RISE at UVI: Building Students’ Identities as Scientists

UVI 的 RISE：培养学生科学家的身份

• 批准号: 9489472
• 负责人: TERESA ANN TURNER
• 金额: $ 27.29万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2023-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9489472
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The University of the Virgin Islands, an undergraduate HBCU serving a unique population, proposes a continuously improving RISE program for students in all the relevant biomedical and behavioral disciplines across both the St. Thomas and St. Croix campuses. The program is designed to increase the diversity of biomedical researchers, which is essential to developing the creative research teams needed to make future ground breaking discoveries. The RISE Program will accomplish this with a sustained program designed to build students’ identities as scientists. New features in the program were developed as a result of evaluation. The specific aims are: Goal 1. The UVI RISE program will engage RISE students, build their intellectual capacity, and provide continuous support such that 100% of the RISE students graduate; 95% apply to pipeline programs in their senior year; 60% enroll in doctoral programs within 3 years of graduation. The baseline is 46% of graduates in the last funding cycle have matriculated into PhD programs. Goal 2. The UVI RISE program will have a magnifying effect producing institutional change that impacts all students in relevant departments such that the percentage of students enrolling in doctoral programs increases in all. Our goal for biology and chemistry is that the percentage of alumni going on to PhD programs will increase from 20% to 22%; for mathematics and applied mathematics an increase from 14% to 16%; for computer science an increase from 10% to 12%. The measurable objectives are that the RISE program will: (1) provide students with a rigorous RISE curriculum including new skills development courses, (2) provide research education opportunities both through extramural summer experiences and academic year research classrooms, (3) develop strong, innovative partnerships with labs at research-intensive institutions, (4) provide students with support and mentoring such that they see a clearly articulated career pathway for admission to selective research universities and a structure for success, (5) provide the mentoring and inspiration to excel such that at least one RISE student each year will apply to and be competitive for the MARC program, (6) increase the number of UVI students accepted into competitive mainland summer research programs, (7) increase grades of STEM majors through an innovative utility value intervention. The objectives will be accomplished with a program that builds on past success and includes new courses, extramural research, presentations at conferences, visiting scientists, workshops, journal clubs, and a network of support for students including Individual Development Plans. The RISE program will be carefully evaluated following a comprehensive evaluation plan and be improved based on the results of evaluation. The program will substantially increase UVI’s ability to prepare students for careers in biomedical research.

维尔京群岛大学是一所为独特人口服务的本科生高等教育大学， 不断改进RISE计划，为所有相关生物医学和行为学科的学生提供服务 横跨圣托马斯和圣克鲁瓦校区。该计划旨在增加多样性， 生物医学研究人员，这是必不可少的发展创造性的研究团队需要使未来 突破性的发现RISE计划将通过一个持续的计划来实现这一目标， 建立学生作为科学家的身份。作为评估的结果，开发了该方案的新功能。 具体目标是：目标1。UVI RISE计划将吸引RISE学生，培养他们的智力， 能力，并提供持续的支持，使100%的RISE学生毕业; 95%申请管道 他们在大四的课程; 60%的人在毕业后3年内参加博士课程。基线 在上一个资助周期中，46%的毕业生被录取进入博士课程。目标2.紫外线指数上升 该计划将产生放大效应，产生影响相关领域所有学生的制度变革。 各系的博士生入学率均有所提高。我们的目标 生物学和化学是校友继续博士课程的比例将从20%增加到 22%;数学和应用数学从14%增加到16%;计算机科学 从10%上升到12%。可衡量的目标是，RISE计划将：（1）为学生提供 通过严格的RISE课程，包括新的技能发展课程，（2）提供研究教育 通过校外暑期经验和学年研究教室的机会，（3） 与研究密集型机构的实验室建立强大的创新伙伴关系，（4）为学生提供 支持和指导，使他们看到一个明确阐述的职业道路，录取选择性 研究型大学和成功的结构，（5）提供指导和激励，使其脱颖而出， 每年至少有一名RISE学生申请并参加MARC计划，（6）增加 UVI学生被大陆暑期研究项目录取的人数，（7）提高成绩 通过创新的效用价值干预，这些目标将通过 该计划建立在过去的成功，包括新的课程，校外研究，在 会议，访问科学家，研讨会，期刊俱乐部和支持学生的网络，包括 个人发展计划。RISE计划将在全面评估后进行仔细评估。 评估计划，并根据评估结果进行改进。该计划将大幅增加 UVI的能力，准备学生在生物医学研究的职业生涯。