Temple University MARC U*STAR Program

描述（由申请人提供）：为了增加来自代表性不足人群（UR）的生物医学和行为研究人员的数量，来自这些社区对生物医学科学感兴趣并准备进入研究生院的本科生数量必须增加。天普大学（TU）提供了一个相对较大的本科学生群体，在本科生多样性方面一直名列全国前茅。在科学技术学院（CST），黑人和西班牙裔学生占总数的24%。生物学是CST最大的专业，许多生物学专业的学生有兴趣并有能力为竞争激烈的研究生工作做准备，因为本科生有研究经验，再加上经济、学术和社会支持。MARC U*STAR项目前四年的结果显示，天普大学显著影响了我校进入生物医学研究生项目的毕业生人数。TU MARC U*STAR于2009年夏天招募了第一批学员。在接下来的几年里，每年招募8名UR学生，100%（24人）毕业，其中男8人，女16人。目前，有8名黑人毕业生就读于选择性博士课程，1名就读于医学博士/博士课程。四名西班牙裔学生和两名第一代或低收入或混血学生参加了博士课程。一些毕业生正在参加学士后课程，为博士或医学博士/博士入学做准备。我们的MARC毕业生在毕业3年内进入博士或医学博士/博士课程的总体成功率为83%。许多TU的本科生是第一代大学生，许多UR的学生就读于费城地区的公立学校。这些学校面临着资源短缺的问题，这些问题都太常见了，CST的学生进入大学时数学准备不足，这影响了他们的毕业时间，因为化学和生物专业需要完成数学才能进入大二的课程。准备不足的学生几乎没有大学水平的学习技能，而且经常有兼职或全职工作。TU有潜力增加那些本来不会考虑或准备攻读博士学位的学生。我们目前的申请将继续与MARC学生努力，并扩大与pre-MARC学生的努力，以减少毕业时间，并增加大学所有UR学生的坚持。策略的设计适用于所有层次的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In order to increase the number of biomedical and behavioral researchers from underrepresented populations (UR), the number of undergraduate students from these communities interested in and prepared for graduate school in biomedical sciences must increase. Temple University (TU) provides access to a relatively large undergraduate population of UR students consistently ranking in the top programs in the nation in undergraduate diversity. In the College of Science and Technology (CST), black and Hispanic students comprise 24% of the total. Biology constitutes the largest major in CST and many biology majors are interested in and capable of preparing for competitive graduate work given undergraduate exposure to research experiences coupled with financial, academic and social support. Results from our first four years of MARC U*STAR show that Temple University has significantly impacted the number of UR graduates entering biomedical graduate programs from our institution. TU MARC U*STAR recruited its first cohort in the summer of 2009. Eight UR students were recruited each of the following years and 100% (24) graduated, including 8 males and 16 females. At present, 8 black graduates are enrolled in selective PhD programs and one in an MD/PhD program. Four Hispanic students and 2 first-generation or low income or mixed race students are enrolled in PhD programs. Several graduates are attending post-baccalaureate programs in preparation for PhD or MD/PhD entry. Our overall success rate of MARC graduates entering PhD or MD/PhD programs within 3 years of graduation is 83%. Many TU undergraduate students are first-generation college students and many UR students attended public schools in the Philadelphia area. These schools suffer a shortage of resources with all too familiar consequences and CST students enter college with low math preparation which impacts their time to graduation because chemistry and biology majors require completion of math to enroll in sophomore-level classes. Underprepared students have few college-level study skills, and often have part- or full-time jobs. TU has the potential to increas the pool of students who would not otherwise consider or be prepared for PhD programs. Our current application will maintain our efforts with the MARC students and expand efforts with pre-MARC students to reduce time to graduation and increase persistence for all UR students in the college. Strategies are designed to work at all levels of engagement.