Berkeley Bridges to the Baccalaureate

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学伯克利分校与Chabot学院和Merritt学院合作，旨在从目标人群中大幅增加社区学院学生的数量，这些学生可以转入并成功完成四年制大学的生物医学和行为科学学位课程。三层战略包括：1)加强高校转学文化，提高学生对生物医学和行为科学职业发展机会的认识；2)培养一批渴望转入这些领域的学生；3)每年确定15名优秀学生参加伯克利严格的学习计划和教师指导的研究。一个由杰出的科学家、经验丰富的转学准备专家、杰出的研究生研究人员和有才华的本科生组成的团队将为桥梁项目的学生设计和实施课程、支持策略和结构化的研究经验。目标是将目标人群中从合作院校转入指定专业的学生总数增加100%；将桥系学生转学率提高到75%，将桥系学生转学毕业率提高到75%。最终的目标是显著增加训练有素的少数民族生物医学和行为科学家的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with Chabot College and Merritt College, seeks to increase substantially the number of community college students from the targeted populations who transfer into and successfully complete biomedical and behavioral science degree programs at four-year institutions. The three-tiered strategy seeks to 1) strengthen the transfer culture at the colleges and increase awareness of biomedical and behavioral science career opportunities; 2) nurture a cohort of students who aspire to transfer into these fields; and 3) identify fifteen outstanding students each year to participate in a rigorous program of study and faculty-mentored research at Berkeley. A team of distinguished scientists, experienced transfer preparation professionals, outstanding graduate researchers, and talented undergraduates will design and implement curriculum, support strategies, and structured research experiences for the Bridges students. The goal is to increase by 100% the overall number of students from the targeted population who transfer from the partner institutions into the specified majors; to increase the transfer rate of Bridges students to 75% and to increase the graduation rate of Bridges students who transfer to 75%. Ultimately, the aim is to significantly increase the pool of well-trained minority biomedical and behavioral scientists. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Bay Area has not only been at the forefront of the biotechnology revolution, but is one of the most diverse areas in the country. Still many groups of people that have large communities in the region have not had a sufficient opportunity to help benefit from - and create - this dynamic growth. The Berkeley Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program will expand dramatically a pipeline of underrepresented students to academia and industry, where they can become leaders in the fields that will shape the first half of the 21st century.