BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM

购买学院，纽约州立大学（SUNY），与韦斯特切斯特社区学院（WCC），达奇斯社区学院（DCC），橙子县社区学院（OCCC），美国健康基金会，阿尔伯特爱因斯坦医学院和辉瑞公司合作，将为代表性不足的少数民族学生实施学士学位课程，使他们能够获得生物医学研究的职业或高级学位。 该桥梁计划的广泛长期目标是：1）增加科学领域代表性不足的学生人数。 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)协助学位获得者就业或在生物医学研究方面的深造。 4)增加副学士和学士学位授予机构与生物医学研究机构和公司之间的合作安排。 5)评估桥梁计划的有效性。该项目将利用E-STAR（电子学生跟踪和报告）程序，以促进其管理和评估。 学生将被仔细监测和跟踪整个他们在该计划的参与和后续调查将每年进行，因为他们进入劳动力或先进的研究。数据，以证明该计划的保留，毕业和转移率下一个最高学位课程的好处将通过每个财团机构的网站维护和广泛传播。

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.