LSAMP - The Georgia Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation

Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta GA

Investigators

Abstract

The Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation proposes to extend its activities into Phase II. The Georgia LSAMP Partner institutions include the four United Negro College Fund institutions in Georgia: Clark Atlanta University, the lead institution, and Morehouse, Paine and Spelman Colleges. Georgia State University, the State supported urban university and Atlanta Metropolitan College, the 2-year college partner round out the Alliance. The Georgia LSAMP is one of the nations most productive in terms of being among the top baccalaureate-origin institutions of Black STEM doctorate recipients: 1991- 1995 and 1997-2001. The unifying themes of the Phase II program include focused recruitment and retention, required research participation, student financial support and graduate school enrollment. The Georgia LSAMP in Phase II will significantly increase the number of STEM baccalaureate degrees, impact more than 15,000 undergraduates, increase the number of undergraduate degree recipients entering graduate school each year by 10 percent and increase retention each year by 10 percent. Student objectives for Phase II include pre-transfer bridge activities for two-year college students, required research participation for all LSAMP scholars, and at least 50 percent of all baccalaureate degree recipients will complete research experiences. Faculty objectives include providing opportunities to improve instruction skills, such as using new technologies and becoming more effective mentors. Curriculum objectives are designed to revise introductory courses as a mechanism to improve retention.