NSF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Collaborative Research: The Tuskegee Alliance to Develop, Implement and Study a Virtual Graduate Education Model for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM (T-PAC)
Also known as:
The Tuskegee Alliance to Promote Pathways to Academic Careers in STEM (T-PAC)
Program Interventions
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To Assist with Doctoral Studies: |
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1) Intervention: Submission of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Application Objective: To provide Scholars with an opportunity to obtain funding for their doctoral research and gain experiences in writing a competitive scientific proposal. |
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2) Intervention: Virtual mentoring using social media platforms 听听听 Objective: To provide Scholars with an avenue for joint mentoring across the T-PAC Alliance through social media platforms. Emphasis is to promote cross institutional collaborations and a sense of community, for networking purposes and to disseminate news of Scholars鈥� progress and achievements |
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3) Intervention:听 Virtual tutorials on STEM content Objective: To assist Scholars with fundamental concepts in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering during their graduate course work. |
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4) Intervention:听 Virtual comprehensive examination preparation tutorials Objective: To assist Scholars with STEM content and strategies to prepare for comprehensive examinations. |
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5) Intervention: Online graduate course: Literature Search and Technical Writing Objective: To assist Scholars with technical writing at different levels, including dissertation, manuscripts, technical reports, and conference presentations. |
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6) Intervention:听 Research experiences in STEM at host Alliance institutions Objective: To provide Scholars with research enrichment and networking opportunities by rotating through at least one institution in the Alliance outside of their own institution. |
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To Assist with Preparation for the Professoriate: |
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1) Intervention: Online graduate course: Proposal Development Objective: To provide Scholars with preparation to write competitive scientific proposals including solicitation search, critical review of the literature on the research subject and development of proposed research ideas. |
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2) Intervention:听 Virtual teaching experiences 听听听聽 Objective: To provide Scholars with experiences in teaching an undergraduate STEM course online, preceded by workshops on pedagogical and class management skills. |
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3) Intervention: Preparation for future STEM Faculty positions through workshops Objective: To provide Scholars with information about the duties and expectations of a faculty聽聽 member and to address the negative perceptions about the professoriate. |