Cal-ADAR: Advancing Diversity in Aging Research at UC Berkeley

 描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目的是确定，招募和培训来自代表性不足的群体的学生进入老龄人口学领域。人口统计学可能令人生畏，因为它使用复杂的统计模型。鉴于加州学生人口的人口构成，该计划将为黑人和西班牙裔学生以及残疾学生提供途径，这是一个严重依赖使用专业软件进行定量分析的领域。该计划还从老龄化领域吸引了关注，因为这些学生群体非常感兴趣的主题包括与祖父母居住的倾向和以后的生活结果的种族差异，或移民的代际转移。如果没有利用人口研究方法的不同观点，美国在公共卫生和教育领域的政策制定将无法充分知情。该计划将从加州大学伯克利分校以及加州社区学院招收学生，因为大部分代表性不足的学生在完成前两个初级学院后转学到加州大学伯克利分校。该计划将提供一名研究生导师，以协助定量技能的获取，人口统计学理论和方法的未成年人，重点是老龄化，计算机软件培训，专业化研讨会，申请研究生院和负责任的研究行为。除此之外，该计划的基石是指导研究经验，这将采取两种形式：与教师或受过专门训练的高级研究生一起指导研究实习，以及带薪暑期实习。入学和保留在该计划将择优为基础，但将包括非常必要的部分奖学金，使学生不会觉得额外的外部就业是必要的。该计划的要素解决了在STEM领域取得成功所必需的因素：为克服对统计数据的恐惧提供支持，获得实际有意义的研究经验，并为研究生院和职业生涯的道路提供方向和指导。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the project is to identify, recruit and train students from underrepresented groups to enter into the field of demography of aging. Demography can be daunting because it utilizes sophisticated statistical models. Given the demographic make-up of the student population in California, this program will provide paths to black and Hispanic students, as well as disabled students, a field that relies heavily on quantitative analysis using specialized software. The program also draws focus from the field of aging, as topics such as the racial differences in the propensity to reside with grandparents and later life outcomes, or intergenerational transfers for immigrants, are of great interest to these student groups. Without diverse perspectives utilizing the methods of demographic research, US policy-making in areas of public health and education will be insufficiently informed. The program will recruit students from the UC Berkeley campus as well as California community colleges as a large proportion of underrepresented students transfer to UCB after completing their first two at junior colleges. The program will provide a graduate student mentor to assist with the quantitative skill acquisition, a minor in demographic theory and methods with a focus on aging, computer software training, workshops in professionalization, applying to graduate school and responsible conduct of research. Beyond that, the cornerstone of the program is mentored research experience, which will take two forms: a mentored research practicum with a faculty member or a specially trained advanced graduate student, and a paid summer internship. Entrance and retention in the program will be merit-based, but will include the very necessary partial scholarship so that students will not feel that additional outside employment is necessary. The elements of the program address the factors deemed necessary for success in STEM fields: providing support for overcoming fear of statistics, getting hands-on meaningful research experience, and getting direction and guidance for a path to graduate school and a career.