BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM

纽约州立大学（SUNY）的Purchase学院将与Westchester社区学院（WCC）、Dutchess社区学院（DCC）、Orange County社区学院（OCCC）、美国健康基金会、Albert Einstein医学院和辉瑞公司合作，为少数族裔学生提供通往学士学位课程的桥梁，使他们能够获得生物医学研究方面的职业或高级学位。这个桥梁项目的长期目标是：1)增加理科学生中代表性不足的学生的数量。2)为代表性不足的学生提供学术和经济支持，使他们能够完成生物学，化学，环境科学，数学/计算机科学或心理学的学士学位课程。3)协助学位获得者在生物医学研究方面的就业或深造。4)增加大专、本科学位授予机构与生物医学研究机构和企业之间的合作安排。5)评估桥梁项目的有效性。该项目将利用E-STAR（电子学生跟踪和报告）程序来促进其管理和评估。在整个项目过程中，将对学生进行仔细的监测和跟踪，并在他们进入工作岗位或继续深造时每年进行一次后续调查。将通过每个联盟机构的网站保存和广泛传播数据，以证明该项目在保留率、毕业率和转学率方面的好处。

Purchase College, State University of New York (SUNY), in collaboration with Westchester Community College (WCC), Dutchess Community College (DCC), Orange County Community College (OCCC), the American Health Foundation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Pfizer, Inc.,will implement a Bridges to the Baccalaureate Degree Program for underrepresented minority students enabling them to attain careers or advanced degrees in biomedical research. The broad long-term objectives for this Bridges Program are: 1) To increase the number of underrepresented students in the sciences. 2) To provide academic and financial support for underrepresented students enabling them to complete a baccalaureate degree program in biology, chemistry, environmental science, math/computer science, or psychology. 3) To assist degree recepients with job placement or advanced study in biomedical research. 4) To increase collaborative arrangements among associate and baccalaureate degree-granting institutions and biomedical research institutions and corporations. 5) To evaluate the effectiveness of this Bridges Program. The project will utilize the E-STAR (Electronic Student Tracking and Reporting) program to facilitate its administration and evaluation. Students will be carefully monitored and tracked throughout their participation in the Program and a follow-up survey will be conducted annually as they enter the workforce or advanced study. Data to demonstrate the benefits of this Program on retention, graduation, and transfer rates to the next highest degree program will be maintained and widely disseminated through each consortium institution's website.