Two-Year to Four-Year Transition Program

描述（由申请人提供）：加利福尼亚州立大学洛杉矶， 安赫勒斯城学院、东洛杉矶学院和帕萨迪纳城市学院 建议继续开展非常成功的“通向未来的桥梁”合作 努力的目标是增加准备充分的社区大学的数量 少数民族学生谁转移到一个四年制的机构，并成功 完成生物医学相关科学专业的学士学位。长 本学期的目标是增加有才华的少数民族学生谁进入池 并完成研究生课程，以获得博士学位。生物医学科学 学科为此，我们将培养四名大一和四名大二学生， 每年在三所社区学院（每年共24名学生）， 丰富的学术课程。 这些机构位于少数民族的主要人口中心之一， 少数民族在美国，并处于战略地位， 来自这些社区的大量学生。他们在地理上很接近 都招收了大量的少数民族学生， 在生物医学科学研究职业中的代表性不足。都有几十年 与少数民族学生合作的经验;所有人都致力于 本科教育。 我们的目的是继续一个计划，其中包括1）一个坚实的科学 课程，这是加强：2参加特别讲习班; 3） 认真的学术交流~ 4）通过刻意的互动建立网络 与科学教师和其他成功的科学学生的研究员都 在他们的社区学院和加州州立大学洛杉矶分校; 5）辅导增强 生物医学科学方面的成就; 6）参与ii生物医学科学 研讨会系列;和7）一个重要的介绍研究。该计划是 旨在提高他们的学术成就;将他们融入 社区学院和主要部门的社区;让他们接触 生物医学科学和科学家;将他们的转学率提高到四是的 机构;并为他们最终成功的研究奠定基础 在生物医学科学的职业生涯。 我们建议继续的方案在满足其 目标：2005年至2007年期间， 参与者是一个令人印象深刻的77%，大大高于20%通常 这些社区大学的少数民族学生。所有转学的人 到加州州立大学洛杉矶都被纳入生物医学 研究团体。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): CaIifornia State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles City College, East Los Angeles College, and Pasadena City College propose to continue a very successful collaborative Bridges to the Future effort whose goal is to increase the number of well prepared community college minority students who transfer to a four year institution and successfully complete the bachelors degree in a biomedically-related science major. The long term objective is to increase the pool of talented minority students who enter and complete graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. in biomedical science disciplines. To this end we will train four Freshmen and four Sophomores per year at each of the three community colleges (total of 24 students per year) in an enriched academic program. These institutions are located in one of the major population centers of ethnic minority groups in the United States, and are strategically placed to serve large numbers of students from these communities. They are geographically close to each other and all enroll large numbers of minority students from groups underrepresented in biomedical science research careers. All have many decades of experience in working with minority students; and all are committed to undergraduate education. It is our intent to continue a program which includes 1) a solid science curriculum, which is enhanced by: 2 participation in special workshops; 3) careful academic advisement~ 4) networking through the deliberate interaction of the Fellows with science faculty and other successful science students both at their community colleges and at Cal State LA; 5) tutoring for enhanced achievement in the biomedical sciences; 6) participation ii biomedical sciences seminar series; and 7) a significant introduction to research. The program is designed to increase their academic achievement; integrate them into the Community College and major Department communities; expose them to the biomedical sciences and scientists; enhance their transfer rate to four yea institution; and lay the foundation for their eventual successful research careers in the biomedical sciences. The program we propose to continue has been very successful in meeting its goals: the transfer rate to four-year colleges and universities for participants is an impressive 77%, considerably higher than the 20% usually seen for minority students from these community colleges. All who transferred to California State University Los Angeles were incorporated into biomedical research groups.