5,000+

While the conversation continues, the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program (LSAMP) is
widely engaged in providing minority students with academic opportunities and research experience to prepare
them to fill a large portion of the future STEM workforce. LSAMP alliances are multi-institutional and multidisciplinary
partnerships targeting historically underrepresented minorities with the common goal of,
significantly, increasing the quantity and quality of STEM graduates with baccalaureate degrees. Elements and
successful program practices include pre-baccalaureate summer/academic year activities, significant real-world
research experiences with mentors, academic support, social integration, and faculty/university leadership
involvement. A selected bridge activity into graduate education is a secondary focus of the LSAMP program.
The LSAMP Program is nation-wide in geographic distribution and has a portfolio of 644 universities, colleges,
community colleges, corporations, foundations, educational associations, government laboratories, museums
and field stations.
The more than 5,000 young STEM scholars depicted in this volume highlight the talents and achievements
of Louis Stokes underrepresented minority participants. For the convenience of the readers this document
provides selected metrics and Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program
into four geographical regions, e.g.Mountainand Pacific. Additionally, each region is
followed by a disciplinary index.
Indeed, these LSAMP scholars, having been exposed to appropriate academic rigor and good citizenship
modeling, are contributing and will continue excellence in the STEM enterprise in America and beyond.
Further, they represent a partial reply to the question raised, in 1994, by PeaWho will do
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