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AGEP Accomplishments :. Over 45% of total minority PHDs awarded in NSF supported fields in 2005 :. 10.3% increase in URM PHDs while majority PHDs awarded declined by 6.2% :. From 1998-2005 - 2,300 Underrepresented Minority Doctoral Grads in STEM fields :. Over 11,000 URM students currently enrolled in STEM graduate programs :. New enrollments of URM students in STEM increased by 25.4% (compared to 16.7% for majority students) |
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A Pathway to Graduation
Penn State SOLID (SOciaL scientists for Increased Diversity) (Great Lakes Alliance for SbeS [GLASS] member)
Penn State has received a two-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and enhance programs for the improved recruitment, mentoring, and retention of African American, Hispanic, and Native American graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences and economics (SBE). Penn State received this Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate (AGEP) program award in partnership with Northwestern University; Ohio State University; Temple University; University of Chicago; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and University of Wisconsin, Madison. Northwestern University is the coordinator of the new Alliance.
Penn State and its Alliance partners will work collaboratively to define best practices, refer talented minority students to Alliance schools where they are most likely to flourish, track impact and success (via Penn State's e-Portfolio program, among other methods), and disseminate findings to higher education institutions across the United States.
What is the Penn State SOLID Program?
Project Partners
- Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs
- Department of Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education
- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
- Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Department of Sociology, College of the Liberal Arts
- e-Portfolio Program, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (Glenn Johnson, program coordinator)
- Social Science Research Institute
2008-2010 Penn State Project Team
Penn State's Participation in Other NSF AGEP Programs
For More Information
Suzanne Adair
Director
The Office of Graduate Educational Equity Programs
303 Kern Building
863-1663
sca917@psu.edu
Lee Carpenter
Project Development Specialist
Children, Youth and Families Consortium
107 HHDev East
865-3877
src5@psu.edu
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