Integration of interdisciplinary graduate research and education through the institutionalization of diversity initiatives Conference

Bhansali, S, Pyrtle, A, Martin-Vega, L et al. (2006). Integration of interdisciplinary graduate research and education through the institutionalization of diversity initiatives .

cited authors

  • Bhansali, S; Pyrtle, A; Martin-Vega, L; Betzer, P

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abstract

  • This paper presents the University of South Florida's novel and multi-faceted approach to integrating interdisciplinary graduate research and education with an institutional diversity initiative. Beginning with the NSF Integrative Graduate Education Research and Trainee (IGERT) program, USF has developed the infrastructure for interdisciplinary research-training, while focusing on minority graduate recruitment. IGERT provides students with significant financial support to explore interdisciplinary research areas. The program requires a team of advisors from distinct disciplines to co-advise and supervise graduate research. This approach has also been successfully applied with the minority-focused NSF Florida Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate program. The successes have led to certification of mentors in all departments/disciplines at USF's Colleges of Engineering and Marine Science under the Alfred P. Sloan Foundations' minority PhD fellowship program. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2006.

publication date

  • January 1, 2006