Gates Millennial Scholar (GMS) Administrative Data, United States, 2000-2016

In 1999, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation started the Gates Millennium Scholars Program (GMS), a 20-year initiative which intends to expand access to higher education for high achieving, low-income minority students. In addition to its academic objectives, GMS also has the goal of creating future leaders in minority groups. The program is administered by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). Awardees can receive the scholarship for up to 5 years as an undergraduate and 4 years as a graduate student. The scholarship is renewable through graduate school in math, science, engineering, library science, and education. To be eligible for GMS, students had to meet several qualifications. They must: (1) be of African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, or Pacific Islander background; (2) be full-time students entering college or university; (3) have a GPA of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale; (4) be eligible for Pell Grants; and (5) be leaders in community service, extracurricular, or other activities. These data include selected variables from administrative data as collected by UNCF. There are 5 major data sources from which these data were compiled, which include: United Negro College Fund (UNCF) Administrative Databases; National Student Clearing House (NSC); Higher Education Directory (HED); Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA); and Institutional Student Information Records (ISIRs). These data were collected to represent the aggregation of administrative data utilized throughout the GMS cohort-level data. The data was structured in a way to allow analysis and utility beyond the administrative data's original purpose. The initial release includes only records for GMS scholarship recipients and one higher education institution per person. Subsequent releases will include information for non-recipient finalists and the full spectrum of institutions attended.

1999年，比尔及梅琳达·盖茨基金会启动了盖茨千年学者计划（GMS），这是一项为期20年的项目，旨在拓宽对学业成绩优异、家庭经济条件较低之少数族裔学生的大学教育准入。除了其学术目标之外，GMS还致力于培养少数族裔群体的未来领导者。该计划由联合黑人学院基金（UNCF）负责管理。获奖者作为本科生可获得奖学金长达5年，作为研究生则可长达4年。奖学金可在数学、科学、工程、图书馆科学和教育等领域的研究生阶段进行续领。欲申请GMS，学生必须满足多项资格要求：（1）具有非裔美国人、美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民、亚裔美国人、西班牙裔/拉丁美洲人，或太平洋岛民背景；（2）为进入大学或学院的全日制学生；（3）在4.0分制下，平均成绩点数（GPA）至少为3.3；（4）有资格获得佩尔助学金；（5）在社区服务、课外活动或其他活动中担任领导角色。这些数据包括由UNCF收集的行政数据中的选定变量。这些数据源自5个主要数据源，包括：联合黑人学院基金（UNCF）行政数据库、国家学生清算所（NSC）、高等教育目录（HED）、联邦学生援助免费申请（FAFSA）以及院校学生信息记录（ISIRs）。收集这些数据的目的是为了代表GMS群体层级数据中使用的行政数据的汇总。数据结构设计得便于进行超出行政数据原始目的的分析与应用。初始发布仅包含GMS奖学金获得者的记录以及每人一所高等教育机构的记录。后续发布将包括非获奖者的决赛选手信息以及所就读的全部教育机构的详细信息。