Midwest AGEP/SBE

1. Midwest AGEP/SBE Northwestern University University of Chicago University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Ohio State University Penn State University Temple University University of Wisconsin - Madison

2. Characteristics of Alliance Members • Mix of public and private. • Medium to large. • All R1 universities.

3. Activities - general • Develop new approaches to diversity • New programs in general • New alliance-level programs • Share best practices NOTE: Many specific activities help in more than one of our four major activities (recruitment, transition, retention, and professional development).

4. RECRUITMENT - general • Planning/Funding of recruiting visits • Applicant visits/weekends • Faculty recruiting trips • New sources for applicants • Person-to-person contacts at universities and colleges. • Administrators • Faculty (still needs to be done) • Special programs: • E.g., tuition scholarship for Fattah attendees with 1200 GRE who matriculate at Temple

5. RECRUITMENT - Alliance • Alliance - brochure with blank area for tailoring. • Alliance - shared recruiting contacts: • E.g., Temple presence at Fattah Conference

6. SROP - general • Support increased numbers of students. • Piggyback with related programs like McNair. • New opportunities for SROP students: • E.g., OSU seeking connections with national institute held nearby • E.g. special presentations describing graduate school (what it is, why go, how to prepare)

7. SROP - Alliance • Encourage to apply within Alliance: • Know each other’s research areas • Idea for future – share SROP students across Alliance for multiple summers (borrowed from STEM Alliance)

8. TRANSITION • Pre-freshers/Pre-doctoral institutes • Math, statistics, writing, academic strategies • Emphasis on preparation, not remediation • Open to all • Alliance benefit: We have shared these among ourselves and have adapted or will adapt to the needs of each campus.

9. RETENTION - general • AGEP/SBE Professors and Scholars • Faculty and senior graduate students dedicated to helping younger graduate students • Available as mentors, tutors, safety net, etc. • Intensive first-year monitoring. • Help as needed: • AGEP/SBE Professors and Scholars • Tutors

10. RETENTION - continued • e-portfolios • Concept from Penn State – shared with Alliance • Used for mentoring, monitoring, career planning • Student group activities • General meetings – monthly, each term • Range of topics: • Orientation – academic, social, locale • Diversity issues – general discussion, book club • Career planning and survival • Professional and social networking

11. RETENTION - continued • Financial: • Pre-fresher programs • Summer research with faculty • Conference travel (when no other source) • Direct aid to student Alliance shares best practices at regular meetings of PIs/Directors.

12. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • e-portfolios • Professional skills training • Teaching • General presentation skills • Writing • Video-conferences and workshops • Some live, some canned but available • Topics coordinated within Alliance • Diversity in public health – Temple • Job opportunities – Wisconsin • Crime and Justice (in planning stage) - OSU

13. PLACEMENT • Visits by URM alumni • Advise students on job search • Advise faculty and administrators on needs of graduate students of color • Resources for job search

14. INFRASTRUCTURE • Directors/Coordinators on each campus • Shared planning and support of video conferences and workshops • Shared e-portfolio concept • Shared evaluation tools • student surveys • e-portfolio concept • coordinated alliance evaluation

15. PLANNED – but not started yet • Summer conference • Web site • Building connections to bridge institutions • common research • invite faculty from bridge schools • Phi Beta Kappa style speaker program • Alliance recruitment database