Gatekeepers and Roadblocks: Increasing URM Student Success in Science

把关人和障碍：提高 URM 学生在科学方面的成功

• 批准号: 7629680
• 负责人: LOUISE HAINLINE
• 金额: $ 36.7万
• 依托单位: BROOKLYN COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-06-01 至 2011-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7629680
• 关键词: Address; Admission activity; Attention; Attitude; Awareness; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Bioinformatics; Calculi; Communication; Communities; Computer Literacy; Computer software; Computers; Data; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Educational workshop; Evaluation; Faculty; Feedback; Fellowship; Gatekeeping; Genetic; Goals; Grant; Imagery; Individual; Institution; Interview; Knowledge; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Learning; Link; Literature; Mathematics; Measurable; Mentors; Methods; Modification; Motivation; Movement; Oral Examination; Organic Chemistry; Outcome; Performance; Physics; Plagiarism; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Principal Investigator; Procedures; Process; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Reading; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Ethics; Research Personnel; Research Technics; Research Training; Resources; Schools; Science; Scientist; Series; Services; Structure; Students; Testing; Time Management; Training; Visit; Word Processing; Work; Writing; base; career; cohort; college; data modeling; experience; falls; improved; interest; literacy; member; peer; programs; response; responsible research conduct; skills; sound; success

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the MORE Division for MBRS programs and the Brooklyn College RISE program is to increase the numbers of underrepresented faculty and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research and to broaden the opportunities for these individuals to participate in biomedical and behavioral research through the provision of integrated developmental activities to increase knowledge, skills and information as students move from undergraduate status into doctoral programs. Diversification of the science workforce is an important national public health goal. Our RISE program proposes to improve on our earlier positive impacts on undergraduate URM success by extending efforts to assist RISE students develop strong academic knowledge and skills and motivation to enter science careers through a series of linked developmental activities and milestones. In response to a needs analysis and program evaluation, a plan for extending undergraduate activities and introducing doctoral students to the program is proposed. The key activities for the undergraduate component of the program are a comprehensive 6-week pre-freshman summer program concentrating on orientation to the demands of college-level work in the sciences; introduction to peer-assisted methods to improve academic outcomes in a for-credit precalculus class; and a variety of workshops to help students adjust to college, develop skills in communication, information and computer literacy, begin to be exposed to information about research careers, and above all, improve academic outcomes compared with control subjects. Many of these activities continue in a tightly integrated Learning Community and academic support throughout the 4 years of college. Students will begin to work in faculty labs to develop information about research and research careers, and will be encouraged to get external summer research experience. They also will be exposed in a series of workshops on information on responsible conduct of research. Work on preparing for graduate school and standardized tests in support of successful applications to graduate school are also part of the program. The graduate component includes admission of a new cohort of RISE doctoral students, academic support, and excellent research training to allow them to progress successfully and without delay to completion of the doctoral degree and movement into postdoctoral and research scientist positions after graduation.

描述（申请人提供）：MBRS计划和布鲁克林学院RISE计划的MORE部门的总体目标是增加从事生物医学和行为研究的代表性不足的教师和学生的数量，并通过提供综合发展活动来扩大这些人参与生物医学和行为研究的机会，技能和信息作为学生从本科进入博士课程。科学劳动力的多样化是一个重要的国家公共卫生目标。我们的RISE计划提出，通过扩大努力，帮助RISE学生发展强大的学术知识和技能，并通过一系列相关的发展活动和里程碑，进入科学事业的动机，以改善我们早期对本科URM成功的积极影响。为了响应需求分析和方案评估，提出了一个计划，扩大本科生活动，并介绍博士生的程序。 该计划的本科组成部分的主要活动是一个全面的6周的大一前暑期课程，集中在科学的大学水平的工作的需求方向;介绍同侪协助的方法，以提高在一个学分预计算类的学术成果;以及各种讲习班，以帮助学生适应大学，发展沟通，信息和计算机素养的技能，开始接触有关研究职业的信息，最重要的是，与对照组相比，提高了学术成果。许多这些活动继续在一个紧密结合的学习社区和学术支持整个4年的大学。学生将开始在教师实验室工作，以开发有关研究和研究职业的信息，并将被鼓励获得外部夏季研究经验。他们还将参加一系列关于负责任地进行研究的信息的讲习班。研究生院的准备工作和支持成功申请研究生院的标准化考试也是该计划的一部分。研究生部分包括录取一批新的RISE博士生，学术支持和优秀的研究培训，使他们能够顺利取得进展，毫不拖延地完成博士学位，并在毕业后进入博士后和研究科学家职位。