MARC U-STAR PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

摘要：通过母公司MARC U-STAR基金及其附属计划和活动，我们建立了一个 UR学生在华盛顿大学(WASU)的研究和STEM课程中取得成功的强大途径 并在大学毕业后在研究生院和医学博士项目中追求他们的研究兴趣。那里 然而，这是我们在这条道路上训练的一个关键差距-大二。目前，我们缺乏任何有组织的， UR学生二年级研究型编程。填补这一空白至关重要，因为 大学二年级是大学生学业生涯的关键时期，大多数大学生选择自己的学业 在二年级结束时主修。而且，一旦学生选择了专业，几乎所有的学生都会记住这一点 从专业毕业到毕业，因为申报的理科专业的学生保留率在UR和UR都超过95% 华盛顿大学有代表性的(WR)学生。尽管取得了这样的成功，我们观察到的UR是 学生VS WR学生在前两年离开他们计划的STEM专业 上大学。我们在面向UR学生的研究型编程方面的差距与 绝大多数乌鲁木齐大学的学生离开了他们预期的理科专业。这项提议的目标是填补这一空白 在通过创建下一代科学学者计划-二年级队列-进行培训时- 和以研究为基础的项目-为了留住越来越多的UR学生 STEM专业的学生，并推动他们在研究、大学和其他领域取得成功。

Abstract: Through the parent MARC U-STAR grant and its affiliated programs and activities, we have built a strong pathway for UR students to succeed in research and STEM classes at Washington University (WashU) and to pursue their research interests upon college graduation in graduate school and MD-PhD programs. There is however one key gap in our training in this pathway – sophomore year. Currently, we lack any structured, research-based programming for UR students during the sophomore year. It is critical to fill this gap, as sophomore year is a pivotal time in the academic career of college students: Most of them choose their academic major at the end of the sophomore year. And, once students choose a major, almost all students retain that major through graduation, as student retention in a declared science major exceeds 95% for both UR and well-represented (WR) students at WashU. Despite this success, we observe that two-fold as many UR students versus WR students migrate away from their intended STEM major during the first two years of college. Our gap in research-focused programming for UR students then aligns with the timing of when the vast majority of UR students leave their expected science major. The goal of this proposal is to fill this gap in training through creation of the Next Generation Science Scholars Program – a sophomore year cohort- and research-based program – in order to retain an ever-increasing number of UR students in intended STEM majors and drive their success in research, college, and beyond.