MBRS RISE Program at California State University San Marcos

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学圣马科斯分校RISE项目将增加追求生物医学科学研究事业的种族和少数民族学生的数量。拟议的计划有三个发展活动：学生，教师和机构。我们的主要可衡量目标是将90%的RISE学者送入研究生院。我们的本科生发展计划有5个目标：创建一个pre-RISE项目，以创建一个庞大的，高素质的招生池；提高学习成绩；提高沟通技巧；参与生物医学研究；还有研究生申请。每年将有25名本科RISE学者（URS）参加该计划，包括5名RISE大二学生（来自pre-RISE）， 10名大三学生（5名来自社区学院）和10名大四学生——所有人都是通过严格的标准选拔和保留的。URS将参加一系列活动，以使他们在进入著名的研究生院时具有竞争力，包括参加一系列学术支持服务，研究培训，研究研讨会和指导原创研究，从而发表科学论文。我们的学生将培养批判性思维、解决问题、写作和口头沟通、领导能力和团队合作能力。最后，URS将作为一个队列参加为期一年的一系列活动，旨在将他们送入研究生院并跟踪他们完成研究生学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CSU San Marcos RISE Program will increase the pool of racial and ethnic minority students who pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences. The proposed program has three Developmental Activities: Student, Faculty, and Institutional. Our primary measurable objective is to place 90% of our RISE Scholars into graduate school. Our Undergraduate Student Developmental Plan has 5 goals: creating a pre-RISE program to create a large, highly qualified recruitment pool; enhancing academic performance; enhancing communication skills; participation in biomedical research; and graduate school application. Each year, 25 undergraduate RISE Scholars (URS) will participate in the program, consisting of 5 RISE sophomores (from pre-RISE), 10 juniors (5 entering from community colleges) and 10 seniors--all chosen and retained using rigorous standards. URS will participate in a set of activities designed to make them competitive for admission to prestigious graduate schools, including participation in a challenging curriculum supported by a range of academic support services, research training, research seminars, and supervised original research leading to scientific publications. Our students will develop strong skills in critical thinking, problem solving, writing and oral communication, leadership, and teamwork. Finally, URS will participate as a cohort in a year-long set of activities designed to place them into graduate school and to track completion of their graduate degrees. The Graduate Student Developmental Plan has four goals: RISE graduate scholar recruitment; retention and enhancement of academic performance; participation in research; and application to graduate school. In years 1 and 2 our Graduate Program will select 6 graduate RISE Scholars (GRS); this will increase to 8 in years 3 and 4. GRS will participate in a set of activities similar to those described for the URS and they will assume additional responsibilities as mentors and role models for the URS. Placement of URS and GRS into graduate school will be facilitated through our agreements with several institutions. The Faculty Developmental Activity has one goal, enhancement of student mentoring skills. The Institutional Developmental Activity will advocate for campus adoption and funding of successful RISE activities. Our Evaluation Plan provides measurable objectives and assessment criteria for each project goal using formative and summative methods. Counting graduates for 2003 and 2004, 63% (12/19) have gone on to graduate school. In addition, 8 current RISE Scholars have applied for fall 2005 graduate school admission and 7 (88%) have already been admitted increasing our placement record to 70% (19/27)--a clear pattern of increased success over the first 3 years of the project facilitated by rigorous evaluation. The national RISE Program's goal and the CSUSM strategic plan are in nice alignment. The regional minority population growth, the campus' commitment to diversity, the success of the current RISE Program, the supportive faculty, the experience of the program director, the existing highly coordinated MBRS SCORE, MARC and Bridges Programs, and new science buildings equipped with modern scientific instruments and powerful instructional resources collectively make CSUSM an ideal location to operate a successful RISE Program.