The Bridges to the Baccalaureate program at Florida A&M University

佛罗里达 A 大学通往学士学位课程的桥梁

• 批准号: 8575265
• 负责人: CARL B GOODMAN
• 金额: $ 28.27万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-26 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8575265
• 关键词: Address; African American; Agriculture; Arts; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Bioethics; Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Development; Discipline; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Environmental Engineering technology; Faculty; Florida; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Healthcare; Hispanics; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Institution; Internships; Knowledge; Laboratories; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; Native Americans; Outcomes Research; Pharmacologic Substance; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Safety; Schools; Science; Students; System; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; college; community college; computer data analysis; design; environmental chemical; experience; falls; health disparity; innovation; interest; knowledge base; lectures; meetings; member; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; success; undergraduate student; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program in the Biomedical Sciences at Florida A&M University (FAMU) is to cultivate a program that increases the numbers of underrepresented minority (URM); African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans; students from TCC to obtain a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. FAMU has strategically positioned itself as one of the few Historically Black Colleges and Universities to not only serve as a traditional feeder program but has become a relatively newcomer as a leader in graduating underrepresented minorities with baccalaureate degrees in the biomedical sciences (agriculture sciences and viticulture, biology and chemistry, environmental, chemical and biomedical engineering, environmental chemistry and health, and pharmaceutical sciences). TCC is fast approaching the status as a minority-majority institution of higher learning. It has an enrollment of 13,908 students and is culturally diversified with 47% minorities (36.1% black and 8.2% Hispanic) and 51.5% white. TCC has the highest percentage of African American students among the 28 members of the Florida College System and is ranked 6th nationally among 2-year institutions in number of associate degrees awarded to African Americans. The overall objective of FAMU-TCC Bridges Program is to establish a means for providing minority students, attending TCC, with the knowledge and appropriate skills necessary to attain an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree and to successfully compete with others to obtain an entry-level degree in the biomedical sciences at Florida A&M University. This objective will be met by: 1) Establishing an innovative recruitment strategy to attract 150 science majors at TCC to the various biomedical science disciplines and research experiences at FAMU. Through the proposed program, seminars, workshops, and lectures will take place on TCC campus throughout the academic year presented by FAMU biomedical science and research faculty; 2) Establishing a FAMU-TCC Biomedical Sciences Forum where 40 TCC students from the pool of 150 underrepresented minorities(URM) will be invited for a one-day orientation during the spring semester to tour FAMU and its biomedical science programs as well as to gain information on the 10-weeks summer research internship program; 3) Providing a 10-week summer research internship at FAMU for 10 Bridges students during the first year and a total of 30 for years 2-5. Students will be matched with research mentors and conduct a meaningful research project that will be complimented with several research enrichment activities to include lectures and practical experiences on research and bioethics, laboratory safety training, computer and data analysis, power point poster preparation and presentation skills, transition into your baccalaureate program (from academic advisement to identifying financial resources to pay for school) and biomedical science seminars; 4) Providing an academic research internships program during the academic year for 7 Bridges students, who wish to further their research training interests in the natural or biomedical sciences; 5) It is expected that 70% of the Bridges students will transfer from TCC to FAMU and that 70% will be successful in obtaining a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. By establishing academic support initiatives, including tutorial, mentoring, and advising activities Bridges students will enhance their retention rate to graduate while matriculating at FAMU; and 6) Providing a research opportunity for a TCC science faculty to conduct biomedical research for professional development and to gain additional knowledge for instructional improvement.

描述（由申请人提供）：在佛罗里达A&M大学（FAMU）的生物医学学士学位课程的桥梁的目标是培养一个程序，增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的数量;非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人和美洲原住民;学生从TCC获得生物医学学士学位。FAMU已战略定位为少数几个历史上黑人学院和大学之一，不仅作为传统的支线计划，但已成为一个相对较新的领导者，在毕业人数不足的少数民族与学士学位的生物医学科学（农业科学和葡萄栽培，生物学和化学，环境，化学和生物医学工程，环境化学和健康，以及制药科学）。TCC正在迅速接近少数民族高等教育机构的地位。它有13，908名学生，文化多样，47%的少数民族（36.1%黑人和8.2%西班牙裔）和51.5%的白色。TCC在佛罗里达学院系统的28个成员中非洲裔美国人学生的比例最高，在授予非洲裔美国人的副学士学位数量方面在全国2年制院校中排名第6。FAMU-TCC桥梁计划的总体目标是为少数民族学生提供一种手段，参加TCC，获得艺术（A.A.）副学士所需的知识和适当技能。学位，并成功地与他人竞争，以获得在佛罗里达A&M大学生物医学科学入门级学位。这一目标将通过以下方式实现：1）制定创新的招聘战略，吸引150名科学家， 在TCC的专业，以各种生物医学科学学科和研究经验，在FAMU。通过拟议的计划，研讨会，讲习班和讲座将在TCC校园举行整个学年由FAMU生物医学科学和研究教师提出; 2）建立一个FAMU-TCC生物医学科学论坛，邀请来自150个代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的40名TCC学生参加一个在春季学期参观FAMU及其生物医学科学课程，以及获得为期10周的夏季研究实习计划的信息; 3）在第一年为10名桥梁学生提供为期10周的夏季研究实习，第二年至第五年共30名学生。学生将与研究导师相匹配，并进行一个有意义的研究项目，该项目将与几个研究丰富活动相配合，包括研究和生物伦理学，实验室安全培训，计算机和数据分析，幻灯片海报准备和演示技巧，过渡到你的学士学位课程（从学术研讨会到寻找资金支付学费）和生物医学科学研讨会; 4）在学年期间为7名希望在自然科学或生物医学科学方面进一步发展研究培训兴趣的桥梁学生提供学术研究实习计划; 5）预计70%的桥梁学生将从TCC转移到FAMU，70%将成功获得生物医学科学学士学位。通过建立学术支持计划，包括辅导，指导和咨询活动桥梁学生将提高他们的留存率毕业，而在FAMU录取;和6）提供一个研究机会，TCC科学教师进行生物医学研究的专业发展，并获得额外的知识，教学改进。