About AMP
The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) was established in 1994, initiated by prior funding from the NSF Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities (CRCM) grant. A blueprint to substantially increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities earning baccalaureate and advanced degrees was created with input from the partner institutions. This blueprint would establish recruitment and retention strategies at the college level to promote minority talent in STEM disciplines and cultivate interest for continued study at the graduate level.
Philadelphia AMP is a nine-university consortium, which includes:
- Cheyney University
- Community College of Philadelphia
- Delaware State University
- University of Delaware
- Drexel University
- Lincoln University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- University of Pennsylvania
- Temple University
Since its launch in 1994, Philadelphia AMP and its partners have more than doubled B.S. degree production from 201 to 600 annually, producing 6,000 B.S. degrees in the first 12 years of its operation. In addition, the Philadelphia AMP has quadrupled the number of minority students entering graduate school, producing 173 Masters and 17 Ph.D. degrees to date.
