Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byRoss Simon Modified over 9 years ago
1
NO LONGER A DREAM DEFERRED: Greater Minority STEM Participation Through Academic Opportunity and Institutional Change
2
Boston University MIT Penn State University Rutgers University Phase 1: 1999-00 University of Massachusetts Amherst Lead Institution Our History Phase 2: 2005-06 University of Connecticut University of Maine University of New Hampshire University of Rhode Island University of Vermont
3
To be sustainable, diversity efforts must be faculty-driven and administration- supported Our Philosophy To be successful, majority institutions must partner with minority-serving institutions
4
Bennett College Jackson State University Lincoln University Medgar Evers College University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez PARTNER INSTITUTIONS
5
Developing Collaborations: Partner and Alliance Meetings Partner Science Days Partner Faculty and Student Support
6
Institutional Change Takes Time and Strategic Readjustments
7
1999-2007 176%
9
Implementing Best Practices in Phase 2 Institutions Got Quicker Results
11
The Doctorate and Beyond
13
MODEL PROGRAMS IN NEAGEP
14
Faculty, Faculty, Faculty
15
Faculty Recruiters Diversity Team Fellows Meaningful Links to Career Awards, IGERTS, NIH Training Grants
16
We all have summer research programs for AGEP students, but…
17
Summer Program at UConn Students funded by REU supplements to grants of individual PIs!
18
Students know best!
19
Graduate!! “by any means necessary…” Aisha Walcott, PhD Candidate, MIT Shaundra Daily, PhD Candidate, MIT Dr. Robbin Chapman, Manager of Diversity Recruiting SA+P, MIT African-American Researchers in Computing Sciences Conference July 25, 2008
23
What about the late-bloomers?
24
UMass NEAGEP Internship Program Accept students who received baccalaureate degrees within past 36 months If students want to stay and their faculty mentors recommend them, they become Interns Paid graduate-level stipend, take graduate courses and work in a laboratory for a year
25
Faculty Development at Partner Institutions Summer Visiting Professorships Technical Workshops Mutual Mentoring
26
Provost Charlena Seymour: PI
27
http://www.neagep.org Visit our website:
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.