Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟

• 批准号: 7118239
• 负责人: JUANITA C BARRENA
• 金额: $ 21.6万
• 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 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7118239
• 关键词: African American; Hispanic Americans; academic achievement; career; counseling; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; health science profession; health science research; health science research potential; health science research support; meeting /conference /symposium; minority health professional; science education; university student

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目是“通往学士学位的桥梁”项目的更新，该项目将加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（CSUS）和洛斯里奥斯社区学院区（Los Rios）的三个校区联合起来，建立了一个名为“萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟”的机构间合作伙伴关系。该项目的总体目标是增加从代表性不足的群体中做好充分准备的学生的数量，这些学生从洛斯里奥斯转学到科罗拉多州立大学或其他四年制大学，攻读生物医学研究方面的专业。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）校园的高中学生中代表性严重不足的非裔美国人和墨西哥裔/拉丁裔学生来说，情况尤其如此。由于这些群体的转学率大大低于其他群体的学生，因此这些群体的代表性不足更加严重。因此，努力改善洛斯里奥斯学生从代表性不足的群体中转移的情况，支持NIGMS通往未来的桥梁项目的目标，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”。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现总体目标：(1)通过与CSUS学生、教师和工作人员的指导和互动，培养早期参与者与CSUS的联系；(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学课程；(3)通过结构化的学习小组和个人学术援助，提高学生的总体gpa和数学/科学成绩。(4)通过为洛斯里奥斯大学的教师提供研究实习经验，扩大从事指导和研究经验的教师队伍；(5)通过参加暑期研究项目和会议，提高学生对科学研究的兴趣。