BUILDing on UVI Success: A Creative Problem Solving Approach

描述（由申请人提供）：维尔京群岛大学将通过为全国类似大学制定示范计划，成功地增加生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数民族的数量。这里提出的创新规划过程的总体目标是制定一项变革性计划，以指数级增加进入生物医学研究生课程的代表性不足的少数族裔学生的数量。这个应用程序建立在一个坚实的基础上：在过去的10年里，27 UVI STEM校友获得了博士学位，超过60%的MARC学生继续攻读博士学位。位于查佩尔山的北卡罗来纳州大学和波士顿大学医学院已经承诺建立“双向”合作伙伴关系，在这些机构进行研究的UVI学生已经在攻读博士学位。学生发展的创新计划将在为期四天的想法实验室使用创造性的解决问题的方法，其中UVI教师，工作人员构建。合作伙伴研究机构和评估人员将走到一起，使用数据分析，文献综述和个人专业知识，量身定制一个综合计划，将改变课程，教学法和课外经验，以提高学生的发展。在为思想实验室做准备时，将分析机构数据，并辅以对教师，学生，校友和研究导师的调查，以更好地了解HBCU在STEM教育中招聘和保留的障碍。此外，在为创意实验室做准备的过程中，还将确定进一步的研究密集型机构合作伙伴，他们将与UVI合作，加强生物医学研究基础设施、本科生研究机会和学生发展。诸如主动学习、刻意练习、教师发展和导师培训等想法有着巨大的前景。UVI的经验，协同工作的UVI计划，强大的合作伙伴关系，以及来自文献的令人兴奋的想法意味着UVI准备进行变革。创意实验室将首次使用创造性问题解决框架来制定创新计划，以建立学生作为研究人员的身份，并显着提高少数民族学生在生物医学研究事业中的成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of the Virgin Islands will build on its success in increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research by developing a model program for similar universities across the country. The overall goal of the innovative planning process proposed here is to develop a transformative plan for exponentially increasing the number of underrepresented minority students going into biomedical graduate programs. This application builds on a solid foundation: in the last 10 years 27 UVI STEM alumni have earned PhDs and over 60 percent of MARC students go on to PhD programs. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Boston University School of Medicine have already committed to "two way" partnerships, and UVI students who have conducted research at these institutions are already in doctoral programs. An innovative plan for student development will be constructed during a four day Ideas Lab using a Creative Problem Solving approach whereby UVI faculty, staff. Partner Research Institutions and evaluators will come together, using data analyses, literature review, and personal expertise, to tailor an integrated program that will transform curriculum, pedagogy and co-curricular experiences to enhance student development. In preparation for the Ideas Lab, institutional data, complemented with surveys of faculty, students, alumni, and research mentors will be analyzed to better understand the barriers to recruitment and retention in STEM education at HBCUs. Also in preparation for the Ideas Lab, further research-intensive institutional partners will be identified who will collaborate with UVI to strengthen biomedical research infrastructure, undergraduate research opportunities and student development. Ideas such as active learning, deliberate practice, faculty development, and mentor training are have tremendous promise. UVI experiences, UVI programs working in synergy, strong partnerships, and exciting ideas from the literature coming together mean that UVI is poised to make transformative change. The Ideas Lab will be the first use of the Creative Problem Solving framework to develop an innovative plan to build students' identities as researchers and dramatically increase the success of minority students in biomedical research careers.