Bridges to Success in the Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：凯霍加社区学院向美国国立卫生研究院的学士学位课程桥梁的续签申请正在与两所大学合作伙伴凯斯西储大学和克利夫兰州立大学一起提交。凯霍加社区学院科学成功之桥计划的持续目标是增加在社区学院完成科学教育、转学到四年制院校并完成科学教育的代表性不足的学生数量。Tri-C的桥梁成功的科学计划提供学术支持和活动，旨在提高代表性不足的少数民族学生在生物医学和行为科学领域学习的成功。桥梁将使用队列模型和特定的研究途径，为我们的学生在该计划。这种方法确保了整个学生参与桥梁计划的研究经验的连续性。桥梁的学生将被分配到我们的合作四年制大学和其他参与研究机构的研究导师。在资助期间，75名学生将在实验室工作 在学年期间，研究导师每周至少工作15小时。持续的夏季研究经验将提供给40名桥梁学生（每年8名），在他们指定的研究导师的实验室工作35-40小时。进入Tri-C Bridges课程的学生将与经验丰富的Tri-C Bridges教师导师配对，他们将为学生提供建议，并在整个课程期间仔细监控他/她的学业进展。学生还将由同行学生研究人员（高水平的本科生和可能的一些研究生）指导，他们要么是桥梁校友，要么与该计划的学生有类似的背景经验，目前在研究导师的实验室工作。除了典型的课程要求，桥梁学生将被要求完成最近开发的生物1806介绍研究方法课程和新开发的系列研讨会“实验室技术和实践”。该系列研讨会将被纳入现有的桥梁讲习班，研讨会和会议的框架，为学生提供额外的培训，并允许讨论该计划如何以及还有什么可以做，以更好地满足学生的需求。桥梁计划的学生还将准备和维护一个电子投资组合，让学生反思他们的 进步和成功，促进持久性和保留，提高规划和组织技能，并为学生提供反思性写作实践。桥梁计划使教师顾问，研究导师和桥梁同行导师能够满足参与学生对学术整合，课程掌握和付费研究经验的需求。这些指导，学术支持和研究工作的结果是校外就业时间减少，对研究的兴奋，完成教育的时间增加，更高的GPA，STEM学位完成和大学转学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Cuyahoga Community College's renewal application to the National Institutes of Health's Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program is being submitted with two university partners, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University. The continuing goal of Cuyahoga Community College's Bridges to Success in the Sciences program is to increase the number of underrepresented students who complete their science education at the community college level, transfer to and complete their science education at a four-year institution. Tri-C's Bridges to Success in the Sciences Program provides academic supports and activities designed to increase the success of underrepresented minority students studying in biomedical and behavioral science fields. Bridges will use a cohort model and specific research pathways for our students in the program. This approach assures continuity of the research experience throughout the students' participation in the Bridges program. Bridges students will be assigned to research mentors from our partnering four-year universities and other participating research institutions. Over the term of grant, 75 students will work in the lab of the research mentor for a minimum of 15 hours a week during the academic year. Continuing summer research experiences will be available for 40 Bridges students (8 each year), working 35-40 hours in the labs of their assigned research mentors. Students entering the Bridges program at Tri-C will be paired with an experienced Tri-C Bridges faculty mentor who will advise the student and carefully monitor his/her academic progress throughout their tenure in the program. The students will also be mentored by peer student researchers (upper level undergraduates and possibly some graduate students) that are either Bridges alumni or have had similar background experiences as students in the program and currently work in the research mentors' laboratories. In addition to typical course requirements, Bridges students will be required to complete the recently developed BIO 1806 Introduction to Research Methods course and a newly developed seminar series "Laboratory Techniques and Practices". The seminar series will be integrated into the existing framework of Bridges workshops, seminars and meetings, which provide additional training for students and allow for discussion about how the program and what else could be done to better meet the students' needs. Bridges program students will also prepare and maintain an e-portfolio, which allows students to reflect upon their progress and successes, which promote persistence and retention, sharpens planning and organizations skills, and provides students with reflective writing practice. The Bridges program makes it possible for faculty advisors, research mentors and Bridges peer mentors to fill participating students' needs for academic integration, course mastery and paid research experiences. The results of these mentoring, academic support and research efforts are fewer hours spent employed outside school, an excitement for research, increased hours of education completed, higher GPA's, STEM degree completion, and university transfer.