RISE Program at Hunter College CUNY

RISE计划的主要目标是增加来自代表不足(UR)群体的学生数量 在生物医学和行为研究中，谁进入并完成博士课程，谁获得博士后学位 研究职位。自2000年以来，已有63名Hunter Rise本科(UG)实习生进入博士或医学博士/博士学位 计划中，51名瑞星研究生完成了博士学位，其中39人进入博士后研究 和/或终身教职。总体而言，22名Rise实习生获得了终身教职。 根据对最后三个周期的结果的评估，我们提出了17个UR的培训方案 每年有生物、化学、物理和心理学的本科生和14名UR博士生。我们 建议修改我们的计划，通过以下方式解决受训人员留住生物医学研究轨迹的障碍 1)及早进入学生的UG教育，培养UR生源，为招生增加和 在亨特的研究培训中保留；以及2)建立自我效能感、科学认同感和在上升中的韧性 实习生。对于Rise UGS，我们专注于一个为期3年的计划，并扩大到年初Hunter UGS 与亨特新的Skirball科学学习中心合作。我们的节目将利用这些路线来 建立科学的自我效能感和自我认同，最近的研究确定，包括验证 业绩成就，从同龄人和榜样那里替代学习，社会劝说，演讲 影响留存和融入学生个人和文化背景的情感/情感因素。 在博士级别，我们寻求帮助学生完成他们的博士项目培训里程碑，包括 第一次和第二次博士考试，并最终为他们的论文辩护。我们将培养他们的能力 成为独立的调查人员，通过编程帮助他们发展1)他们的科学身份，2) 批判性思维技能，3)科学写作，4)口头沟通效率，5)成功的导师- 辅导者关系。这些组成部分将包括编写赠款提案、数据可视化和 探索，为博士后职位做准备，制定克服心理障碍的策略 项目里程碑的完成。通过这些努力，我们的目标是在Rise之前完成80%的学位 学员，80%的UGS进入博士项目，90%的RISE博士后学员获得博士后学位 学术、政府或行业研究领域的研究职位。我们的目标也是增加我们的捐款 亨特的UR理科学生学士毕业率、博士项目入读率的基线，以及(长期) 亨特大学校友完成博士学位。我们建议的项目是从评估数据，学生， 导师、管理人员的投入，以及学院RISE倡议制度化的支持。 将通过受训人员的个性化发展计划和计划评估工作来监测进展情况 与亨特评估办公室的合作。

The major goal of the RISE program is to increase the number of students from underrepresented (UR) groups in biomedical and behavioral research who enter and complete Ph.D. programs and who obtain postdoctoral research positions. Since 2000, 63 Hunter RISE undergraduate (UG) trainees have entered PhD or MD/PhD programs, 51 RISE graduate students completed PhDs, and 39 of them moved into postdoctoral research and/or tenure-track faculty positions. Overall, 22 RISE trainees have obtained tenure-track faculty positions. Based on assessment of outcomes from the last three cycles, we propose a training program for 17 UR undergraduates and 14 UR Ph.D. students per year in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Psychology. We propose modifying our program to address barriers to trainee retention in biomedical research trajectories by 1) reaching early into students' UG education to cultivate a UR student pool for recruitment to RISE and retention in research training at Hunter; and 2) to build self-efficacy, science identity, and resilience in RISE trainees. For RISE UGs, we focus on a 3-year program, and expanded outreach to early year Hunter UGs in collaboration with Hunter's new Skirball Science Learning Center. Our programming will utilize the routes to building scientific self-efficacy and self-identification identified in recent studies, including validation of performance accomplishments, vicarious learning from peers and role models, social persuasion, addressing affective/emotional factors that impact retention, and incorporation of students' personal and cultural context. At the Ph.D. level, we seek to assist students in completing their Ph.D. program training milestones, including first and second doctoral exams, and ultimately, defending their dissertations. We will foster their ability to become independent investigators, via programming that will help them develop 1) their scientific identity, 2) critical thinking skills, 3) scientific writing, 4) oral communication effectiveness, and 5) successful mentor- mentee relationships. These components will include the writing of grant proposals, data visualization and exploration, preparing for postdoctoral positions, and developing strategies to overcome psychological barriers to completion of program milestones. Through these efforts, we aim for 80% degree completion by RISE trainees, with 80% of UGs entering PhD programs and 90% of RISE PhD trainees obtaining a postdoctoral research position in academic, government, or industry research. We also aim for our contributions to increase Hunter's baseline of UR science student BA graduation rate, PhD program entry rate, and (over the long term) PhD completion by Hunter UR alumni. Our proposed program was developed from evaluation data, student, mentor, and administrator inputs, and support from the College's institutionalization of RISE initiatives. Progress will be monitored via trainees' individualized development plans and program evaluation efforts in collaboration with Hunter's Office of Assessment.