Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

描述(由申请人提供)：这个通向文凭的桥梁项目将加州州立大学、萨克拉门托大学(CSU)和洛斯里奥斯社区学院区(Los Rios)的三个主要校区联合起来，建立了一个机构间伙伴关系，名为萨克拉门托学院未来科学家联盟。该项目的总体目标是增加来自代表性不足群体的准备充分的学生数量，他们从洛斯里奥斯转到CSU或其他四年制院校，完成与生物医学研究职业相关的专业的学士学位。在加利福尼亚州，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。对于非裔美国人、奇卡诺/拉丁裔和美国原住民学生来说尤其如此，他们在有资格进入加州州立大学(CSU)或加州大学(UC)校园的高中生池中的代表性严重不足。在CSU和UC代表这些群体的情况下，转化率大大低于来自其他群体的学生的转化率。由于洛斯里奥斯是CSU的主要支线学院，因此，改善洛斯里奥斯学生的学术准备和将其从代表不足的群体转移到CSU理科专业的合作努力，直接关系到通向未来的桥梁计划的目标，即提高被培训为下一代科学家的代表不足的少数族裔学生的质量和数量。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现总体目标：(1)通过新的学生导向、CSU学生的同伴辅导和参与CSU学生的课外活动，促进早期与CSU的“联系”；(2)通过个人学术建议和开发GE/专业规划指南，改善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，提高整体GPA和科学成绩；(4)扩大CSU教员队伍，提供指导和研究经验，并为CSU的Los Rios教员提供研究培训经验；以及(5)通过参加暑期研究计划和科学会议，提高学生对科学研究和生物医学科学职业的兴趣。

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.