N CAROLINA TRANSITION PROGRAM IN THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）：北方大学 卡罗莱纳和北卡罗来纳州社区学院系统寻求支持， 继续制定和实施一项旨在增加 少数民族社区大学的学生人数不足， 获得学士学位的高等教育和培训 生物学、化学或数学的学位。 北卡罗来纳州的过渡 生物医学科学计划（NCTPBS）将提供25个少数民族 社区学院的学生学年和夏季教育和 生物医学研究的经验，将缓解他们之间的过渡， 两种教育体系。 拟议项目的具体目标是：（1） 在与四个独立的教育集群现有关系的基础上， 机构，由一个或多个高级公共机构和一个或 更多社区学院;（2）参与早期识别潜力 少数民族社区学院教师和学术顾问/顾问谁是 了解学生的学术和心理社会背景; (3)提供学术提升研讨会，由 社区学院和高级机构的教师，将提供一个 概述生物医学科学的职业机会，并介绍 少数民族学生和社区学院教师的当前主题， 生物医学研究;（4）在目标生物医学研究技能 少数民族社区学院的学生和社区学院的教师通过一个 夏季研究实验室/研讨会经验;（5）促进过渡 少数民族社区大学生进入四年制高级院校 通过校园迎新研讨会，参与持续的学术和 心理社会支持活动，并接触大学为基础的金融 （6）监测项目活动对以下方面的影响： 参与学生，以修改和扩大参与的 项目中的其他学生和/或其他机构。 一 将实施综合方案评估计划。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The University of North Carolina and the North Carolina Community College System seek support to continue development and implementation of a program designed to increase the number of under represented minority community college students who participat in advanced education and training leading to a baccalaureate degree in biology, chemistry, or mathematics. The North Carolina Transition Program in the Biomedical Sciences (NCTPBS) will provide 25 minority community college students with academic year and summer educational and biomedical research experiences that will ease their transition between the two educational systems. Specific aims of the proposed project are to: (1) Build on existing relationships with four separate clusters of educational institutions, compose of one or more senior public institutions and one or more community colleges; (2) Engage in the early identification of potential minority community college faculty and academic counselors/advisors who are knowledgeable about their students' academic and psychosocial backgrounds; (3) Provide academic enhancement seminars, jointly developed and taught by community college and senior institution faculty that will provide an overview of career opportunities in the biomedical sciences and introduce minority students and community college faculty to current topics in biomedical research; (4) Develo biomedical research skills in targeted minority community college students and community college faculty through a summer research lab/seminar experience; (5 Facilitate the transition of minority community college students into four-yea senior institutions through a campus orientation seminar, involvement in continuous academic and psychosocial support activities, and exposure to university-based financial assistance opportunities; (6) Monitor the impact of project activities on participating students in order to modify and expand involvement of additional students and/or other institutions in the project. A comprehensive program evaluation plan will be implemented.