MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research at Tennessee State University

总结 TSU-MARC计划开始于1980年，并有一个变化的计划主任开始与 该计划的最新周期（2012-2013学年）。7名MARC校友获得博士学位 从2012年到2015年在此期间，大津校友在生物医学科学方面获得的所有博士学位都是 来自MARC校友，强调大津MARC计划在获得博士学位的重要性， 大津的URM。从历史上看，大津国立大学MARC计划培养了大量少数族裔 生物医学研究人员。最近一个周期（2013-2015年）的15名MARC毕业生中有7名 读博士pograms（40%）。这是高于博士的比率。计划招生，34%，从 过去12年的资助，但仍低于博士学位的理想水平计划注册。 要求为10名MARC受训人员提供资金。以下具体目标 目前的申请满足了大津大学MARC项目增加博士生入学人数的需要。 项目的MARC毕业生和他们的坚持完成博士学位。一旦注册。一 为实现以下目标，提出了一些新的战略和活动：1.增加 申请博士学位的URM学生人数生物医学研究生课程。 在目前的周期中，60%的MARC毕业生申请了博士学位。程序.目标是使 我们80%的毕业生申请博士学位。毕业后的课程，增加了33%。2.增加 博士生录取率程序.具体目标是增加 我们的学生申请博士的成功率。从目前的55%提高到80%。增加 持续的大津MARC毕业生进入博士成功地完成他们的计划， 度在大津大学MARC项目实施的15年里，有27名MARC毕业生进入了博士学位课程。 但只有21个坚持他们的计划。其目标是降低 在下一个赠款周期内从22%提高到15%，提高了32%。4.提高批判性思维能力 的TSU-MARC毕业生，以准备他们的研究生所需的分析严谨的水平 计划的录取和完成。可衡量的目标是增加口头和 定量GRE成绩从目前的平均151分提高到153分，这将使语言成绩达到 第59百分位数和第52百分位数的定量。这将是一个18%的口头增加， 百分位数和16%的数量百分位数增加。5.提高大津MARC学生 展示效果和出版记录。特别是为了增加学员人数 在与学科有关的专业会议上作科学报告的次数从每年4次增加到每年6次， 出版物从每五年10份增加到每五年12份。

SUMMARY The TSU-MARC program began in 1980 and had a change of program director beginning with the most recent cycle of the program (2012-2013 academic year). 7 MARC alumni have received Ph.D.s from 2012-2015. All Ph.D.s received by TSU alumni in biomedical sciences during this period were from MARC alumni, emphasizing the importance of the TSU MARC program in attainment of Ph.D.s by URM at TSU. Historically, the TSU MARC program has produced a significant number of minority biomedical researchers. 7 of the 15 MARC graduates from the most recent cycle (2013-2015) have enrolled in Ph.D. pograms (40%). This is above the the rate of Ph.D. program enrollment, 34%, from the previous 12 years of the grant, but it is still below the desired level of Ph.D. program enrollment. Funding for 10 MARC trainees to particpate in the program is requested. The following specifc goals of the current application address the need of the TSU MARC program to increase enrollment in Ph.D. programs by MARC graduates and their persistence to completion of the Ph.D. once enrolled. A number of new strategies and activities have been proposed to achieve the folowing goals: 1. Increase the number of URM students who apply to Ph.D. graduate programs in the biomedical sciences. In the current cycle 60% of MARC graduates have applied to Ph.D. programs. The objective is to have 80% of our graduates applying to Ph.D. programs upon graduation, a 33% increase. 2. Increase the acceptance rate of students applying to Ph.D. programs. The specific objective is to increase the success rate of our students applying to Ph.D. programs from the current 55% to 80%.3. Increase the persistence of TSU MARC graduates entering Ph.D. programs to successful completion of their degrees. In the last 15 years of the TSU MARC program, 27 MARC graduates have entered Ph.D. programs but only 21 have persisted in their programs. The objective is to drop this attrition level of 22% to 15% during the next cycle of the grant, a 32% improvement. 4. Increase critical thinking skills of TSU-MARC graduates to prepare them for the level of analytical rigor needed for graduate program admission and completion. The measurable objective is have an increase in verbal and quatitative GRE scores from the current average of 151 to 153, which would put the verbal score at the 59th percentile and the quantitative at the 52nd percentile. This would be an 18% increase in the verbal percentile and a 16% increase in the quantitative percentile. 5. Improve TSU MARC student presentation effectiveness and publication record. Specifically to increase the number of trainee scientific presentations at discipline-related professional meetings from 4 per year to 6 per year and publications from 10 per five year period to 12 per five year period.