Program Overview
With a Planning Grant from the National Science foundation (NSF), Howard University, Georgetown University and Morgan State University have joined forces as the Baltimore-Washington Area (BWA) AGEP Alliance. The Alliance proposes to draw on lessons learned from the highly successful Howard University-University of Texas, El Paso (HU-UTEP) Alliance, which has worked since 2003 to increase underrepresented minority Ph.D. enrollment, graduation and preparation of students for faculty careers in the science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Our goal is a true reflection of our motto of "Bridging the Gap" of the number of URM in the professoriate.
By joining two leading producers of underrepresented minority (URM) PhDs, and Georgetown University, the nation's most prestigious research institution for students of all background, the BWA-AGEP Alliance is poised to significantly enhance the graduate school experience for URM STEM students. The combined academic strengths of the three schools are of particular advantage since, it not only expands the range of doctoral disciplines, but also add new institutional strengths and novel educational possibilities for underrepresented students in the STEM fields.
Major Goals of BWA-AGEP.
