TWO-YEAR TO FOUR-YEAR TRANSITION PROGRAM

现有课程包括两年制凯霍加社区学院(CCC) 西部储备大学(CWRU)一个为期四年的案例集中在 工程学。我们的目标是在CCC提供两到三年的课程， 然后在CWRU学习两年，完成理工科学士学位。该计划是 旨在培养有前途的CCC学生，使他们能够取得成功 在CWRU的九个工程部之一。协调和 这两个机构之间的合作包括具体的介绍性 课程、教师协作和咨询/指导计划 学生们。在本应用程序中，我们建议扩展此“工程” 计划包括生物学和心理学。这两个领域 有几门入门课程，这些课程是许多高年级的基础课程 少校。该计划将促进这些介绍性工作协调 课程，为CCC教职员工提供暑期研究机会 学生，并刺激两者之间的其他具体合作 机构。该计划的有效性将通过以下指标来衡量 学生在通过CCC-CWRU过程中取得的成功 度数路径。长期目标是增加少数民族的数量 能够在生物学和行为学方面取得成功的学生 CWRU的理科专业。

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.