SACRAMENTO COLLEGE COALITION FOR FUTURE SCIENTISTS

萨克拉门托学院未来科学家联盟

• 批准号: 6021564
• 负责人: JUANITA C BARRENA
• 金额: $ 49.21万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-30 至 2002-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6021564
• 关键词: African American; Asians; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; academic achievement; counseling; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; science education; university; university student

The overall goal of this project is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups graduating from California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) with baccalaureate degrees in majors leading to careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The target groups include African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders. Because of the distinctive and complementary missions of the three segments of public higher education in California, most students begin their college education at a two-year community college. This is particularly the case for African American and Latino students who are gravely underrepresented in the pool of high school students who meet freshman eligibility requirements for admission to a campus of the California State University or the University of California. For CSUS, the primary feeder colleges are the three campuses of the Los Rios Community College District. This project unites the campuses of the Los Rios Community College District and CSUS as the Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists with the following objectives: (1) achieving greater consistency in science courses content across partner institutions, (2) reducing attrition of target students at the community colleges and increasing course completion rates, (3) enhancing student preparation and grade performance in lower division science courses, (4) increasing the number of students transferring to majors in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology and Physics, and facilitating the transfer and transition of these students to CSUS. The methodology used to accomplish these objectives are: (1) engaging faculty at the partner institutions in collaborative activities, (2) providing early academic advisement of students, (3) providing academic support activities, including facilitated study groups), (4) engaging community college students in extracurricular activities with CSUS students, and (5) providing a four-week summer bridge program for students in the process of transfer. The project enhances existing interagency transfer projects, and expands and links programs on participating campuses that serve the target population.

该项目的总体目标是增加从加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校(CSU)毕业的、拥有生物医学和行为科学职业生涯的专业学士学位的人数。目标群体包括非洲裔美国人、拉丁裔、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民。由于加州公立高等教育的三个部分的不同和互补的使命，大多数学生在两年制社区学院开始他们的大学教育。在符合加州州立大学或加州大学校园新生入学资格的高中生中，非洲裔和拉丁裔学生的比例严重偏低，情况尤其如此。对于CSU来说，主要的支线大学是洛斯里奥斯社区学院区的三个校区。该项目将洛斯里奥斯社区学院学区和CSU作为萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟，旨在实现以下目标：(1)在伙伴机构之间实现科学课程内容的更大一致性，(2)减少社区学院目标学生的流失率，提高课程完成率，(3)加强学生在低级科学课程中的准备和成绩，(4)增加转到生物、化学、数学、心理学和物理专业的学生人数，并促进这些学生转到CSU。实现这些目标所使用的方法是：(1)让合作机构的教师参与合作活动，(2)为学生提供早期学术咨询，(3)提供学术支持活动，包括促进学习小组)，(4)让社区学院的学生参与CSU学生的课外活动，以及(5)为转学过程中的学生提供为期四周的暑期桥项目。该项目加强了现有的机构间转移项目，并扩大和连接了参与校园的项目，以服务于目标人群。