A graduate partnership to expand educational opportunities at an HBCU

扩大 HBCU 教育机会的毕业生合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 7925677
• 负责人: MELISSA A HARRINGTON
• 金额: $ 30.3万
• 依托单位: DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7925677
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Studies of minority access to higher education have generally shown that minority students have more barriers to overcome in matriculating than do non-minority students. In 2005, Delaware State University and the Neuroscience program at Drexel University College of Medicine formed a partnership to try to overcome barriers to minority students successfully entering and completing PhD programs. In 2006 they began a joint DSU-Drexel dual-degree MS-PhD graduate program in neuroscience that has seen its first students transition from DSU to Drexel in fall of 2008. The objective of the current partnership is to expand the dual-degree graduate program from just neuroscience the program to link all biomedical M.S. programs at DSU with the biomedical Ph.D. programs at Drexel Medical School. The project includes the following specific aims: 1) To increase the number of minority students graduating from DSU with an M.S. in biomedical science from 1 - 3 per year to 5 - 7 per year; 2) To increase the number of Biomedical MS graduates continuing on to PhD programs from 1 - 2 per year to 3 to 5 per year; 3) To strengthen the M.S. programs in the Department of Biology at DSU so that all graduates qualify for advanced status in Drexel's biomedical Ph.D. programs; 4)To increase the percentage of under-represented minority graduate students in biomedical PhD programs at Drexel from 9 to 20. A key component of the project will be upgrading the videoconferencing capabilities and infrastructure at DSU so that Drexel courses and seminars can be delivered effectively by videoconference. To meet these objectives, this program will build on the model of the successful neuroscience dual degree program and expand it to include two other Biomedical Ph.D. programs that train a large number of PhD students at Drexel Med: Molecular and Cell Biology & Genetics; and Microbiology and Immunology. A task force of DSU faculty and the faculty directors for the Drexel Biomedical Graduate Programs will meet to develop a curriculum for the M.S. component of the program that will prepare students to enter the PhD program with advanced status. Like the neuroscience program, the curriculum for the biomedical linked- degree program will include participation in classes, graduate seminars and other graduate program offerings at Drexel starting from the first semester that students are in the program. Like the neuroscience program, we plan that over the course of the program, DSU Biology M.S. students will take at least two Drexel courses through a combination of videoconferencing and live attendance, and that every MS student in the program will have a Drexel faculty advisor who will serve on his or her thesis committee. DSU Biology M.S. students will also have the opportunity to conduct lab rotation and thesis research projects in Drexel laboratories. By the end of the program we expect to have: 1) increased the number of students from underrepresented groups who enter biomedical MS programs with the intent to enter a PhD program and pursue a career in research; 2) established developmental activities that will help MS students in biomedical sciences more easily make the transition to PhD programs; and 3) strengthened DSU's graduate courses and research training to give students in biomedical MS programs the knowledge and skills that will allow them to be successful in PhD programs. Public Health Relevance Statement: This program will help increase the number of minority students who enter and complete PhD programs in Biomedical Science by: 1) Creating a graduate education partnership between DSU and the Biomedical Ph.D. programs at Drexel University that will strengthen biomedical graduate programs at DSU, an HBCU; 2) Building the academic and research skills of minority graduate students who are interested in pursuing an advanced degree, but are not ready to enter a PhD program; 3) Fostering interest in pursuing a PhD by involving graduate students in research training and mentoring at a first rate medical school.

描述（由申请人提供）：对少数族裔接受高等教育的研究普遍表明，少数族裔学生在入学时比非少数族裔学生需要克服更多障碍。 2005年，特拉华州立大学和德雷克塞尔大学医学院的神经科学项目建立了合作伙伴关系，试图克服少数族裔学生成功进入和完成博士课程的障碍。 2006 年，他们开始了 DSU-Drexel 联合神经科学双学位 MS-PhD 研究生项目，第一批学生已于 2008 年秋季从 DSU 过渡到 Drexel。当前合作伙伴关系的目标是将双学位研究生项目从单纯的神经科学扩展到将所有生物医学硕士项目联系起来。 DSU 项目，拥有生物医学博士学位。德雷克塞尔医学院的课程。该项目包括以下具体目标： 1) 增加从 DSU 获得硕士学位的少数民族学生数量。生物医学科学从每年 1 - 3 次增加到每年 5 - 7 次； 2) 将生物医学硕士毕业生继续攻读博士学位的人数从每年 1 - 2 人增加到每年 3 至 5 人； 3）加强硕士DSU 生物系的课程，以便所有毕业生都有资格获得德雷克塞尔生物医学博士学位的高级地位。节目； 4) 将德雷塞尔生物医学博士课程中代表性不足的少数族裔研究生的比例从 9 人增加到 20 人。该项目的一个关键组成部分将是升级 DSU 的视频会议能力和基础设施，以便可以通过视频会议有效地提供德雷塞尔课程和研讨会。为了实现这些目标，该项目将以成功的神经科学双学位项目的模式为基础，并将其扩展为包括另外两个生物医学博士学位。 Drexel Med 培养大量博士生的项目：分子和细胞生物学与遗传学；以及微生物学和免疫学。由 DSU 教职人员和德雷克塞尔生物医学研究生项目教务主任组成的工作组将开会，为理学硕士课程开发课程。该计划的一部分，旨在帮助学生做好进入高级博士学位课程的准备。与神经科学项目一样，生物医学相关学位项目的课程将包括从学生参加该项目的第一学期开始参加德雷克塞尔大学的课程、研究生研讨会和其他研究生项目。与神经科学项目一样，我们计划在项目过程中，DSU 生物学硕士。学生将通过视频会议和现场出席相结合的方式至少参加两门德雷克塞尔课程，并且该项目的每位硕士学生都将有一名德雷克塞尔教师顾问，他或她的论文委员会将任职。 DSU 生物学硕士学生还将有机会在德雷克塞尔实验室进行实验室轮换和论文研究项目。到该计划结束时，我们预计：1）增加来自代表性不足群体的学生数量，他们进入生物医学硕士课程，旨在进入博士课程并从事研究工作； 2）已建立的发展活动将帮助生物医学科学硕士学生更轻松地过渡到博士课程； 3）加强了DSU的研究生课程和研究培训，为生物医学硕士课程的学生提供知识和技能，使他们能够在博士课程中取得成功。 公共卫生相关性声明：该计划将通过以下方式帮助增加进入并完成生物医学博士课程的少数族裔学生的数量：1) 在 DSU 和生物医学博士之间建立研究生教育合作伙伴关系。德雷塞尔大学的项目将加强 DSU（HBCU）的生物医学研究生项目； 2）培养有兴趣攻读高级学位但尚未准备好进入博士学位课程的少数族裔研究生的学术和研究技能； 3) 通过让研究生在一流医学院接受研究培训和指导，培养攻读博士学位的兴趣。