Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate Program

描述（由申请人提供）：波特兰桥梁学士学位（PBTB）计划，波特兰社区学院（PCC）和波特兰州立大学（PSU）之间的合作伙伴关系，将增加代表性不足的有色人种学生的数量（即，西班牙裔，黑人和美洲原住民）从PCC和PSU转移到追求生物医学和行为科学的学术和科学事业。PBTB计划将建立在现有的机构合作基础上，为那些对生物医学和行为研究职业感兴趣的少数民族学生提供从社区学院到大学的无缝过渡。拟议的计划将包括全面的支持服务和来自经验丰富的研究科学家的广泛指导，这些科学家致力于少数民族学生在科学事业中的进步。除了学术指导，目标学生将受益于由既定的研究人员提供的形成性研究培训，并将完成他们的学士学位，为生物医学和行为研究的研究生工作奠定坚实的基础。我们建议将目标群体/人群的学生从PCC到PSU生物医学/行为科学学士学位课程的整体机构转移率从59名学生增加50%到88名学生，每年还将选择15名来自PCC的目标学生作为桥梁学生（即，根据该方案将以薪金/工资形式获得支助的学生）。至少70%的这些桥梁学生，或11名学生，将转移到生物医学/行为科学学士学位课程在PSU后或之前从PCC毕业。至少有75%的转学学生，或8名学生，将成功完成他们的生物医学/行为科学学士学位。这种伙伴关系的理由是，PCC和PSU都是公立高等教育在波特兰大都市区的主要来源，也是最多样化的高等教育机构在学生和教师方面的状态俄勒冈州。波特兰桥梁学士学位（PBTB）计划，波特兰社区学院（PCC）和波特兰州立大学（PSU）之间的合作伙伴关系，将增加黑人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民追求生物医学和行为研究的职业生涯的数量。PBTB计划建立在现有的机构合作基础上，为少数民族学生提供从社区学院到大学的无缝过渡。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate (PBTB) program, a partnership between Portland Community College (PCC) and Portland State University (PSU), will increase the number of underrepresented students of color (i.e., Hispanic, Black and Native Americans) transferring from PCC and PSU to pursue academic and scientific careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The PBTB program will build on an existing institutional collaboration to provide a seamless transition from community college to university for minority students who are interested in careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The proposed program will include comprehensive support services and extensive mentorship from experienced research scientists who are committed to the advancement of minority students in scientific careers. In addition to academic instruction, target students will benefit from formative research training provided by established investigators and will complete their baccalaureate degrees with a solid foundation for post-graduate work in biomedical and behavioral research. We are proposing to specifically increase by 50% from 59 students to 88 students, in the overall institutional transfer rate of students from targeted groups/populations from PCC to baccalaureate degree programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences at PSU, also 15 target students from PCC will be selected as Bridges students each year (i.e., students who will receive support in the form of salaries/wages under this program). At least 70% of these Bridges students, or 11 students, will transfer to baccalaureate degree programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences at PSU upon or before graduation from PCC. At least 75% of transferring Bridges students, or 8 students, will successfully complete their bachelor's degrees in biomedical/behavioral sciences. The rationale for this partnership is that PCC and PSU are both primary sources of public higher education in the Portland metropolitan area, and are also the most diverse higher education institutions in terms of students and faculty in the state of Oregon. The Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate (PBTB) program, a partnership between Portland Community College (PCC) and Portland State University (PSU), will increase the number of Black, Hispanics, and Native Americans pursuing careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The PBTB program builds on an existing institutional collaboration to provide a seamless transition from community college to university for minority students.