Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目是“通向文凭的桥梁”项目的延续，该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)的三个校区联合起来，组成一个机构间伙伴关系，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，攻读导致生物医学研究职业生涯的专业。在加利福尼亚州，大多数学生在加州社区学院开始他们的大学教育。尤其是非洲裔美国人和奇卡诺/拉丁裔学生，他们在有资格进入加州州立大学(CSU)或加州大学(UC)校园的高中生中比例严重不足。这些群体的代表性不足由于转化率大大低于其他群体学生的转化率而变得更加严重。因此，改善洛斯里奥斯学生从代表不足的群体中转移的努力支持了NIGMS通向未来的桥梁计划的目标，即让越来越多的代表不足的少数群体成员的智力人才可用于生物医学研究企业和国家。该项目旨在通过以下途径实现总体目标：(1)通过指导和与CSU学生、教职员工的互动，促进学生与CSU的早期参与者联系；(2)通过访问CSU的教员提供学术建议，提高学生完成主要适当转学课程的能力；(3)通过有组织的学习小组和个人学术援助，提高整体GPA和数学/科学成绩；(4)通过为洛杉矶分校教员提供研究实习生体验，扩大从事指导和研究经验的教员队伍；以及(5)通过参加暑期研究计划和会议，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.