MBRS RISE Program at California State University San Marcos

描述(由申请者提供)：加州大学圣马科斯分校Rise计划将增加在生物医学科学领域从事研究工作的种族和少数民族学生的人数。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让90%的Rise学者进入研究生院学习。我们的本科生发展计划有5个目标：创建一个预科项目，以创建一个庞大的、高质量的招生池；提高学习成绩；增强沟通技能；参与生物医学研究；以及申请研究生院。每年将有25名本科生RISE学者(URS)参加该项目，其中包括5名RISE大二学生(来自RISE前)、10名大三学生(5名来自社区大学)和10名大四学生--所有这些学生都是按照严格的标准挑选和保留的。大学研究生院将参加一系列旨在使他们在被著名研究生院录取方面具有竞争力的活动，包括参加由一系列学术支持服务支持的具有挑战性的课程、研究培训、研究研讨会以及导致科学出版物的受监督的原创研究。我们的学生将在批判性思维、解决问题、写作和口头沟通、领导力和团队合作方面发展强大的技能。最后，URS将作为一个队列参加一系列为期一年的活动，旨在将他们送到研究生院并跟踪他们研究生学位的完成情况。 研究生发展计划有四个目标：增加研究生招生；保留和提高学业成绩；参与研究；申请研究生院。在第一年和第二年，我们的研究生项目将挑选6名研究生上升学者(GRS)；在第三年和第四年，这一数字将增加到8名。GRS将参与一系列类似于URS描述的活动，他们将承担额外的责任，作为URS的导师和榜样。通过我们与几个机构达成的协议，将为URS和GRS进入研究生院提供便利。 学院发展活动只有一个目标，那就是提高学生的指导技能。机构发展活动将倡导校园采用和资助成功的RISE活动。我们的评估计划使用形成性和总结性方法为每个项目目标提供了可衡量的目标和评估标准。算上2003和2004年的毕业生，63%(12/19)继续读研究生。此外，8名现届RISE奖学金获得者已申请2005年秋季研究生院入学，其中7人(88%)已经被录取，这将我们的安置记录提高到70%(19/27)--这是在严格评估的推动下，项目头3年成功增加的明显模式。 国家崛起计划的目标和CSUSM战略计划是很好的一致的。地区少数族裔人口的增长、校园对多样性的承诺、当前RISE计划的成功、支持性教师、计划主任的经验、现有的高度协调的MBRS分数、MARC和布里奇斯计划，以及配备现代科学仪器和强大教学资源的新科学大楼，这些都使CSUSM成为成功实施RISE计划的理想地点。

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.