SCIENCE CAREERS FOR TOMORROW

描述：阿肯色州三角洲地区少数民族人口较多。 它的人均收入接近贫困水平，而且非常贫穷 学术成就记录。阿肯色大学医学院 科学学院(UAMS)有参与丰富 为该州这一地区的学生提供教育机会。这个 此应用程序的目标是与 阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校(UAPB)，一个主要的硕士级别校园，到 UAMS的博士学位课程。这些机构之间的桥梁 将通过促进合作研究和教学努力来发展 这两个校区都将为招收理科硕士毕业生提供服务 UAPB进入UAMS的博士学位课程。以下是具体步骤 将用于启动和监控桥：(1)建立 UAMS和UAPB之间的协作项目，以便学生在 UAPB花时间在UAMS实验室，(2)增加教育机会 为UAPB的学生提供研讨会课程、旅行和课程作业 让UAMS教职员工参与，(3)促进UAMS申请UAPB的过程 毕业生，(4)建立有效的学生辅导制度和 咨询，(5)在UAPB设立生物医学硕士学位， 和(6)制定成功的标志，以监测计划的进展 假设两个校区之间正在进行的合作研究 将导致一个计划，将在两年后自我维持 这项拟议的计划。

DESCRIPTION: The delta region of Arkansas has a high minority population which is near the poverty level in per capita income and has a very poor record of academic achievements. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a history of involvement in programs to enrich the educational opportunities for students in this region of the state. The goal of this application is to establish a sustained bridge with the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), a major master level campus, to the Ph.D. degree program at UAMS. The bridge between these institutions will be developed by fostering collaborative research and teaching efforts on both campuses which will serve the recruitment of M.S. graduates from UAPB into the Ph.D. degree program at UAMS. The following specific steps will be used to initiate and monitor the bridge: (1) establish collaborative projects between UAMS and UAPB so that students enrolled at UAPB spend time in UAMS laboratories, (2) enhance educational opportunities for students at UAPB through seminar programs, trave and course work involving UAMS faculty, (3) facilitate the UAMS application process for UAPB graduates, (4) develop an effective system for student mentoring and counseling, (5) establish a masters degree in biomedical science at UAPB, and (6) develop markers of success to monitor progress of the program The assumption is that ongoing collaborative research between the two campuses will result in a program that will be self-sustaining after the two years of this proposed program.