Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟

• 批准号: 6804571
• 负责人: JUANITA C BARRENA
• 金额: $ 23.68万
• 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 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6804571
• 关键词: African American; Asians; Hispanic Americans; Native Americans; academic achievement; career; counseling; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; health science research support; minority health professional; science education; university student

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：这个桥梁学士学位项目联合加州州立大学，萨克拉门托（CSUS）和三个主要校区的洛斯里奥斯社区学院区（洛斯里奥斯）在一个机构间的伙伴关系，命名为萨克拉门托未来科学家学院联盟。该项目的总体目标是增加来自代表性不足的群体的准备充分的学生人数，这些学生从洛斯里奥斯转到CSUS或其他四年制机构，完成与生物医学研究职业相关的专业的学士学位。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。尤其是非洲裔美国人、奇卡诺人/拉丁美洲人和美洲原住民学生，他们在有资格进入加州州立大学（CSU）或加州大学（UC）校园的高中生中的代表性严重不足。这些群体在中央大学和联合大学的代表性不足，加上转学率大大低于其他群体学生的转学率。由于洛斯里奥斯是CSUS的主要支线学院，合作努力，以改善洛斯里奥斯学生的学术准备和转移从代表性不足的群体在CSUS科学专业直接关系到桥梁未来计划的目标，促进“在质量和数量的改善代表性不足的少数民族学生被培养为下一代科学家”。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现总体目标：（1）通过新生指导、CSUS学生的同伴指导和与CSUS学生一起参加课外活动，促进与CSUS的早期“联系”;（2）通过个人学术咨询和制定GE/专业规划指南，提高学生完成适当的专业转移课程;（3）通过结构化的学习小组和个人学术援助，提高整体的G.P.A.s和科学成绩;（4）扩大CSUS教师的骨干队伍，提供指导和研究经验，并为CSUS的洛斯里奥斯教师提供研究培训经验;及（5）透过参与暑期研究计划及科学会议，提高学生对生物医学科学的科研及就业的兴趣。