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Description
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The University of Texas
System Lewis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
brings together all academic components of The University of
Texas System and regional community college partners in an
effort to increase the number of students from underserved
populations enrolling in and graduating from baccalaureate
programs in science, mathematics, engineering and technology
(SMET) and entering graduate programs in SMET fields at
UT-System universities. Community colleges with existing
strong ties to the UT-System universities participate as
full partners in the alliance. The activities of the LSAMP are supported by partnerships with industry
and government agencies, particularly national laboratories.
The educational institutions
in the Alliance serve a rapidly growing region where, by the
decade's end, minorities will comprise a majority of the
population. Prominent among the institutions are those in
the U.S.-Mexico Border regions serving large numbers of
Hispanic students and those in metropolitan areas serving
mainly commuter students, including many minorities. More
than 7,500 underrepresented students are enrolled in
undergraduate mathematics, science, and engineering programs
at UT-System universities. More than 25,000 underrepresented
students take mathematics, science, and engineering courses
in participating community colleges. Thus, the LSAMP
is making a significant contribution to the attainment of
the National Science Foundation's goals of 50,000 new
baccalaureate and 2,000 new doctoral underrepresented
students by the end of the decade. Goals set for Phase II of
the LS AMP are:
- To increase the quantity
and quality of U.S. citizens and permanent residents,
including minority students and others who have
historically been underrepresented in science and
engineering fields, who receive baccalaureate degrees in
Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology from
UT-System institutions.
- To increase the number
of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, including
minority students and others who have historically been
underrepresented in science and engineering fields who
enroll in SMET graduate programs at UT-System
institutions.
http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/outreach/amp.html
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