Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目是一个“桥梁学士学位”项目，其中团结加州州立大学，萨克拉门托（CSUS）和三个校区的洛斯里奥斯社区学院区（洛斯里奥斯）在机构间的伙伴关系，名为“未来科学家的萨克拉门托大学联盟”的更新。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移到CSUS或其他四年制机构，以追求生物医学研究专业。在加州，大多数学生在加州社区学院开始他们的大学教育。对于非洲裔美国人和墨西哥裔/拉丁裔学生来说，情况尤其如此，他们在有资格进入加州州立大学（CSU）或加州大学（UC）校园的高中学生中的代表性严重不足。这些群体的代表性不足，再加上转学率大大低于其他群体的学生。因此，努力改善来自代表性不足群体的洛斯里奥斯学生的转移，支持NIGMS未来计划的目标，即“为生物医学研究企业和国家提供越来越多代表性不足的少数群体成员的智力人才。“该项目旨在实现总体目标，（1）通过与CSUS学生，教师和工作人员的定向和互动，促进与CSUS的早期参与者联系，（2）通过访问CSUS教师的学术建议，提高学生完成主要适当的转移课程，（3）提高整体GPA。通过结构化的学习小组和个人学术援助，（4）通过为洛斯里奥斯教师提供研究实习生体验，扩大从事提供指导和研究经验的教师队伍，以及（5）通过参加夏季研究计划和会议，提高学生对科学研究的兴趣。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project is a renewal of a "Bridges to the Baccalaureate" project, which unites California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) and three 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 pursue majors leading to careers in biomedical research. In California, most students begin their college education at a California Community College. This is particularly the case for African American and Chicano/Latino students who are gravely underrepresented in the pool of high school students who are eligible for admission to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) campus. Underrepresentation of these groups is compounded by transfer rates that are substantially lower than rates for students from other groups. Therefore, efforts to improve transfer of Los Rios students from underrepresented groups support the NIGMS Bridges to the Future Program's goal of making "available the intellectual talents of an increasing number of underrepresented minority group members to the biomedical research enterprise and to the nation." The project aims to achieve the overall goal by (1) fostering an early participant connection with CSUS through orientations and interactions with CSUS students, faculty and staff, (2) improving student completion of major appropriate transfer curricula through academic advising by visiting CSUS faculty, (3) improving overall G.P.A. and math/science grades through structured study groups and individual academic assistance, (4) expanding the cadre of faculty engaged in providing mentoring and research experiences by providing a research trainee experience for Los Rios faculty, and (5) enhancing student interest in science research through participation in summer research programs and conferences.