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Alliance for Minority Participation

The University of Texas System Alliance for Minority Participation (UT System AMP) brings together all academic components of The University of Texas System and regional community college partners in an effort to increase the number of students from under served populations enrolling in and graduating from baccalaureate programs in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) and entering graduate programs in STEM fields at UT System universities.

Community colleges with existing strong ties to the UT System universities participate as full partners in the alliance.  The activities of the UT System AMP are supported by partnerships with industry and government agencies, particularly national laboratories.

The educational institutions in the Alliance serve a rapidly growing region where, by the decade's end, minorities will comprise a majority of the population.  Prominent among the institutions are those in the U.S. - Mexico border regions serving large numbers of Hispanic students and those in metropolitan areas serving mainly commuter students, including many minorities.  More than 7,500 underrepresented students are enrolled in undergraduate mathematics, science, and engineering programs at UT System universities.  More than 25,000 underrepresented students take mathematics, science, and engineering courses in participating community colleges.  Thus, the UT System AMP is making a significant contribution to the attainment of the National Science Foundation's goal of 50,000 new baccalaureate and 2,000 new doctoral underrepresented students by the end of the decade.

Goals set for Phase II of the UT System AMP are:

  1. To increase the quantity and quality of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, including minority students and others who have historically been underrepresented in science and engineering fields, who receive baccalaureate degrees in science, mathematics, engineering and technology from UT System institutions.
  2. To increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, including minority students and others who have historically been underrepresented in science and engineering fields who enroll in STEM graduate programs at UT System institutions.

Programmatic efforts to achieve the second goal include:

  1. Workshops on standardized tests.
  2. Workshops on financing graduate education.
  3. Workshops on admissions procedures.
  4. Dissemination of information regarding STEM fields of study.

If you have any questions please contact Darlene Grant, Associate Dean, The Graduate School, The University of Texas at Austin, (512) 471-7811, d.grant@mail.utexas.edu.

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