Arizona Biology Network

亚利桑那生物网络

• 批准号: 7151274
• 负责人: JAMES DELAROSA
• 金额: $ 15.26万
• 依托单位: PIMA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7151274
• 关键词: Native Americans; continuing education; education evaluation /planning; ethnic group; role model; science education; teaching; training; university; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of the Arizona Biology Network (ABN) is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who obtain Baccalaureate degrees in the biomedical and behavioral sciences in the State of Arizona. Over the 10 years of its existence, the program grew into a cooperative effort between the 3 State universities and 20 community colleges in Arizona and one college in New Mexico that is on the Dine reservation. The proposed project will focus its efforts on those institutions that have yielded the most fruitful partnerships in terms of the numbers of applicants, participants and transfer students success. Community college students and faculty will participate in summer research projects in the laboratories at the University of Arizona. There is solid evidence to support the fact that undergraduates who conduct research are more likely to pursue and complete graduate studies, and it is hoped that the student participants in the ABN will emerge as leaders in science and work toward lessening health disparities between ethnic groups in this state. During the academic year, these students will have the opportunity to tutor at their local community college. As tutors, they will serve as role models and peer mentors to other minority students who may be potential recruits to the ABN. The tutors, while enhancing their own academic competitiveness, will also contribute to the enhancement of the overall learning environment at the community colleges. Each student will be assigned to a faculty mentor at his or her community college or at the university to which they transfer. The objectives of the proposed project are to 1) improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the recruiting process; 2) improve networking with community college recruiters/coordinators and University of Arizona faculty/sponsors in preparation for the summer program; 3) improve the effectiveness of the summer research experience and encourage continuation of involvement in research after the summer; 4) improve mentoring, advising and tracking of the ABN students; 5) improve the learning environment at the community colleges. The anticipated outcomes of these objectives include an increase in the quality of the applicant pool and increased program efficiency. The aforementioned objectives, when achieved, will bring about significant progress toward the National Bridges to the Baccalaureate goal of a 90% transfer rate and 70% completion rate by the year 2009.

描述（由申请人提供）：亚利桑那生物学网络 (ABN) 的主要目标是增加亚利桑那州获得生物医学和行为科学学士学位的少数族裔学生的数量。在其存在的 10 年里，该项目发展成为亚利桑那州 3 所州立大学和 20 所社区学院以及位于新墨西哥州 Dine 保留地的一所学院之间的合作项目。拟议的项目将重点关注那些在申请者、参与者和转学生成功数量方面建立了最富有成效的合作伙伴关系的机构。社区学院的学生和教师将参加亚利桑那大学实验室的夏季研究项目。有确凿的证据支持这一事实，即进行研究的本科生更有可能继续攻读并完成研究生学习，并且希望 ABN 的学生参与者能够成为科学领域的领导者，并致力于缩小该州各族裔群体之间的健康差距。在学年期间，这些学生将有机会在当地社区大学担任辅导老师。作为导师，他们将成为其他可能被 ABN 招募的少数族裔学生的榜样和同伴导师。导师们在提升自身学术竞争力的同时，也将为社区学院整体学习环境的提升做出贡献。每个学生将被分配给他或她的社区学院或他们转学到的大学的一名教师导师。拟议项目的目标是 1) 提高招聘流程的有效性和效率； 2) 改善与社区大学招生人员/协调员和亚利桑那大学教师/赞助商的联系，为暑期项目做准备； 3）提高暑期研究经验的有效性，并鼓励暑期后继续参与研究； 4) 改善对 ABN 学生的指导、建议和跟踪； 5）改善社区学院的学习环境。这些目标的预期成果包括提高申请人库的质量和提高项目效率。上述目标一旦实现，将为国家桥梁学院在 2009 年实现学士学位目标（即 90% 的转学率和 70% 的结业率）取得重大进展。