Goals and Objectives           The Goals of the AC-SBE Alliance are to increase the number of Underrepresented Minority (URM) students receiving Ph.D.’s in SBE disciplines and to increase the number of URMs entering the SBE professorate To these ends, the objectives of the AC-SBE Alliance are to: 1) Recruit and prepare undergraduates to pursue the     Ph.D. degree 2) Assist students in the transition from B.S. to Ph.D.     programs 3) Retain graduate students to complete the Ph.D. 4) Prepare future faculty for success Achievement of these four objectives will move students from undergraduate school to SBE Ph.D. programs and into the professorate.  The Alliance will serve as a comprehensive vehicle for recruiting, mentoring, and graduating URM students in SBE programs in the five AC-SBE Alliance Schools.

Odum Statistical Workshop: 3 Summer Statistical Workshops for Graduate Students at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: 1. Entry-Level for AC-SBE Alliance: May 31-June 6 2. Entry-Level for National SBES Alliances: July 26-August 2 3. Intermediate for AC-SBE Alliance: August 1-8 Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute Sponsored by Howard University and the University of Texas at El Paso (HUTEP) Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professorate June 10 - 13, 2009 Washington, DC Area           Nomination Form       Flyer Joint Program in Survey Methodology Summer Session at The University of Maryland July 6 - 10, 2009         Flyer       Nomination Form