Kansas Bridges to the Future

堪萨斯通往未来的桥梁

• 批准号: 7920962
• 负责人: DENIS M MEDEIROS
• 金额: $ 22.01万
• 依托单位: KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-08-01 至 2014-08-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7920962
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Kansas continues to become more diverse with the influx and increase of Hispanics. Over 25% of Southwest Kansas is Hispanic and the school systems in three of the largest southwest cities are over 70% Hispanic. At Kansas State University we have observed a steady increase in both Hispanics and African-Americans as the percent of college age students who are majority declines and those from under-represented minorities increases. Our previous Bridges program has been very successful in bring Hispanic and African-American community college students to K-State to complete their BS degree. Ten students have receive their BS degrees in 5 years since inception, 8 more are scheduled to graduate this year, and 44 of the students total have transferred to K-State. The partnering community colleges and Kansas State University offers each Bridges student full tuition and fee support to complete their BS degree through Bridges. A culture of change and welcoming has transformed the K-State community from administration to faculty to staff. In the previous awards, we have had 5 community colleges, two from Kansas City and 3 from southwest Kansas. We propose to continue to work with the 3 southwest community colleges to comply with the new program announcement and to build on our greater success with these 3 community colleges. We will continue and enhance some of the building blocks of our previous success: 1) potential Bridges students and their families will visit K-State during the Bridges Open House in April of each year to meet with K-State professor and advisers, Bridges students who have already transferred to K-State, 2) After their first year at the community college, Bridges students will come to K-State and attend a one week intersession class for credit where they will learn about responsible conduct in research, the scientific method, research conducted at K-State, and live in the dormitory to learn about campus life; 3) allowing Bridges students to complete an 8 week research internship in the laboratory of a K-State professor after year 2 and prior to matriculating at K-State. In this application we propose two new elements at the community colleges: 1) allow potential Bridges students to be under-graduate assistants to help in the preparation of laboratories to sharpen their lab skills and 2) participate in community research using a cooperative learning based model. All students will be prepared in a rigorous foundation of science, chemistry, and math to help assure their later success at a 4 year institution. When they transfer to K-State, we will continue to facilitate their research experiences by providing them with a stipend to enable them to work as research assistants for 2 years under K-States' Developing Scholars Program and provide them with ongoing academic support. The overall goal is to increase the pool size of Kansas minority students with a BS degree in the biomedical, biobehavioral sciences and long-term to increase the numbers pursuing PhDs or MD-PhDs in the biomedical, biobehavioral sciences. Public Health Relevance: Kansas State University has successfully developed a Bridges to the Bachelor's degree program over the last 5 years. We propose to work with three southwest Kansas community colleges to develop enrichment activities and research internship experiences to enhance their success to obtain ad BS degree when they transfer. All Bridges students will receive full tuition and fee support by their community colleges and K-State.

描述（由申请人提供）：随着西班牙裔人口的涌入和增加，堪萨斯州继续变得更加多元化。堪萨斯州西南部超过 25% 的人是西班牙裔，西南三个最大城市的学校系统中超过 70% 是西班牙裔。在堪萨斯州立大学，我们观察到拉美裔和非裔美国人的数量稳步增加，其中占多数的大学生比例下降，而来自代表性不足的少数族裔的比例则上升。我们之前的桥梁计划非常成功地将西班牙裔和非裔美国社区学院的学生带到堪萨斯州完成他们的学士学位。自成立以来的 5 年内，已有 10 名学生获得了学士学位，今年还有 8 名学生计划毕业，其中 44 名学生已转学到堪萨斯州立大学。合作社区学院和堪萨斯州立大学为每位 Bridges 学生提供全额学费和费用支持，以通过 Bridges 完成学士学位。变革和欢迎的文化已经改变了堪萨斯州立大学的社区，从行政部门到教职员工。在之前的奖项中，我们有 5 所社区学院，其中两所来自堪萨斯城，三所来自堪萨斯州西南部。我们建议继续与 3 所西南社区学院合作，以遵守新计划公告，并在与这 3 所社区学院取得更大成功的基础上再接再厉。我们将继续并加强我们之前成功的一些基石：1) 潜在的 Bridges 学生及其家人将在每年 4 月的 Bridges 开放日期间访问堪萨斯州立大学，与堪萨斯州立大学的教授和顾问、已经转学到堪萨斯州立大学的 Bridges 学生会面，2) 在社区学院完成第一年学习后，Bridges 学生将来到堪萨斯州并参加为期一周的期间课程以获得学分，在那里他们将学习负责任的研究行为、科学方法、研究 在K-State进行，并住在宿舍了解校园生活； 3) 允许 Bridges 学生在第二年之后、在堪萨斯州立大学入学之前，在堪萨斯州立大学教授的实验室完成为期 8 周的研究实习。在此应用程序中，我们提出了社区学院的两个新要素：1）允许潜在的桥梁学生成为本科生助理，帮助准备实验室以提高他们的实验室技能；2）使用基于合作学习的模型参与社区研究。所有学生都将在科学、化学和数学方面做好严格的基础准备，以确保他们日后在四年制院校取得成功。当他们转学到堪萨斯州立大学时，我们将继续通过向他们提供津贴来促进他们的研究经验，使他们能够在堪萨斯州立大学的“发展学者计划”下担任两年的研究助理，并为他们提供持续的学术支持。总体目标是增加拥有生物医学、生物行为科学学士学位的堪萨斯州少数族裔学生的规模，长期目标是增加攻读生物医学、生物行为科学博士学位或医学博士学位的人数。 公共卫生相关性：堪萨斯州立大学在过去 5 年里成功开发了通往学士学位的桥梁课程。我们建议与三所西南堪萨斯社区学院合作，开展丰富活动和研究实习经验，以提高他们在转学时获得广告学士学位的成功率。所有 Bridges 学生都将获得社区学院和堪萨斯州立大学的全额学费和杂费支持。