Facilitating Seamless Transitions from Community College to Towson University

促进从社区学院到陶森大学的无缝过渡

• 批准号: 8575237
• 负责人: GAIL E GASPARICH
• 金额: $ 10.64万
• 依托单位: TOWSON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8575237
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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.

描述(由申请者提供)：该计划的长期目标是增加那些成功完成从巴尔的摩城市社区学院(BCCC)或巴尔的摩县社区学院(CCBC)过渡到完成Towson大学(TU)(或其他四年制院校)的学士学位并在生物医学研究领域具有竞争力的研究生教育和/或职业的少数族裔人数。这项更新建议力求在以往资助周期所取得的成功的基础上，实施新的战略，以增强和激励参与的少数族裔学生。因此，我们计划做以下工作：继续在BCCC和CCBC进行招生努力，以提高项目意识，并增加被该项目吸引的合格学生；继续制定战略，提高TU的项目意识，为Bridges学生创造一个支持性的机构氛围；为学生提供积极和支持性的学术项目；并为学生提供在TU、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，这次更新的目的是增加参与的学生数量，增加从BCCC和CCBC到TU或其他四年制学院的转化率，扩大研究经验的数量和类型，设计一种更综合的方法来再现初级文献，并发展新的合作，为生物医学科学的毕业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。由社区大学和TU导师组成的顾问团队以及同行导师的使用将提供广泛的支持网络。我们将实施及早评估和及时干预的战略，通过辅导和辅导满足学员的学术需求。我们扩大了研究导师的队伍，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。我们主张，在实验室的变革性经历和与像他们一样的人的接触可以确保他们在这些职业中也能取得成功。我们还建议让学生合作分析和讨论主要的研究文章，并从探索与康奈尔大学的合作伙伴关系开始，探索研究和研究生经历的新机会。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，并在相关领域追求职业和研究生培训。其结果是更多样化和更有才华的劳动力，确保我们的国家继续在创造力和创新方面处于领先地位。