MBRS RISE Program at Virginia Union University

弗吉尼亚联合大学 MBRS RISE 项目

• 批准号: 7060497
• 负责人: LESLIE Y WHITEMAN
• 金额: $ 18.63万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-01 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7060497
• 关键词: African American; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; health science research potential; minority health professional; science education; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Virginia Union University (VUU) is a private four-year, fully accredited, liberal arts, historically black institution located in Richmond, Virginia. In 1865, on the site of a former slave jail, VUU was founded to provide quality education when few opportunities were available to African-Americans at colleges across the nation. Although much has changed in the years since VUU held its first classes, it has remained committed to its fundamental mission and goals. Today, the University seeks, on a continuous basis, to upgrade itself and better prepare its students to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. The proposed MBRS RISE Program is designed to increase the interest, skills, and competitiveness of students in the Department of Natural Sciences in the pursuit of biomedical research careers. The specific goals of the program, therefore, are: 1) to increase the course completion rate of students in introductory biology and chemistry "gatekeeper" courses from the current 46% to 75% at the end of the four year award period, 2) to provide introductory research experiences to 15-20 sophomores (i.e., 25-33% of the average class) each year, and 3) to increase by 50% each year, the number of students who have the qualifications to participate in research training programs.

描述（由申请人提供）： 弗吉尼亚联合大学 (VUU) 是一所私立四年制、完全认可的文科、历史悠久的黑人院校，位于弗吉尼亚州里士满。 1865 年，VUU 在一座前奴隶监狱的旧址上成立，旨在提供优质教育，当时全国各地的非洲裔美国人几乎没有机会上大学。尽管自 VUU 举办第一届课程以来，这些年来发生了很大变化，但它仍然致力于其基本使命和目标。 今天，大学不断寻求自我提升，让学生更好地迎接二十一世纪的挑战。拟议的 MBRS RISE 计划旨在提高自然科学系学生追求生物医学研究职业的兴趣、技能和竞争力。因此，该计划的具体目标是：1) 在四年奖励期结束时，将生物和化学入门课程学生的课程完成率从目前的 46% 提高到 75%，2) 每年为 15-20 名二年级学生（即平均班级的 25-33%）提供入门研究经验，3) 每年增加 50%，有资格参加的学生 在研究培训计划中。