Sacramento College Coalition for Future Scientists

萨克拉门托大学未来科学家联盟

• 批准号: 7277249
• 负责人: JUANITA C BARRENA
• 金额: $ 8.95万
• 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/7277249
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; African American; Bachelor' s Degree; Biomedical Research; California; Collaborations; Communities; Discipline; Education; Educational Curriculum; Enrollment; Exposure to; Faculty; Familiarity; Fostering; Future; Goals; Home environment; Individual; Institution; Laboratories; Latino; Measurable; Mentors; Mexican Americans; Minority Groups; Molecular Biology; Names; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Numbers; Participant; Population; Preparation; Range; Rate; Research; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Research Training; Science; Scientist; Structure; Students; Support Groups; Talents; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Visit; Week; base; biomedical scientist; career; college; experience; high school; improved; interest; member; programs; skills; success; symposium

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，建立一个机构间合作伙伴关系，名为“萨克拉门托学院未来科学家联盟”。该项目的总体目标是增加来自代表性不足群体的做好充分准备的学生数量，他们从洛斯里奥斯转学到 CSUS 或其他四年制院校，攻读可从事生物医学研究职业的专业。在加利福尼亚州，大多数学生在加利福尼亚社区学院开始大学教育。对于非裔美国人和奇卡诺/拉丁裔学生来说尤其如此，他们在有资格进入加州州立大学 (CSU) 或加州大学 (UC) 校园的高中生中所占比例严重不足。这些群体的代表性不足，而且转学率远低于其他群体的学生的转学率。因此，改善洛斯里奥斯学生从代表性不足群体中转移的努力支持 NIGMS 通向未来计划的目标，即“让越来越多的代表性不足的少数群体成员的智力人才进入生物医学研究企业和国家”。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现总体目标：(1) 通过对 CSUS 学生、教职员工的介绍和互动，培养早期参与者与 CSUS 的联系；(2) 通过访问 CSUS 教职人员的学术建议，提高学生完成主要适当转学课程的程度；(3) 提高整体 G.P.A.通过结构化学习小组和个人学术援助，提高数学/科学成绩；(4) 通过为洛斯里奥斯教员提供研究实习经历，扩大从事提供指导和研究经验的教员队伍；(5) 通过参加暑期研究项目和会议，增强学生对科学研究的兴趣。