EPCC's RISE to the Challenge Option 1

EPCC 应对挑战的崛起选项 1

• 批准号: 8525400
• 负责人: MARIA E ALVAREZ
• 金额: $ 56.82万
• 依托单位: EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-04-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8525400
• 关键词: Affect; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Behavioral Research; Biology; Biomedical Research; Chemistry; Commit; Communities; Development; Disadvantaged; Doctor of Philosophy; Doctor' s Degree; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational Status; Enrollment; Environment; Environmental Health; Extramural Activities; Face; Faculty; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health; Hispanics; Institution; Instruction; International; Knowledge; Learning; Master' s Degree; Mexico; Minority; Participant; Performance; Population; Positioning Attribute; Publications; Quality of life; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Science; Staging; Students; Time; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; career; college; community college; expectation; experience; feeding; health disparity; improved; innovation; interdisciplinary approach; interest; medically underserved; meetings; peer; programs; research and development; science education; skills; success; tool; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With a student population exceeding 39,000, El Paso Community College (EPCC) is the largest Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located on the US-Mexico border, the fastest growing community college in the U.S, and the largest grantor of Associate degrees to Hispanic students in the Nation. In the 2011 academic year, 29,901 students enrolled in RISE-relevant courses across EPCC's five campuses. This student population (88% underrepresented) is already interested in health issues that affect the US-Mexico border region where health disparities are extreme. EPCC has been a pioneer in getting students interested in biomedical research and in entering the Ph.D. pipeline. EPCC was the first community college to be funded by the MBRS-RISE Program in 2000. It has been consistently shown that students participating in RISE activities outperform non participants in retention, graduation and progression to the next educational level. The ultimate goal is to develop EPCC to become the Number-One community college in terms of guiding minority and disadvantaged students into the Ph.D pipeline. The goals of EPCC's RISE to the Challenge Program are: 1) to continue providing talented EPCC students with the tools to succeed and excel in their freshman and sophomore-level math and science courses, 2) to continue strengthening the research knowledge and skills of the students and faculty with special emphasis in biomedical and behavioral research, and 3) to increase the number of minority and disadvantaged students that transfer to a four-year institution with the skills necessary to succeed in college and to complete the requirements for a Ph.D. The objectives are: 1) to enhance and enrich the Biology, Chemistry and Math curriculum with innovative instructional strategies, including Supplemental Instruction (SI) and Peer-led team learning (PLTL) using an investigative, multidisciplinary approach to improve student performance and develop student's higher learning skills, 2) to continue providing year-round meaningful research experiences for sophomores and select talented freshman, 3) to maintain our excellent track record of students participating and presenting at national professional meetings, 4) to increase the number of research publications by RISE student participants, 5) to continue providing students with intensive tutoring and advising, and 6) to strengthen the biomedical science learning community and support networks established previously. Because of its large minority enrollment, its focus on student success, and its research infrastructure, EPCC is in a unique position and is committed to reducing the gap in the number of students that complete the PhD degrees by feeding the pipeline of underrepresented students at the earliest stages in their education.

简介（由申请人提供）：埃尔帕索社区学院（EPCC）的学生人数超过39,000人，是美国最大的西班牙裔服务机构（HSI），位于美墨边境，是美国发展最快的社区学院，也是美国最大的西班牙裔学生副学士学位授予机构。在2011学年，有29,901名学生在EPCC的五个校区注册了rise相关课程。这个学生群体（88%未被充分代表）已经对影响健康差异极端的美墨边境地区的健康问题感兴趣。EPCC一直是让学生对生物医学研究感兴趣并进入博士学位管道的先驱。EPCC是2000年由mbr - rise计划资助的第一所社区学院。一直以来，参加RISE活动的学生在留校、毕业和升入下一个教育水平方面的表现都优于未参加的学生。最终目标是将EPCC发展成为在引导少数民族和弱势学生进入博士学位管道方面排名第一的社区学院。EPCC“迎接挑战”计划的目标是：1)继续为有才华的EPCC学生提供工具，帮助他们在大一和大二的数学和科学课程中取得成功和出类拔萃；2)继续加强学生和教师的研究知识和技能，特别是在生物医学和行为研究方面。3)增加少数民族和弱势群体学生的数量，使他们转学到四年制大学，具备在大学取得成功所需的技能，并完成博士学位的要求。目标是：1)通过创新的教学策略，包括补充教学（SI）和同伴领导的团队学习（PLTL），利用调查和多学科的方法来提高学生的表现和发展学生的更高学习技能，加强和丰富生物、化学和数学课程；2)继续为大二学生和挑选有才华的大一学生提供全年有意义的研究经验；3)保持学生参加全国专业会议的良好记录，4)增加RISE学生参与者的研究出版物数量，5)继续为学生提供密集的辅导和建议，6)加强之前建立的生物医学科学学习社区和支持网络。由于其庞大的少数民族招生，其对学生成功的关注，以及其研究基础设施，EPCC处于独特的地位，并致力于通过在教育的早期阶段为代表性不足的学生提供管道，减少完成博士学位的学生数量的差距。