Facilitating Seamless Transitions from Community College to Towson University

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的长期目标是增加从巴尔的摩市社区学院（BCCC）或巴尔的摩县社区学院（CCBC）成功完成过渡到陶森大学（TU）（或其他四年制机构）完成学士学位的未被充分代表的少数民族的数量，然后他们有竞争力追求研究生教育和/或追求生物医学研究领域的职业生涯。这项更新提案旨在建立在以往资助周期取得的成功的基础上，并实施新的战略，赋予和激励参与的少数民族学生权力。因此，我们计划采取以下措施：继续在BCCC和CCBC开展招聘工作，以提高项目知名度，并增加项目吸引的合格学生数量；继续制定策略，提高TU的项目意识，为桥梁学生创造一个支持性的制度氛围；为学生提供积极和支持性的学术课程；并为学生提供在TU和研究生教育和职业生涯中取得成功所需的技能和能力。在这些成就的基础上，这次更新的目标是增加参与学生的数量，增加从BCCC和CCBC到TU或其他四年制大学的转学率，扩大研究经验的数量和类型，设计一种更综合的方法，使其出现在主要文献中，并发展新的合作，为生物医学科学的研究生和研究生工作提供途径。这些目标将通过建立促进学生成功的支持结构来实现。由社区学院和工业大学导师组成的咨询小组以及使用同侪导师将提供广泛的支持网络。我们会实施及早评估及适时干预的策略，透过辅导及辅导，满足学员的学业需要。我们扩大了研究导师的范围，以扩大参与者的机会，并向他们介绍各种研究项目和从事生物医学研究的个人。我们提倡，在实验室的变革经验和接触像他们自己一样的人，确保他们也能在这些职业中取得成功。我们还建议学生在主要研究文章的分析和讨论中进行合作，并从探索与康奈尔大学的合作伙伴关系开始，探索研究和研究生体验的新机会。通过这些和其他举措，我们寻求激励学生完成生物医学科学的本科学位，并在相关领域从事职业和研究生培训。其结果是一个更加多样化和有才能的劳动力确保我们的国家继续在创造力和创新方面处于领先地位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goal of this program is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who successfully complete the transition from Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) or the Community Colleges of Baltimore County (CCBC) to completion of a Baccalaureate degree at Towson University (TU) (or another four year institution) and who then are competitive to pursue graduate education and/or pursue a career in the area of biomedical research. This renewal proposal seeks to build on the successes achieved from previous funding cycles and implement new strategies to empower and motivate participating minority students. We therefore plan to do the following: continue recruitment efforts at BCCC and CCBC to increase program awareness and increase the pool of qualified students attracted to the program; continue to devise strategies to increase program awareness at TU to create a supportive institutional climate for Bridges students; provide an active and supportive academic program for students; and provide students with the skills and capacity required to succeed at TU and in post-graduate education and careers. While building on these accomplishments this renewal aims to increase the number of participating students, increase the transfer rate from BCCC and CCBC to TU or other four-year colleges, expand on the number and types of research experiences, devise a more integrative approach for emersion into the primary literature and develop new collaborations that offer avenues for graduate and post graduate work in the biomedical sciences. These goals will be achieved through the building of support structures that foster student success. Advising teams composed of community college and TU mentors and the use of peer mentors will provide an extensive support network. We will implement strategies for early assessment and timely intervention to address the academic needs of participants through tutoring and mentoring. We have expanded the pool of research mentors to expand the opportunities available to participants and introduce them to a variety of research projects, and individuals engaged in biomedical research. We advocate that transformative experiences in the laboratory and exposure to individuals like themselves assures them that they can also be successful in these careers. We also propose to have students work collaboratively in the analysis and discussion of primary research articles and explore new opportunities for research and post graduate experiences beginning with the exploration of a partnership with Cornell University. Through these and other initiatives we seek to motivate students to complete undergraduate degrees in the biomedical sciences and pursue careers and graduate training in related fields. The result is a more diverse and talented workforce ensuring that our nation continues to lead in creativity and innovation.