[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11720-11721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6283]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION:  Submission for OMB review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) has submitted the 
following information collection requirement to OMB for review and 
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 
This is the second notice; the first notice was published at 66 FR 
64889 and no comments were received. Comments regarding (a) whether the 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology should 
be addressed to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB, 
Attention: Desk Officer for National Science Foundation, 725-17th 
Street, NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, and to Suzanne H. 
Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation, 4201 
Wilson Boulevard, Suite 295, Arlington, Virginia 22230 or send email to 
[email protected]. comments regarding these information collections are 
best assured to having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by 
calling 703-292-7556.
    NSF may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless 
the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control 
number and the agency informs potential persons who are to respond to 
the collection of information that such persons are not required to 
respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    Title of Collection: The Evaluation of NSF's Louis Stokes Alliance 
for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program.
    OMB Control No.: 3145-NEW.
    Expiration Date of Approval: Not applicable.

1. Abstract

    This document has been prepared to support the clearance of data 
collection instruments to be used in the evaluation of the Louis Stokes 
Alliance for Minority participation (LSAMP) Program. The goal of this 
program is to increase the number of interested, academically qualified 
minority students receiving baccalaureate degrees in science, 
technology, engineering and math (STEM), continuing to graduate school 
to attain a STEM graduate degree, and entering the STEM workforce. The 
program makes awards to alliances, which are composed of institutional 
partnerships (e.g., with two- and four-year higher education 
institutions, business, research labs, and local, state, and federal 
agencies). LSAMP projects fund students, offer a range of student 
support services, and undertake systemic reform of undergraduate 
education in STEM (particularly curricular improvement and faculty 
professional development). This mixed-methods study will gather data 
through telephone interviews with project staff, a survey questionnaire 
of program graduates, and in person interviews with faculty, staff, and 
students at three selected case study sites. The process evaluation 
component of this study will identify strategies that accelerate or 
inhibit the attainment of project goals, strategies employed to promote 
linkages among Alliance partners, and the manner in which the LSAMP 
model has evolved since its inception. The impact evaluation component 
of this study will examine program impact on institutions of higher 
education in promoting diversity in STEM, and participant career 
outcomes.

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2. Expected Respondents

    The expected respondents are project directors and/or managers of 
all 27 projects; LSAMP graduates who received program funding and who 
earned STEM baccalaureate degrees between 1992 and 1997; and, faculty, 
staff, and student participants at the three selected case study sites.

3. Burden on the Public

    The total elements for this collection are 308 burden hours for a 
maximum of 795 participants annually, assuming a 90-100% response rate. 
The average annual reporting burden is under 1 hour per respondent. The 
burden on the public is negligible because the study is limited to 
project participants that have received funding from the LSAMP Program.

    Dated: March 11, 2002.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 02-6283 Filed 3-14-02; 8:45 am]
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