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Strategies To Promote Diversity : The Institutionalization of Culture Change in STEM Higher
Education
“Engaging Faculty and Graduate Students in Recruitment and
Retention”
Institute for Broadening Participation Workshop
Portland and Camp Kieve, Nobleboro, ME
March 11-March 14, 2007
Bernard L. Batson, Program Manager
NSF IGERT, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate, Sloan PhD Programs
University of South Florida
Overview
Our Program Initiatives
IGERT/SKINS
Bridge to the Doctorate
Alfred P. Sloan Minority PhD Program
Our Best Practices to Involve Faculty & Students in Recruitment and Retention
Summary & Q/A
Our Program Initiatives
Integrating Graduate Research and Education:
Ongoing administrative supported diversity Initiatives
(1) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) - SKINS
(2) FGLSAMP- Bridge to the Doctorate
(3) Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Minority PhD Program
Investigate the human skin as a smart biological interface by coupling advances in Biomedicine, Microsystems, Nanotechnology, and Informational Processing.
USF IGERT Sensory Knowledge -based Interface (SKINS) initiated in Fall 2003.
Appointed 34 IGERT PhD trainees (13 URMs, 14 women, 2 disabled) in the Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Medicine., University of Cincinnati, and the University of Central of Florida.
IGERT- Sensory Knowledge based Information Sciences (SKINS)
BusinessTransition
Characterization of cellular films/ validating Eng. Data with medicine
Invitro MEMS testing of Skin
Tissue modeling and coupling data to model
Microfluidic Coupling/Modeling
Communication
Nanostructures
ASIC,Feedback Regulation of Sensor Interface
Bioimpedance Monitoring
Modeling of MEMS Devices
Characterization
MEMS Fabrication/ Sensors
Biophysics/biophysical processing
Image and Information Processing
Immuno Sensors
Chemical sensors
Tissue Engineering
RecruitmentOutreachRetention
SKIN
MEMS
Microfluidics
Materials
Florida Georgia Louis Strokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate Project (FGLSAMP- BD)
AIMS AND GOALS
Extension of the LSAMP undergraduate program to facilitate progression of LSAMP scholars to Ph.D.
$30K per stipend up to 2 years, full tuition/fees, student health insurance.
We will recruit 56 (36 NSF, 20 USF) new minority graduate students to USF by Summer 2007.
Alfred P. Sloan Minority PhD Program
One time allocation of enhanced fellowship funds ($26K to $38K) to be leveraged with other support (TA, RA, etc.).
USF is the only institution able to award Sloan fellowships in all Engineering Ph.D. programs, and is one of only three with a program in Marine Sciences.
Since January 2005, over 20 Sloan fellows have been appointed collectively within separate Sloan programs at the Colleges of Engineering and Marine Science.
Alfred P. Sloan Fellow Joniqua Howard Ph.D. student, Environmental Engineering
Hampton University, 2004
1. Involving Faculty into Recruitment
Provide faculty/depts. with a “buy-in” by selling the concept that Diversity and Research are inexorably “linked” .
Make annual presentations to departments and meet with junior faculty.
Co-sponsor research seminars with participating departments.
Work with faculty in formulating the diversity/educational components of their proposals (CAREER), including the identification of potential partners at minority-serving institutions and community college.
Potential Partners at Minority Serving Institutions
HBCU-UP (NSF)
LSAMP (NSF)
MARCU-U STAR (NIGMS/NIH)
MCNAIR (Department of Education)
2. Graduate Student Involvement
Campus Visitations Undergraduate Research Conferences
3. Involving Faculty into Retention
Annual Faculty Orientation meetings
Personal Development Plan for Each Trainee/Fellow
Semester and Annual Progress Reports
Annual symposium where attendance of faculty mentor and mentee is required. Recognize faculty advisors and give two annual awards.
4. Involving Graduate Students into Retention
Make every effort to recruit/appoint trainees with an interest in outreach/retention.
Assign Graduate Student Mentors for 1st Year Trainees/Fellows.
Graduate Students serve as facilitators of personal development workshops
IGERT/BD trainees are required to develop a teaching/mentoring plan prior to their 2nd year of NSF funding.
“21st Century Leadership Certificate Program”
Outcomes
Within the past 2 years, 5 of our faculty have received CAREER
Since Fall 2003, 95 fellowships appointed, 72 awarded to diverse students. Contributed to the significant increase in the diversity of USF graduate enrollment. During AY 2005-2006, we sponsored 24 graduate visitations for minority students, 20 applications, 16 enrolled by Fall 2006 ( a yield rate of 67%).
Established collaborative relationships with at 8-10 minority-serving institutions that are feeder schools for graduate programs at USF.
Facilitated national awards to minority/women graduate students at USF:
10 McKnight 1 NASA (Harriett Jenkins)
1 GEM PhD 7 NSF (GRF, GRS, EAPSI) 1 Ford Foundation 1 UNCF/MERCK Dissertation
2 Dept. of Homeland Security 2 NIH
What Works?
Targeted Minority Recruitment (Focus on diverse programs, conferences, and schools that match your department’s research interests)
Establish and Maintain Key Partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions
Provide Faculty & Departments with A “Buy- in” for their involvement in Recruitment/Retention
Involve Graduate Students in the Recruitment and Retention
No magic bullets for success!!!!
IGERT, BD, SLOAN Programs – Summary
NSF IGERT Investigate the dynamic, information rich, molecular structure of the ultimate smart interface – human skin - by coupling advances in biology, microsys., nanotechnology and information technology to collect data from it
50 Mentors from 3 continents
14 Female, 16 Male (9 Minority Fellows) Across Various Disciplines(EE - 6,BME - 4,CE - 4,CSE - 2,ME - 1,Civil - 1,Phy - 5,Chem - 3,Patho - 1, Pharmocology - 1,UCF - 1 and UC- 1)
Students trained across domains and co-advised nationally & internationally
4 New Interdisciplinary Courses, Cross-disciplinary research & professional development seminars
FG-LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate II,III,IV
Focused on training students at the intersection of marine science, physical sciences and engineering to explore cutting-edge design and development of marine, environmental, biological, chemical & biomedical sensor technologies.
Increase the diversity of the students graduating in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
27 Female, 27 Male (54 Minority fellows),(* EE - 7,Chem - 3,ME - 3,Civil- 3, CSE - 1,IE - 2,BME - 5,* Marine Science - 27). Retention into PhD program after MS completion
Team Building and Interdisciplinary Training through 2 specially designed courses, Emphasis on Professional Development and Industry Relevant Soft-skills
SLOAN Colleges of Engineering and Marine Science becoming a certified site for fellows of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Minority PhD program to pursue their PhD
USF - the only University to offer Sloan fellowships in all Engineering PhD granting programs
4 Female, 4 Male (8 Minority) (EE - 3, ME - 1,ChE - 2,Civil - 1, CSE - 1) only supported by Sloan; 10 fellowship students receive Sloan
Mentors span across all thrust areas- Fellows work with them
*Recruitment in Progress
Thank you