2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

City University of New York Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation: Perceptions, Performance and Evaluations

Presented at Cohort-Based Postdoctoral Scholars Program, Transforming the National Engineering Education, Defining Accountability, and Evaluating the Low-Stakes Assessment Performance

The NSF supported “Program” at CUNY has, since its inception in November 1992, been at the forefront of a concentrated effort to substantially increase the number of underrepresented minority students (African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Native Pacific Islanders), who pursue and graduate with Baccalaureate Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). During their stay in the program Scholars are required to present at the “Program” Weekly Research Meeting Presentations at least once during the semester during their stay in the LSAMP resulting in each Scholar having a minimum of two research presentations with a Peer Evaluation. The meetings are facilitated by the Executive Director a current doctoral student (“Program” Coordinator) or a Post Doctoral Research Associate. The feedback provided during these meetings is factored into the overall evaluation of a student. All incoming “Program” Scholars are required to attend a one-day Peer Mentoring training that was specifically designed for STEM majors, and students who are in their second semester of LSAMP participation are encouraged to act as mentors to new “Program” participants and STEM students at their home campus. Also required for new “Program” Scholars is a one-day Professional Development seminar offered twice per semester that is open to both “Program” students and other students at CUNY. At the end of every semester, Scholars are required to complete an Evaluation Survey describing their background information, coursework data, workload, summer activity and future goals. The paper will present the results of the Peer Evaluations and Peer Mentoring surveys, performance and perceptions of the “Program” Scholars.

Authors

Dr. Claude Brathwaite City University of New York, City College [biography]

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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