UK BRIDGES--TWO YEAR TO FOUR YEAR TRANSITION PROGRAM

描述（改编自研究者摘要）：弗雷泽博士和他的 小组认识到，学士学位机构需要改进招聘工作 从两年制大学中获得代表性不足的少数民族，并制定方法， 确保这些学生在整个学术生涯中的保留。 肯塔基州大学（英国）是解决这一问题的理想选择 由于其独特的组织结构是一个学士学位， 研究生院与十四（14）区域两年制学校。 目标 英国桥梁项目的目的是创造一个环境， 培养从社区学院转来的少数民族学生， 使他们能够继续接受生物医学科学方面的教育。 其具体目标是：（1）树立积极的形象， 列克星敦校园和医疗中心作为少数民族友好;（2）增加 有兴趣在社区大学从事职业的少数族裔人数 健康科学;（3）为社区提供动态研究经验 大学鼓励他们对科学事业的兴趣;（4）影响 在社区学院开设生物科学课程，以确保 课程设置;和（5）发展教师/学生和学生/学生 降低过渡期学生的失败率。 他们建议通过一系列活动来实现这些目标 这些活动侧重于征聘过渡和留用举措。 程序 包括：学术咨询和职业咨询，研究学徒 为学生和教师的节目，来看看自己节目，生物学和 化学系研讨会，和研究生课程。 英国桥梁 Project已经组建了一个团队，该团队具有资格，经验， 设计和管理这些计划的承诺。 他们有信心 这些举措不仅会增加少数民族的人数， 转移，但将大大影响他们保留这些能力 参加学士学位课程的学生。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Investigator's Abstract): Dr. Frazier and his team recognize that baccalaureate institutions need to improve recruitment of underrepresented minorities from two-year colleges and develop ways to ensure the retention of these students throughout their academic careers. The University of Kentucky (UK) is ideally suited to attack this problem because of its unique organizational structure of being a baccalaureate and graduate institution with fourteen (14) regional two-year schools. The goal of UK Bridges Project is to create an environment that will attract and nurture minority students transferring from the community colleges and enable them to continue their education in the biomedical sciences. Their specific objectives are to: (1) Establish positive images of the Lexington Campus and Medical Center as minority-friendly; (2) Increase the number of community college minorities interested in pursuing careers in the health sciences; (3) Provide dynamic research experiences for community colleges to encourage their interest in a science career; (4) Impact the biological sciences curriculum at the community college to ensure parity of course offerings; and (5) Develop faculty/student and student/student relationships to reduce the failure rate of transitional students. They propose to achieve these objectives through a series of activities which focus on recruitment transition and retention initiatives. Programs include: Academic Advising and Career Counseling, Research Apprentice Programs for students and faculty, Come see Yourself Programs, Biology and Chemistry Faculty Workshops, and the Tutorial Program. The UK Bridges Project has assembled a team which has the qualifications, experience, and commitment to design and administer these programs. They are confident that these initiatives will not only increase the number of minorities who transfer but will impact significantly on their ability to retain these students in baccalaureate programs.