TRANSITIONS TO RESEARCH CAREERS-BA BRIDGE PROGRAM

三个区域机构和里约彼德拉斯大学校园 波多黎各系统将改善目前的转让计划， 这将增加代表性不足的少数群体的人数， 继续攻读生物医学科学的研究生课程。三 参与区域机构; Bayamon和Ponce技术 大学学院和卡罗莱纳地区学院不提供 生物学或化学学士学位，他们的许多学生 为了完成他们的学位，转移到里奥彼德拉斯。虽然 大约70%的理科转学生完成了学士学位。里约大学 Piedras，超过30%的人在高级课程中遇到问题， 满足于普通科学的学位。此外，其中很少有 转学生继续研究生课程。向研究的过渡 TRC项目建议通过实施以下措施来改善这种情况： 以下是转学生的课程： 1.确保科学转学生在课程中涵盖相同的材料， 与里约彼德拉斯大学的基础课程相同。这将是完成 通过化学和数学的辅导计划，这将 包括解决里奥彼德拉斯提供材料问题， 加强里约和 Piedras Campus和两年制课程。 2.增加学生对科学研究的接触， 区域机构。这将包括一个夏季讲习班， 24个上升期的实验室经验和一个夏季的研究 在里约彼德拉斯的经验，为两个科学教师从区域 机构，以建立教师之间的合作努力 在两个组件。 3.在Rio Piedras提供全面的本科研究经验 被选入TRC计划的学生。每年12个预期 转学生将进入该计划。这些将参与 校内研究项目从6月1日至5月30日。期间 接下来的夏天，他们将参加美国的校外项目， 机构职能体系在他们的高年级，他们继续他们的校内 与真相与和解委员会合作或由其他方案提供资金的项目。 该计划的近期目标是增加 从这三所大学转学选择研究职业的学生， 然而，它的其他目标包括实施类似的计划， U.P.R.的其他机构-系统，强化科学 在这个系统中的教育，并最终增加了数量， 既有能力又倾向于追求职业的毕业生 在生物医学研究中。

Three regional institutions and the Rio Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico System will improve the current transfer program in a manner which will augment the number of underrepresented minorities who continue graduate studies in the biomedical sciences. The three participating regional institutions; Bayamon and Ponce Technological University Colleges and the Carolina Regional College do not offer baccalaureate degrees in Biology or Chemistry and many of their students transfer to the Rio Piedras in order to complete their degrees. Although about 70% of these science transfer students complete a B.S. degree at Rio Piedras, more than 30% encounter problems in upper level courses and settle for degrees in general science. In addition, very few of these transfer students continue graduate studies. The Transition to Research Careers (TRC) project proposes to improve this situation by implementing the following program for transfer students: 1. Assuring that science transfer students cover the same material in basic courses as their Rio Piedras counterparts. This will be accomplished through a tutorial program in Chemistry and Mathematics, which will include problem solving of material offered at Rio Piedras and by establishing better coordination of science courses between the Rio Piedras Campus and the two year programs. 2. Increasing the exposure to scientific research of students at the regional institutions. This will include a summer workshop with a laboratory experience for 24 rising sophomores and a summer research experience at Rio Piedras for two science faculty from the regional institutions in order to establish collaborative efforts between faculty at both components. 3. To provide thorough undergraduate research experiences at Rio Piedras to those students selected into the TRC Program. Each year 12 prospective transfer students will enter the program. These will participate in intramural research projects from June 1 through May 30. During the following summer they will participate in extramural projects at Stateside institutions. During their senior year they continue their intramural projects either with TRC or with funding from other programs. The immediate goal of this program will be to increase the number of transfer students from these three colleges who opt for research careers, however, its other goals include the implementation of similar programs at other institutions within the U.P.R.-System, the reinforcement of science education in this system and ultimately an increase in the number of graduates who are both capable and inclined toward the pursuit of careers in biomedical research.