位之后走向他们的教育和职业道路的下一步。该联盟将通过美国教育研究协会（AERA）、国际学习科学学会（International Society for The Learning Sciences）等专业协会等会议，广泛传播项目评估活动和NSSA研究的结果。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 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 and supports the production of scholarly research in STEM broadening participation. 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 highly competitive students motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM. For the United States (U.S.) 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 North Star STEM Alliance (NSSA) consists of four University of Minnesota campuses (Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris and Rochester); seven Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (Bemidji State, Century College, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Metropolitan State, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, St. Cloud State College), two tribal colleges (White Earth Tribal and Community College and Red Lake Nation College) and three private colleges (Augsburg, Carleton, and St. Olaf). Community partners include the Science Museum of Minnesota, Minnesota High Tech Association, and the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership. Over the five-year period, the alliance will increase STEM B. S. degrees from 700 in 2022 to 1,000 annually by 2028 by providing financial support (stipends) for domestic and international research experiences, internships, supplemental instruction and other student support services and alliances research conferences as evidence-based high impact practices in recruitment and retention. The social science research project examines the transition of STEM graduates from college, focusing particularly on psychosocial factors during points of transition associated with career pathways. The combination of prospective and retrospective data will be produced about how to help orient students beyond the bachelor’s degree and toward the next steps in their educational and career pathways. The alliance will broadly disseminate results from project evaluation activities and the NSSA study via conferences such as American Educational Research Association (AERA), International Society for the Learning Sciences among other professional associations.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.