1. SHEEO Project Pipeline Repair SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program: Pathway to a More Diverse Faculty and More STEM Educators Dr. Ansley A. Abraham, & Dr. Dennis Donaldson
October 4, 2019

2. Professional Development
State/Institution Support
Multiple Layers of Support
Motto:
“More than a check
and a handshake”
Outcomes
Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
Pro. Devel. for Grad. Sch., Academe
SREB-State Doctoral Scholars Program
Fellowship
Professional Development
Career Building

3. Scaffolding

4. State/Institution Support
Began in 1993 (26 years)
Goal -- Increase URM faculty on college campuses
State/Institution (7/26 current) based support
Scholars in all academic disciplines / with STEM emphasis
Admitted into a Ph.D. program
U.S. Citizen / Permanent Resident Status

5. “More than a check and a handshake”
Multiple layers of support
Stipend / Tuition – Doc. (3-5 yrs) & Diss. (1 yr) awards
Professional Development (teaching, mentoring, service, scholarship)
Regular contact & follow up – Tracking / Enrollment / Performance
Networking / Community Building / Safe Space
Advocacy
Mentoring
Counseling (Personal / Career)
Online scholar directory
Recruiting / employment
Partnership benefits / resources (NCFDD, HERC, Vitae, NRMN)
Attendance at annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring

6. Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
25th year (2018)
National in focus – 45 states & 207 institutions represented
Partnerships – inst., st., reg., fed., and phil. programs
More than 1,144 attendees
Largest gathering of minority Ph.D. scholars in the nation
Diversity of fields – STEM (54%), Soc./Beh. (20%), Edu. (11%), Hum. (9%), Bus./Man. (2%), Hlth. Prof. (4%)
More than 100 specific fields of study
More than 50 sessions
Hosted Sloan Dir., SSRC, & NSF Bootcamp meetings
Recruiters Institutions and 190+ individual recruiters

7. Institute Video: Stay the Course

8. Institute Workshop Strands
Undergraduate
Beginning Doctoral Student
Middle of Doctoral Study
Advanced Doctoral Study
Graduate
Faculty

9. Doctoral Scholars Program Outcomes
1,761 served / 988 grads / >500 matriculating
36% STEM (+ SBS = 64%)
88% retention/graduation rate
82% grads employed in education
91% in higher education
67% grads employed in SREB states
1+ grads employed in 43 states + DC, PR & 13 foreign assignments
122 Tenured Grads
Reduced Time to Degree
Doc.:
4.8 years with master’s
5.1 years w/o master’s
Diss.:
1.8 years
Institute on Teaching and Mentoring (12,000 served)
Transparency/Real-time Data
Recognized National Leader

10. Ways to Engage SREB Become partner institution
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Subscribe to the Scholar Directory — $500/yr
Institute on Teaching & Mentoring — recruit/send scholars
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11. Institute on Teaching and Mentoring Video
2013 Bronz Telly Award (internet version of Academy Awards)

12. SREB Doctoral Scholars Program Video