Miami Dade College - University of Miami Bridge to the Baccalaureate Program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们要求继续支持迈阿密戴德学院（MDC）和迈阿密大学（UM）的合作伙伴关系，该伙伴关系自1994年以来一直由五个连续的学士学位奖桥梁资助。我们有两个总体目标，一个针对Bridge的学者，另一个针对MDC的普通理科学生。我们的目标是使进入生物医学博士课程的学者人数增加50%。我们将调整迈阿密-戴德县的招生方式，将学者送到他们以前的高中，我们将继续提供补充指导，以提高学者的学术竞争力。我们将通过一个新的综合性的介绍性研究基础实验课程，为与澳大教师导师一起研究提供小时工资，并支持学生出席全国会议并在会议上发表演讲，来鼓励人们对研究的兴趣。我们将通过家庭科学周日活动提高家长对研究事业的欣赏，在这些活动中，家庭将与澳大教师导师一起参与真实的研究。有了这个建议，我们重申我们的承诺，通过帮助来自代表性不足群体的学生毕业并进入生物医学研究事业，在MDC产生机构影响。我们的目标是将所有MDC理科学生获得副学士学位的人数增加50%，并将转学到四年制大学的人数增加50%。我们将通过以下方式来实现这一目标：1)将我们的基于研究的生物/化学实验室模型扩展到MDC，以接触更多的学生；2)实施一个虚拟的以同伴为主导的团队学习计划，以适应MDC大量通勤的理科学生；3)通过一个大使计划来激励MDC的学生，在这个计划中，学者们向MDC的同龄人展示他们的研究经验。此外，两所大学的教师将参加教学创新研讨会，学习和分享以学生为中心的学习方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request continuing support for a Miami Dade College (MDC) and University of Miami (UM) partnership that has been funded since 1994 by five successive Bridges to the Baccalaureate awards. We have two overall goals, one targeting Bridge scholars and the other the general science student population at MDC. We aim to increase the number of scholars entering doctoral programs in the biomedical sciences by 50 percent. We will modify our recruitment of students from Miami-Dade County by sending scholars to their former high school, and we will continue to provide supplementary instruction to increase scholars' academic competitiveness. We will encourage interest in research through a new integrative introductory research-based laboratory course, provision of hourly wages for research with faculty mentors at UM, and support for student attendance and presentations at national meetings. We will raise parents' appreciation of research careers through Family Science Sunday events, at which families will participate in authentic research with a UM faculty mentor. With this proposal, we renew our commitment to having an institutional impact at MDC by helping students from underrepresented groups graduate and enter biomedical research careers. We aim to increase the number of all MDC science students receiving their associate degrees by 50 percent and the number transferring to four-year institutions by 50 percent. We will accomplish this by 1) extending to MDC our introductory research-based biology/chemistry lab model to reach many more students, 2) implementing a virtual Peer-Led Team-Learning program that will accommodate the large number of MDC science students who are commuters, and 3) motivating MDC students through an ambassador program in which scholars present their research experiences to their MDC peers. In addition, faculty from both institutions will participate in teaching-innovation workshops to learn about and share techniques related to student-centered learning.