Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：这个通往学士学位项目的桥梁将加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（CSUS）和洛斯里奥斯社区学院区（Los Rios）的三个主要校区联合起来，建立了一个名为萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟的机构间合作伙伴关系。该项目的总体目标是增加从代表性不足的群体中做好充分准备的学生的数量，这些学生从洛斯里奥斯转学到科罗拉多州立大学或其他四年制大学，完成与生物医学研究职业相关的学士学位。在加州，大多数学生在两年制的加州社区学院开始他们的大学教育。对于有资格进入加州州立大学（CSU）或加州大学（UC）校园的高中学生中，代表性严重不足的非裔美国人、墨西哥裔/拉丁裔和美洲原住民学生尤其如此。这些群体在加州大学和加州大学的代表性不足，加上转学率大大低于其他群体的学生。由于洛斯里奥斯学院是加州州立大学的主要接收院校，因此，通过合作，改善洛斯里奥斯学院学生的学术准备，并将他们从代表性不足的群体转到加州州立大学的科学专业，直接关系到通往未来的桥梁项目的目标，即促进“提高代表性不足的少数族裔学生被培养为下一代科学家的质量和数量”。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现总体目标：(1)通过新生介绍、csu学生的同伴指导以及与csu学生一起参加课外活动，促进与csu的早期“联系”；(2)通过个人学术建议和GE/专业规划指南的制定，提高学生完成适当的专业转学课程；(3)通过有组织的学习小组和个人学术援助提高总体gpa和科学成绩；(4)扩大科罗拉多州立大学教师队伍，为科罗拉多州立大学洛斯里奥斯分校的教师提供指导和研究经验，并提供研究培训经验；(5)通过参加暑期研究项目和科学会议，提高学生对生物医学科学研究和职业的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): This Bridges to the Baccalaureate project unites California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) and the three main campuses of the Los Rios Community College District (Los Rios) in an inter-institutional partnership, named The Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists. The overall goal of the project is to increase the number of well-prepared students from underrepresented groups who transfer from Los Rios to CSUS or other four-year institutions to complete baccalaureate degrees in majors related to careers in biomedical research. In California, most students begin their college education at a two-year California Community College. This is particularly the case for African American, Chicano/Latino, and Native American students who are gravely underrepresented in the pool of high school students who are eligible for freshman admission to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campus. Under representation of these groups at CSUs and UCs is compounded by transfer rates that are substantially lower than transfer rates for students from other groups. Since Los Rios is the primary feeder college for CSUS, partnership efforts to improve the academic preparation and transfer of Los Rios students from underrepresented groups to science majors at CSUS relate directly to the Bridges to the Future Program's goal of promoting "improvement in the quality and quantity of underrepresented minority students being trained as the next generation of scientists". The project aims to achieve the overall goal by: (1) fostering early "connection" with CSUS through new student orientations, peer mentoring by CSUS students, and participation in extracurricular activities with CSUS students; (2) improving student completion of major appropriate transfer curricula through individual academic advising and development of GE/major planning guides; (3) improving overall G.P.A.s and science grades through structured study groups and individual academic assistance; (4) expanding the cadre of CSUS faculty engaged in providing mentoring and research experiences and providing a research training experience for Los Rios faculty at CSUS; and (5) enhancing student interest in science research and careers in the biomedical sciences through participation in summer research programs and science conferences.