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UPRM NEA Day What are we doing… 2004 Faculty resolution Varying work at the department level Retention Path of Professorship ACME Recruitment MSRP CONVERGE 2004 Faculty resolution Varying work at the department level Retention Path of Professorship ACME Recruitment MSRP CONVERGETRANSCRIPT
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Overview
MIT
Recruitment and retention programs
Successes
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About MIT 11,000 students 6,100 graduate students ~5% minority graduate students Very decentralized (5 Schools;
over 30 departments and programs)
Extremely interdisciplinary Active graduate student body
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What are we doing… 2004 Faculty resolution Varying work at the department
level Retention
Path of Professorship ACME
Recruitment MSRP CONVERGE
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ACME
Overview Graduate Student Group
Research Support Network
Web-based and organic
Multi-disciplinary
Supported by MIT
Structure Accountability Thursday
ACME Lecture Series
Practice Talks
Writing and Study sessions
Undergraduate mentoring
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Success StoriesDoctor of Philosophy
Nicole Love, EECS (2004)Robbin Chapman, EECS (2006)
Todd Coleman, EECS (2006)Anthony Okobi, HST (2006)
Tamara Rosbury, EECS (2006)Ishara Mills-Henry, Biology (2007)
Masters
Alicia Boozer, EECS (2003)Aisha Walcott, EECS (2004)Lincoln Chandler, OR (2005)Shaundra Daily, MAS (2006)
Asegun Henry, Mech. E (2006)
ABD
Reginald Bryant, EECSLincoln Chandler, ORMark Hampton, EECS
Asegun Henry, Mech. E
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Increasing research experiences…
MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP)•10 week research INTENSIVE summer program•Travel and housing covered by the program•Weekly stipend provided•Weekly faculty seminars
http://web.mit.edu/gso/msrp
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MSRP Pipeline 86-07MSRP Interns by Year
8
1214
1819
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28 28
20
26
21
32
28
31
2019
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MSRP Redesign year
MSRP has seen 397 interns from 1986-2004 (590 interns from 86-07)
Approximately 70 interns were participants in MSRP for more than one year
2007 Successes
Eligible to apply 33
Applicants to MIT 28
Admits 13
Enrolled 11
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What are we up to??? Increased Institute buy-in
New MSRP Coordinator (Monica Orta) Financial support for MSRP from 5 Schools Departments getting more involved with R&R
Graduate Community Fellows Based on Harvard, Yale programs Currently 5 (Women, International Students,
Community, 2 Diversity); will likely increase to 20 Recruitment and Retention Council
Planning Committee: Faculty from each of the 5 Schools and Graduate Student Deans
Full Committee: Representatives from each unit
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Successes
We continue to share students
UMass applying Path of Professorship model
NEA Graduate now an MIT post-doc!! Sheekelah Baker-Yeboah (URI)