The primary goal of the Houston LSAMP, propelled by a partnership among the National Science Foundation, the University of Houston, Texas Southern University, Texas State University, Rice University, the University of Houston-Downtown, the University of Houston-Victoria, the Houston Community College System, the San Jacinto College District, the Houston Independent School District, and numerous corporations, is to to significantly increase, within five years, the number of minority students earning baccalaureate degrees each year in STEM fields from the participating universities and prepare them for entry to graduate programs.