UofL Bridges to Baccalaureate(ULBB)

摘要 在过去的三十年里，生物医学研究一直在迅速发展，并在世界范围内产生了巨大的影响。 然而，少数民族和贫困人口继续在美国生产高质量的熟练专业人员。 在这支劳动力队伍中代表性不足（UR）。国际数学和科学的发展趋势 研究（TIMSS）和其他报告显示，美国学生的学术准备大大提高， 与大多数其他国家的学生相比，我国的少数民族和贫困学生仍然 对于进入生物医学和行为科学等高科技职业的准备相对不足。作为 结果，占总人口29%的少数民族，只占博士总数的7%。 生物医学和行为科学学位，仅占R01生物医学和行为科学学位的4%， 行为研究赠款许多UR学生被剥夺了早期体验的机会 因此，由于他们缺乏直接进入科学和数学领域的技能和接触， 4-他们参加社区学院和技术学院的两年制课程。 该UofL桥梁学士学位（ULBB）计划将涉及路易斯维尔大学（UofL）和 杰斐逊社区和技术学院（JCTC）联手开发一个可持续的计划， 向代表性不足和处境不利的社区大学生介绍就业机会 提供生物医学和行为研究，并准备他们从2年的成功过渡 计划在JCTC到UofL的4年STEM相关学士学位课程。ULBB计划将重点 （1）加强联合反恐委员会和利比里亚大学之间的伙伴关系， 代表性不足的少数民族和经济上处于不利地位的高中学生进入一个途径， 生物医学研究职业，将科学副学士（AS）的毕业率从3年的12%提高到12%， 2）提供支持和指导人员和计划的管道，包括 学术充实，职业发展培训和研究经验，在每个10周的夏季 计划（两个夏天）在UofL的国际知名教师的指导下，将提高 由现时30%升读大学及广播局资助的学生的转校率增至70%，以及3）继续提供辅导， 辅导学生从JCTC转移到UofL在一个小组设置，促进他们参与 现有的本科教育计划，以改善目前的毕业率33%至70%，我们的 转移ULBB学生，导致增加招聘生物医学研究生教育， careers. ULBB计划是创新的，不仅会影响代表性不足和弱势群体， 学生本身，但也更广泛的课程，建议，和双方的合作伙伴的研究计划 机构和不同的，合格的科学家进入生物医学研究事业池。

ABSTRACT For the last three decades, biomedical research has been expanding rapidly and has made a great impact in producing high quality skilled professionals in the U.S. However, minorities and the underprivileged continue to be underrepresented (UR) in this work force. While the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and other reports show that US students are greatly improving their academic preparedness compared to students from most other nations, our country's minorities and underprivileged students remain relatively poorly prepared to enter high technology careers such as biomedical and behavioral sciences. As a result, minorities, who constitute about 29% of the total population, represent only about 7% of Ph.D. degrees in biomedical and behavioral sciences and hold only about 4% of the R01 biomedical and behavioral research grants. Many UR students are deprived of the opportunity to experience early engagement in science and math. Therefore, because they lack the skills and exposure to move directly into 4-year baccalaureate programs, they enter into 2-year programs at the community and technical colleges. The UofL Bridges to Baccalaureate (ULBB) program will involve the University of Louisville (UofL) and Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC) joining forces to develop a sustainable program that will introduce underrepresented and disadvantaged community college students to the career opportunities available in biomedical and behavioral research and prepare them for successful transition from a 2-year program at JCTC to a 4-year STEM related baccalaureate program at UofL. The ULBB program will focus on: 1) strengthening the partnership between JCTC and UofL to increase the recruitment of underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged high school students into a pathway to biomedical research careers, increasing the graduation rate in Associate in Science (AS) from 12% in 3 years to 50% in 2 years, 2) providing a pipeline of support and mentoring personnel and programs, including academic enrichments, career development training and research experience during each 10-week summer program (two summers) at UofL under the mentorship of internationally renowned faculty that will enhance transfer rate from a current 30% to 70% of ULBB-supported students, and 3) continued mentoring and counseling of students transferred from JCTC to UofL in a small group setting, promoting their involvement in existing undergraduate education programs to improve the present graduation rate of 33% to 70% of our transferred ULBB students, leading to increased recruitment to biomedical research graduate education and careers. The ULBB program is innovative and will not only impact the underrepresented and underprivileged students themselves but also the broader curricular, advising, and research programs of both partner institutions and the pool of diverse, well-qualified scientists entering biomedical research careers.