CSULB MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research (U*STAR) Program

CSULB MARC 本科生学术研究培训 (U*STAR) 计划

• 批准号: 8665947
• 负责人: VASANTHY NARAYANASWAMI
• 金额: $ 22.51万
• 依托单位: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-06-15 至 2017-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8665947
• 关键词: Academia; Academic Training; Administrator; Advisory Committees; Awareness; Back; Biomedical Research; Budgets; CCL7 gene; California; Charge; Climate; Collaborations; Commit; Communities; Counseling; County; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Environment; Evaluation; Extramural Activities; Face; Faculty; Feedback; Health; Hispanics; Institutes; Leadership; Life; Los Angeles; Medical; Mentors; Minority Groups; Oranges; Population; Process; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Ethics; Research Training; Schools; Science; Shapes; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Walking; base; career; combat; design; experience; health disparity; interest; member; minority health; planetary Atmosphere; programs; socioeconomics; success; tool; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The demographic figures of the student body at California State University Long Beach (CSULB) mirror the rapidly changing diversity of the community we serve in urban Los Angeles and Orange counties. The Hispanic/Latino population forms the largest ethnic underrepresented minority (URM) group at CSULB, which is designated a Hispanic Serving Institute. Students entering CSULB come from an academic, socioeconomic, health and domestic status that is vastly disparate from that of their non-URM counterparts. In a climate fraught with draconian cuts in budget at all levels, CSULB is charged with the responsibility of combating the educational and professional hurdles faced by this cross section of population and shaping tomorrow's leaders in many walks of life, including biomedical research. The MARC U*STAR Program, which has been in place for over 20 years in CSULB, has a tremendous impact on the academic and professional lives and career decisions of many students. The overall aim of the current competitive renewal is to continue to increase the number of URM students entering and earning doctorates in biomedical sciences. The program will recruit 8 URM students with potential and interest in pursuing research as a career, and provide individually designed academic and research training plan to each. We will provide a rich and intense curriculum, supplementary academic support and counseling, an enriching research experience, and professional and leadership development training in a nurturing environment over a period of two years. Further, we have established collaborations with Universities with outstanding graduate programs, which will provide additional short-term extramural research training for the Scholar. We will also increase the awareness of Scholars to minority health disparities issues, and engage them in topics on responsible conduct of research, and ethics and integrity in academia and research. The Program director has gathered a team of Faculty Mentors, senior administrators, an Advisory Committee and staff members, who are committed to the successful development of the Scholars. Taken together, the MARC program will support the Scholars and lay the essential groundwork required to face the rigors of graduate school education in a highly competitive atmosphere. In parallel, we will increase the awareness of faculty regarding the setbacks encountered by URM students. All components of the CSULB MARC U*STAR Program will be rigorously evaluated by an ongoing evaluation process, based on quantitative and qualitative assessment employing established rubric and tools to assess the success of the Program. The evaluator will provide valuable feedback to the Program Director and senior administration to sustain a robust Program. In summary, the CSULB MARC U*STAR Program will have a lasting impact on the career decisions of URM students by providing opportunities to attend graduate school in biomedical sciences and give back to the health and medical needs of the community.

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学长滩分校 (CSULB) 学生群体的人口统计数据反映了我们在洛杉矶市区和奥兰治县所服务的社区快速变化的多样性。西班牙裔/拉丁裔人口构成了 CSULB 中最大的代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 群体，CSULB 被指定为西班牙裔服务机构。进入 CSULB 的学生的学术、社会经济、健康和家庭状况与非 URM 学生有很大不同。在各级预算大幅削减的情况下，CSULB 肩负着解决这一群体所面临的教育和专业障碍的责任，并塑造包括生物医学研究在内的各行各业的明天的领导者。 MARC U*STAR 项目已在 CSULB 实施 20 多年，对许多学生的学术和职业生活以及职业决策产生了巨大影响。当前竞争性更新的总体目标是继续增加 URM 进入生物医学科学领域并获得博士学位的学生数量。该项目将招募8名有潜力并有兴趣以研究为职业的URM学生，并为每人提供单独设计的学术和研究培训计划。我们将在两年的培育环境中提供丰富而紧张的课程、补充性学术支持和咨询、丰富的研究经验以及专业和领导力发展培训。此外，我们还与拥有优秀研究生课程的大学建立了合作，这将为学者提供额外的短期校外研究培训。我们还将提高学者对少数族裔健康差异问题的认识，并让他们参与有关负责任的研究行为以及学术界和研究中的道德和诚信的主题。项目主任聚集了一支由教师导师、高级管理人员、顾问委员会和工作人员组成的团队，致力于学者的成功发展。总而言之，MARC 项目将为学者们提供支持，并为他们在高度竞争的氛围中应对研究生院教育的严格要求奠定必要的基础。与此同时，我们将提高教师对 URM 学生遇到的挫折的认识。 CSULB MARC U*STAR 计划的所有组成部分都将通过持续的评估流程进行严格评估，基于定量和定性评估，采用既定的标准和工具来评估该计划的成功。评估员将向项目总监和高级管理人员提供宝贵的反馈，以维持一个强有力的项目。总之，CSULB MARC U*STAR 计划将通过提供就读生物医学研究生院的机会并回馈社区的健康和医疗需求，对 URM 学生的职业决策产生持久影响。