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... The council, with the assistance of staff, will establish guidelines for the design of consortia, ~ , evaluate proposals for consortium Ending, oversee performance of the individual consortia, develop linkages with national organizations, organize a national conference, establish a national database, secure supplemental funding for the program, provide technical assistance to program participants' and facilitate student movement among consortiums. The council may be established as an independent entity, or it may be housed at an existing organization that has strong credibility within the scientific community.
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... Program evaluation should be built into the program from its inception, including both formative and summative evaluations. Each consortium will be required to collect a common core set of data elements, and the National Scholars Coordinating Council will maintain a national database to monitor performance of the individual consortium sites.
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... The overriding criterion for evaluating consortium applicants is the likelihood of success in advancing the participation of minorities in science and engineering at the doctoral level. Each proposed consortium will be asked to provide evidence that indicates the following: effective implementation of the proposed educational elements; the contributions of the proposed partners in the consortium; institutional commitment; a record of accomplishment in educating minority students and/or evidence of proposed commitment that suggests a strong likelihood of future success; and a high quality academic program.
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... The second and third years of the program will involve implementation of the three pilot consortiums and an increase in the planning, coordinating, and oversight responsibilities of the National Scholars Coordinating Council at a cost of $9.3 million. In 12 years, estimated annual expenditures for the national program and consortium site activities will total $48.7 million, with undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships representing the major share of program costs.
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