The National Scholars Program Excellence with Diversity for the Future - Program Design (1996) / Chapter Skim
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3 PROGRAM DESIGN (STRUCTURE)
3 PROGRAM DESIGN (STRUCTURE)
Pages 13-30
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Operational responsibility for a National Scholars Program should be assigned to a National Scholars Coordinating Council. The council, with the assistance of staff, will establish guidelines for the `design of the consortia, evaluate proposals for consortium funding, oversee performance of the individual consortiums, develop linkages with ~ ..
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Before describing the organizational structure of a National Scholars Program, it is useful to explain why we have chosen to recommend a consortium approach rather than an established training grant, fellowship, or other models. We see many advantages to a consortium approach.
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Furthermore, individual institutions and organizations would have less autonomy in implementing program activities than they might otherwise have absent consortium obligations. A requirement of the National Scholars Program is that scholars must attend a graduate school that is a member of a National Scholars consortium in order to retain their eligibility for scholarship and other forms of program support.
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Program Elements The undergraduate component of a National Scholars Program should have the following educational elements: recruitment and selection procedures, prefreshman summer bridge programs, research · · · · · . partlclpatlon, acac emlc ac vising, mentor~ng, structured teaching' and enrichment activities.
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Graduate Program Program Elements At the graduate level the notion of a self-contained program gives way to a wide range of activities focused on fostering the development of graduate students in the National Scholars Program into full doctoral scholars. Some are explicit activities that might be implemented by the consortium' such as a structured teaching experience, seminar series' or undergraduate mentoring.
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By seining to strengthen student preparation' sustain student interest in science, and give first-hand knowledge of the benefits and expectations of the National Scholars Program, the consortium is also enhancing the effectiveness of precollege initiatives. Fostenng linkages between and among Me participating academic programs milt be enhanced by designating a National Scholars Program coordinator at the graduate institution.
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A National Scholars Program could be a major contributor to precollege initiatives by providing summer research experiences to students In these programs. It could also spur students to consider science or engineering careers by providing a successful introduction to research and, at the same time, teach them about the benefits of the National Scholars Program and what they need to do (and learn)
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. A National Scholars Program might seek to include graduates from these school systems in the program by encouraging undergraduate institutions in the consortia to link with these districts.
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Suggestions ranged from improving high school preparation and counseling to asking department chairs to establish a mechanism to assure that minority students "have someone to talk to." The American Physical Society awards scholarships to underrepresented minorities who are undergraduate physics students. Each $2,000 scholarship is sponsored by a corporation and includes a $500 allowance to the college or university physics department.
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In 1994 "nearly 2,000 minority students at 87 engineering schools nationwide received NACME scholarships." In addition, there has been a "significant increase in the number of minority students who can expect to receive enhanced support—$12,000 to $20,000 scholarships, academic enrichment, career development, mentonng, summer internships and leadership Gaining and who will have the opport~uiity to build productive relationships with their sponsoring companies." The persistence rate of NACME's current Corporate Scholars is 92 percent, and"ta~mong all graduates from the CSP, 84 percent had final grade point averages exceeding 3.0, and half of those exceeded 3.5." Half of NACME's graduates "are enrolled in top-tier M.S.
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In July 1995, the Alliarlce convened a symposium at the National Academy of Sciences let was attended by students and faculty Dom institutions participating in the Summer Research Program. STRUCTURE: NATIONALJ SCIIOLARS COORDINATING COUNCIL NASA should provide leadership and oversight for a National Scholars Program, but the operational responsibility for the National Scholars Program should be assigned to a separate entity with strong credibility in the scientific community.
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The responsibilities of the National Scholars Coordinating Council would include establishing guidelines for the design of consortia; cleveloping the Request for Proposal ~;~) for the competitive consortia awards process; evaluating proposals; publicizing the program; solving in an entrepreneurial role to establish relationships with other agencies and organizations in order to bring in other partners; developing linkages with relevant national organizations such as disciplinary societies and precollege science programs; fundraising; facilitating movement of students among consortia; providing technical assistance; overseeing the performance of consortium sites; disseminating "best practices"; maintaining a national database; sponsoring an electronic network; and organizing an annual national conference.
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Rather than duplicate or compete with these programs, the committee concluded that the National Scholars Program should begin formally at the point of selection of talented high school seniors applying to college. The existing precollege programs will form the foundation for the NSP, since it is through these programs that the majority of National Scholars will be identified.
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Although excellent academic training can be found at any number of institutions, a much smaller number provide the environment of support needed for many minority students to complete their degrees. If this were not the case, the National Scholars Program would not be needed.
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We considered whether to recommend numerical minimums for minority student enrollments in order to assure a critical mass in the academic departments that participate in the National Scholars Program. Numerical minimums, however, may be impractical in certain situations.
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Department of Justice set forth an overview of Adarand and offered guidance to agencies on the legal implications of the decision for federal affirmative action programs (Schmidt 1996)
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However, this approach would exclude almost all research universities and many distinguished undergraduate colleges from the National Scholars Program. There may be ways to broaden the eligibility criteria to accomplish similar purposes.
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