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The New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate: A Model for Underrepresented Students' Transition to the Doctoral Program 2008 to 2022

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Conference

2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Location

Baltimore , Maryland

Publication Date

June 25, 2023

Start Date

June 25, 2023

End Date

June 28, 2023

Conference Session

Mentorship, Retention, Minority Participation, and Examining the Experiences of Women

Tagged Division

Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

11

DOI

10.18260/1-2--44473

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https://peer.asee.org/44473

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97

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Claude Brathwaite City University of New York, City College

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Dr. Claude Brathwaite currently serves as the Director of Student Resources and Services at the City College Grove School of Engineering, utilizing a model of High Impact Practices and Engagement (HIPE). Dr. Brathwaite previously served as the Project Administrator and later Executive Director of the NYC Louis Stokes Alliance. He has also served as the Deputy Director of the City College Black Studies Program, the Director of the City College Black Male Leadership and Mentoring Program and has taught courses in Black Studies and Chemistry at the City College. At the NYC Alliance, he oversaw the day-to-day operation of the NYC Alliance programming across the 18 participating campuses at the City University of New York for 20 years. Dr. Brathwaite began his college education at Hostos Community College, received his BS in Chemistry from the City College of New York and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Graduate Center of CUNY. He served as a Chancellors Fellow, and conducted additional postdoctoral training at Weill Cornell in the Division of Molecular Medicine.

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Abstract

The NSF supported New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BTD) at the City University of New York (CUNY) had an objective to recruit and retain recent NYC LSAMP STEM graduates into a research/academic career that leads to the completion of a Ph.D. degree at CUNY or at other doctoral granting institutions. Nine cohorts of the NYC LSAMP Scholars (110 participants) were supported at CUNY. Roughly 33 % of the NYC LSAMP participants were enrolled in the City College Grove School of Engineering. Most of the students (Cohort 1-9) have been enrolled in MS programs at Brooklyn College, City College, Hunter College, John Jay College, the College of Staten Island, Lehman College, Queens College and directly in the doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center. The NYC LSAMP Cohorts at CUNY were not based at any one campus site, as the CUNY Graduate Center on inception of the program was the primary institution that grants the Doctoral degree in CUNY. Bridge to the Doctorate Scholars were engaged in a series of activities designed and implemented to ensure the transition to doctoral programs. These activities serve to create a learning community of scholars across the campuses given the fact that the participating students take courses and conduct research at different campuses. Bridge to the Doctorate Scholars are also offered the opportunity to integrate an International Research Experience into their training during their stay in the program. Program design, best practices, and operation and comparisons to other diversity programs and national data will be presented along with the career outcomes of the over 100 participants. Of the 33% in engineering (of these 97% completed the MS degree). To date over 50% of the NYC LSAMP Scholars have completed their Doctoral degrees.

Brathwaite, C. (2023, June), The New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate: A Model for Underrepresented Students' Transition to the Doctoral Program 2008 to 2022 Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore , Maryland. 10.18260/1-2--44473

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