AGEP PROJECT PROFILE INFORMATION:

MAGNET-STEM

 

 

PI:  Gail Smith

Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Opportunity and Diversity Programs

33 West 42nd Street

New York, NY 10036-8099

Tel.: (212) 817-7540 (7542)

Fax: (212) 817-1630

Cell: (609) 284-6690 (for your information only; please do not publish)

E-mail:  gsmith@gc.cuny.edu;

gskeizer1@aol.com (for your information only; please do not publish)

 

Program Coordinator / Director: Lorraine Towns

Tel:  (212)  817-7540                                                                         

Fax: (212)  817-1630

E-mail:  ltowns@gc.cuny.edu

 

Preferred day-to-day contact person: Gail Smith

Office of the Associate Dean for Educational Opportunity and Diversity Programs

33 West 42nd Street

Tel.: (212) 817-7540 (7542)

Fax: (212) 817-1630

Cell: (609) 284-6690 (for your information only; please do not publish)

E-mail:  gsmith@gc.cuny.edu;

gskeizer1@aol.com (for your information only; please do not publish)

 

Primary partners:  

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Polytechnic University, Stevens Institute of Technology

 

Secondary partners:

CUNY senior campuses

 

 

Disciplines / departments:

 

 

Website address:            http://web.gc.cuny.edu/oeodp

 

Impact nugget:

 

  1. The annual University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) STEM Graduate School Fair has become a regular event, with both students and faculty looking forward to the event and department chairs using the event as part of recruitment activities. Since beginning the alliance in 1998, the UAB Minority Graduate Education Project has seen a doubling of its STEM Ph.D. graduates… 16 in 2000, 31 in 2001, and 34 in 2002.  There are now more than 50 faculty mentors among 5 alliance campuses in 2002. Sixteen feeder schools incorporate another 150 faculty in the region.  Total STEM minority graduate enrollment has increased from 87 students in 1997 to 130 students in 2002 (49% increase). The project continues to work closely with LSAMP and HBCU-UP projects, particularly with regard to conferences and meetings providing networking opportunities for students and educators.  The 2001 Graduate School Fair included two LSAMP projects and four HBCU-UP projects and hosted 200 participants from more than 20 institutions.

 

  1. In little more than four years, the Mountain States Alliance (MSA) has almost doubled the number of students in its mentored activities (from 129 to 250) and established a network of more than 200 mentor faculty in partner institutions. Minority doctoral STEM enrollment has increased from 111 in 1997 to 368 in 2002 (332% increase). The project’s baseline number of underrepresented minority STEM PhDs was 23. In 2002, the project graduated 60 underrepresented minority STEM PhDs (261% above baseline). The project has encouraged more doctoral students, particularly in engineering, while an institute program developed by the alliance has “fostered a climate of constructive problem solving.” Project staff has compiled a manual, a model program, digital video, and an overall program related to the mentoring program and is preparing it for regional and national dissemination.  Having worked successfully with the New Mexico and Colorado AGEP projects, MSA is now actively seeking collaborations with AGEP projects in Puerto Rico and Texas.  The project’s partner LSAMP program, WAESO (Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities), includes over 35 institutions, including 2 government laboratories and 16 corporations, in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Western Texas.

 

3.  In little more than four years, the Mountain States Alliance (MSA) has almost doubled the number of students in its mentored activities (from 129 to 250) and established a network of more than 200 mentor faculty in partner institutions. Minority doctoral STEM enrollment has increased from 111 in 1997 to 368 in 2002 (332% increase). The project’s baseline number of underrepresented minority STEM PhDs was 23. In 2002, the project graduated 60 underrepresented minority STEM PhDs (261% above baseline). The project has encouraged more doctoral students, particularly in engineering, while an institute program developed by the alliance has “fostered a climate of constructive problem solving.” Project staff has compiled a manual, a model program, digital video, and an overall program related to the mentoring program and is preparing it for regional and national dissemination.  Having worked successfully with the New Mexico and Colorado AGEP projects, MSA is now actively seeking collaborations with AGEP projects in Puerto Rico and Texas.  The project’s partner LSAMP program, WAESO (Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities), includes over 35 institutions, including 2 government laboratories and 16 corporations, in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Western Texas.

 

Statement:

 

1.       By networking extensively with other large HRD-funded projects in the region, the Alabama AGEP is significantly increasing the professional opportunities its minority students have once they are prepared to enter the STEM workforce.

 

2.       The ongoing development of the MSA mentoring institute in conjunction with linkages to other AGEP projects nation wide has provided a potent foundation for minority STEM students seeking academic careers, including the professoriate.

 

3.       Building on previous successful experiences with minority‑targeted programs, the project combines social services, academic and non‑academic types of support, and technology in the recruitment and retention efforts.