UC Denver MARC U*STAR Scholars Program

描述(由申请人提供)：随着美国的面貌变得更加多样化，高等教育机构必须增加授予少数族裔学生的博士学位数量。科罗拉多大学丹佛分校(UC-Denver)致力于实现这一目标，并处于有利地位，可以加强对本科生的培训，不仅在高等教育的博士队伍中促进多样性，而且在大学以外的研究中也是如此。MARC U*STAR项目申请通过在本科教育的最后两年为25名URM学生提供强化的跨学科课程和研究培训来支持这些努力，使他们能够进入基础和应用行为科学的博士项目，并在这些领域从事研究工作。加州大学丹佛分校的地区和当地人口统计数据，以及行为科学研究的快速扩展和已经蓬勃发展的本科课程，为建立拟议的行为科学MARC U*STAR学者计划提供了坚实的基础。拟议的计划包括一系列关于行为和健康科学研究的方法论和伦理学的新课程，以及校内外的研究经验，将为学生进入博士项目并取得成功提供坚实的学术和经验基础。重要的是，这些活动利用加州大学丹佛分校的其他少数族裔培训计划来扩大机构文化，支持少数族裔学生的成功和他们进入科学研究生教育。MARC课程建立在现有心理学和公共卫生跨学科学位课程的基础上，享有强有力的机构支持，并有可能为加州大学丹佛分校多元化和包容性的氛围带来变革。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As the face of the United States becomes more diverse, it is imperative that institutions of higher education increase the number of PhDs awarded to students who are members of underrepresented minority groups. The University of Colorado at Denver (UC-Denver) is committed to this goal and is in an excellent position to enhance and intensify its training of undergraduate students to foster diversity not only in the PhD workforce in higher education, but also in research beyond the University setting. This MARC U*STAR program application supports these efforts by providing intensive interdisciplinary curricular and research training for 25 URM students during the last two years of their undergraduate education that will enable them to enter PhD programs in basic and applied behavioral science and pursue research careers in these fields. The regional and local demographics of UC Denver along with the rapid expansion of research in the behavioral sciences and an already thriving undergraduate program provide a strong foundation for building the proposed MARC U*STAR Scholars program in behavioral sciences. The proposed program features a new series of courses in the methodology and ethics of behavioral and health science research as well as on and off- campus research experiences that will provide the strong academic and experiential foundation necessary for students to gain entrance into and succeed in PhD programs. Importantly, these activities leverage other minority training programs at UC Denver to expand an institutional culture that supports the success of minority students and their entrance into graduate education in the sciences. The MARC program, which builds on existing interdisciplinary degree programs in Psychology and Public Health, enjoys strong institutional support and holds the potential to be transformational for the climate of diversity and inclusion at UC Denver.