TWO-YEAR TO FOUR-YEAR TRANSITION PROGRAM

一个现有的计划，涉及一个为期两年的凯霍加社区学院（CCC） 四年制凯斯西储大学（CWRU）专注于 工程.我们的目标是提供一个在CCC两三年的路径， 然后在CWRU两年完成学士学位。该计划是 旨在培养有前途的CCC学生，使他们能够成功 在CWRU的九个工程部门之一。协调和 两个机构之间的合作涉及具体的介绍性问题， 课程，教师合作和咨询/指导计划，为 学生 在这个应用中，我们建议扩展这个“工程 “连接”计划包括生物学和心理学。这两个领域 我有几门入门课程，这是许多高年级学生的基础 少校该计划将促进这些介绍性的协调 课程，为CCC教师提供暑期研究机会， 学生，并促进两者之间的其他具体合作 机构职能体系该计划的有效性将由 学生在该计划中的成功，因为他们通过CCC-CWRU进展 长期目标是增加少数民族的人数， 能够在生物和行为方面成功竞争的学生 在CWRU的科学。

An existing program involving a two-year Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) and a four-year Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) focuses on engineering. The goal is to provide a path of two or three years at CCC, followed by two years at CWRU to complete the BS degree. The program is designed to prepare promising CCC students so that they can be successful in one of the nine engineering departments at CWRU. The coordination and collaboration between the two institutions involves specific introductory courses, faculty collaboration, and advisory / mentoring programs for the students. In this application, we propose to extend this "Engineering Connection" program to include biology and psychology. These two areas have several introductory courses which are basic to many upper division majors. The program will foster coordination of these introductory courses, provide summer research opportunities for CCC faculty and students, and stimulate other specific collaboration between the two institutions. The effectiveness of the program will be measured by the success of students in the program as they progress through the CCC-CWRU degree path. The long-term objective is to increase the number of minority students who can compete successfully in the biological and behavioral sciences at CWRU.