About The Academic Pipeline Project
This publication & database serves as a comprehensive resource guide for the following:
- Alumni and Community
Current Students (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Faculty, Staff, and Administrators
Parents and Families of Perspective Students
Post Baccalaureates and Post Doctorates
The Academic Pipeline Project was created by Drs. Curtis D. Byrd and Rihana S. Mason to provide awareness of pathway programs that support individuals from diverse ethnic, gender, and economic groups. We are focusing on individuals that come from underrepresented groups at colleges and universities.
This guide illustrates initiatives that prepare individuals for the journey into college to careers in academe and limitless professions. This resource provides an in-depth discussion regarding these pipeline programs using the newly created THRIVE Index giving context to compare each program.
The THRIVE Index will highlight each program as it supports several levels of the pipeline (i.e. pre-collegiate (K-12), collegiate, graduate, post-doctoral, and/or faculty). Programs & Initiatives should complete the inventory for each one of your programs. Each Academic Pipeline Program will have the opportunity to upload a narrative about each program at the end of the inventory if there are details that are not captured by the inventory questions.
The Interactive GIS Mapping system and the database has been created in partnership and sponsored by the National Science Foundation & Morehouse College HBCU STEM-US Center.
Defining Diverse Groups
The database contains programs that will support diverse groups along their journey. We connect diverse diversity to social identity characteristics. These include characteristics related to race and ethnicity, sex, gender and gender identity or expression, age, sexual orientation, country of origin, language, disability, emotional health, socio-economic status, veteran status and affiliations that are based on cultural, political, religious or other identities. Adapted from https://diversity.wisc.edu/dip/faqs/
Academic Initiatives
- Bridge Programs
- Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)
- Enrichment Programs
- Pathway Programs
- Professional Development
- Undergraduate Research Experience
- Visitation Programs
Multicultural Programming
- Celebrations of Diverse Population
- Formal and Informal Curricula
- Speaker Engagements
- Student Organizations and Clubs
Policy
- Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Diversity
- Education Programming
- Leadership Training
- Recruitment and Hiring
This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. and 1818458 and 2010676. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed on this site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation