Miami Dade College - University of Miami Bridge to the Baccalaureate Program

描述(由申请人提供)：我们请求继续支持迈阿密戴德学院(MDC)和迈阿密大学(UM)的合作伙伴关系，该伙伴关系自1994年以来一直由五个连续获得文凭的桥梁资助。我们有两个总体目标，一个是针对剑桥学者，另一个是MDC的普通理科学生群体。我们的目标是将进入生物医学科学博士项目的学者数量增加50%。我们将调整迈阿密-戴德县学生的招生方式，将学者送到他们以前的高中，并将继续提供补充指导，以提高学者的学术竞争力。我们将通过一门新的基于研究的综合实验室入门课程来鼓励人们对研究的兴趣，为密歇根大学的教师导师提供研究的小时工资，并支持学生出席和在国家会议上发表演讲。我们将通过家庭科学周日的活动来提高家长对研究职业的欣赏，在活动中，家庭将在密歇根大学的教师导师的指导下参与真实的研究。通过这项提议，我们重申了我们的承诺，即通过帮助来自代表性不足群体的学生毕业并进入生物医学研究职业生涯，在MDC产生制度影响。我们的目标是将所有MDC理科学生获得副学士学位的人数增加50%，并将转到四年制院校的人数增加50%。我们将通过以下方式实现这一点：1)将我们基于研究的生物/化学实验室的介绍性模式扩展到MDC，以接触到更多的学生；2)实施虚拟同行主导的团队学习计划，以容纳大量通勤的MDC理科学生；以及3)通过大使计划激励MDC学生，在该计划中，学者向MDC同行展示他们的研究经验。此外，两所大学的教职员工将参加教学创新研讨会，了解和分享与以学生为中心的学习相关的技术。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request continuing support for a Miami Dade College (MDC) and University of Miami (UM) partnership that has been funded since 1994 by five successive Bridges to the Baccalaureate awards. We have two overall goals, one targeting Bridge scholars and the other the general science student population at MDC. We aim to increase the number of scholars entering doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences by 50 percent. We will modify our recruitment of students from Miami-Dade County by sending scholars to their former high school, and we will continue to provide supplementary instruction to increase scholars' academic competitiveness. We will encourage interest in research through a new integrative introductory research-based laboratory course, provision of hourly wages for research with faculty mentors at UM, and support for student attendance and presentations at national meetings. We will raise parents' appreciation of research careers through Family Science Sunday events, at which families will participate in authentic research with a UM faculty mentor. With this proposal, we renew our commitment to having an institutional impact at MDC by helping students from underrepresented groups graduate and enter biomedical research careers. We aim to increase the number of all MDC science students receiving their associate degrees by 50 percent and the number transferring to four-year institutions by 50 percent. We will accomplish this by 1) extending to MDC our introductory research-based biology/chemistry lab model to reach many more students, 2) implementing a virtual Peer-Led Team-Learning program that will accommodate the large number of MDC science students who are commuters, and 3) motivating MDC students through an ambassador program in which scholars present their research experiences to their MDC peers. In addition, faculty from both institutions will participate in teaching-innovation workshops to learn about and share techniques related to student-centered learning.