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To address the shortage of underrepresented minority students [1] receiving Ph.D.s in the sciences, mathematics, and engineering (SME), the Northeast Alliance Institutions work closely with Partner and other institutions to encourage and prepare underrepresented minority SME undergraduates to apply to graduate school to pursue Ph.D.s.

Underrepresented minority students accepted in Ph.D. SME programs are offered financial support and supportive mentoring to ensure that their graduate school experiences are rewarding. Students in this program are encouraged to consider entering the professoriate once they have received their Ph.D.s.

To further these goals, the Northeast Alliance at UMass Amherst and the Umass Amherst Graduate School have:

  • A staffed administrative SME Recruitment and Retention unit within the Graduate School

  • "Diversity Teams" of faculty, students and alumni who visit the Partner Institutions to encourage undergraduates in SME programs to consider pursuing Ph.Ds

  • A Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)

  • Continued to review the University's admissions criteria so that they will reflect a balanced contribution of quantitative and non-quantitative variables that indicate a student's success in a Ph.D. program

  • Committment to provide graduate student support through multi-year stipend packages and fellowships in an integrated program of teaching and research

    • [1] The underrepresented groups include African American, Hispanic, and Native American.
     
     
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