Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program

通往学士学位课程的桥梁

• 批准号: 8502672
• 负责人: ROSA A MALDONADO
• 金额: $ 20.64万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO
• 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 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8502672
• 关键词: Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral; Behavioral Sciences; CCL7 gene; Collaborations; Counseling; Discipline of Nursing; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Exposure to; Goals; Grant; Hispanics; Institution; Job Description; Joints; Laboratory Techniques and Procedures; Medicine; Mentors; Mexican Americans; Minority; Monitor; Participant; Physical therapy; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Personnel; Series; Students; Texas; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Visit; Work; base; career; community college; experience; improved; interest; meetings; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; symposium; tool; twelfth grade; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) propose to renew their partnership to promote the successful transition of minority (primarily Mexican-American) students with interests in biomedical/behavioral sciences from the community college to the university and to improve their completion of a baccalaureate degree. This will expand the current highly successful Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program between these two institutions. The specific aims of this proposal are the following: SPECIFIC AIM #1: To increase interest among minority students (primarily Mexican-Americans) in biomedical/behavioral sciences as a career and increase by 50% the applicant pool to the Bridges program. We propose to increase the pool of applicants from the current four-year (2005-2008) average of 82 per year to an average of 123 applicants per year over the proposed grant period (5 years). SPECIFIC AIM #2: To increase by 50% the transfer rate of Bridges participants to baccalaureate degrees in biomedical/behavioral sciences. We propose to increase transfer rate of Bridges participants to biomedical/behavioral science majors from the current four-year (2005-2008) 63% average to a 95% average over the proposed grant period (5 years). SPECIFIC AIM #3: To transfer professional skills and fully describe career options in the biomedical/behavioral sciences to Bridges participants. In our experience, the students from EPCC are typically unaware of career opportunities in biomedical/behavioral science- related fields beyond that of nursing, physiotherapy, and medicine. These students have little or no exposure to other biomedical/behavioral professionals and researchers, and do not know what skills are expected from them. The previous successful weekly colloquia with seminar and workshop series to instruct students on key professional skills and potential opportunities will be maintained. SPECIFIC AIM #4: To significantly increase the percentage of transferred participants who complete a baccalaureate degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences. We propose to increase the percentage of Bridges participants who attain the baccalaureate degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences from our historical (17-year) average of 60% to an average of 80% over the proposed grant period (5 years). The ultimate goal of our proposal is to increase the influx of underrepresented minorities (mainly Hispanics) into biomedical/behavioral science careers and encourage them toward a graduate (Ph.D.) research program.

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)和埃尔帕索社区学院(EPCC)建议更新他们的合作伙伴关系，以促进对生物医学/行为科学感兴趣的少数族裔(主要是墨西哥裔美国人)学生从社区学院成功过渡到大学，并提高他们完成学士学位的程度。这将扩大这两所院校之间目前非常成功的学士学位课程的桥梁。这项建议的具体目标如下：具体目标1：提高少数族裔学生(主要是墨西哥裔美国人)以生物医学/行为科学为职业的兴趣，并将布里奇斯项目的申请者人数增加50%。我们建议在拟议的资助期(5年)内，把申请者数目由现时的四年(2005-2008)平均每年82人增加至平均每年123人。具体目标2：将Bridges参与者的生物医学/行为科学学士学位转化率提高50%。我们建议在拟议的资助期(5年)内，将桥牌学员转读生物医学/行为科学专业的比例，由现时的四年(2005-2008年)平均63%提高至95%。具体目标#3：向布里奇斯学员传授生物医学/行为科学方面的专业技能和全面描述职业选择。在我们的经验中，EPCC的学生通常不知道除了护理、物理治疗和医学之外，与生物医学/行为科学相关的领域的职业机会。这些学生很少或根本没有接触到其他生物医学/行为专业人士和研究人员，也不知道他们需要掌握什么技能。过去成功的每周座谈会和研讨会和工作坊系列将继续下去，指导学生关键的专业技能和潜在的机会。具体目标4：显著提高完成生物医学/行为科学学士学位的转学参与者的比例。我们建议在拟议的资助期(5年)内，将获得生物医学/行为科学学士学位的桥梁参与者的百分比从历史(17年)的平均60%提高到平均的80%。我们建议的最终目标是增加未被充分代表的少数族裔(主要是西班牙裔)涌入生物医学/行为科学职业，并鼓励他们毕业(博士)。研究计划。