California State University San Marcos MARC U*STAR Program

 描述(由申请者提供)：加州大学圣马科斯分校Marc U-STAR项目取得了很大的成功，近年来超过93%的Marc学者过渡到研究生院，包括斯坦福大学、耶鲁大学、哈佛大学、西北大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校和其他顶尖学府的博士课程。鉴于过去的成功和一系列严格的活动，更新 该项目将有助于增加在生物医学和行为科学领域从事研究事业的少数族裔学生人数。我们为该计划制定了三个总体可衡量的目标，这三个目标从我们最近的成功中得到了启发：1)100%的MARC学者将获得学士学位；2)95%的MARC学者将进入生物医学或行为科学研究生院；以及3)80%的MARC学者将攻读生物医学或行为科学的博士课程。我们计划通过八个目标来实现这些目标：1)通过一系列MARC前活动增加符合MARC资格的学生人数，确保我们的学者参与实验室丰富的课程，提高学术表现；2)确保所有MARC学者都参与强大的、实验室丰富的课程，为他们的研究生学习做准备；3)提高学术表现；4)加强科学交流能力；5)加强实验设计和统计分析工具；6)使学生能够取得成功；7)参与生物医学研究；以及8)为研究生院准备有竞争力的申请。这些目标范围内的活动包括参加一系列学术支持服务支持的挑战性课程、技能发展、研究研讨会，以及导致科学报告和出版物的受监督的原创研究。通过这些活动，学者们将在批判性思维、解决问题、写作和口头交流、实验设计和统计以及团队合作方面培养强大的技能。我们将在一年级和二年级挑选12名奖学金获得者参加该计划，并在3-5年级选出14名奖学金获得者。我们的评估计划提供了明确的目标和可衡量的目标，以评估项目的成功。CSUSM对多样性和学生发展的承诺与国家MARC计划的目标完全一致。这种结合，再加上学生人数的快速增长(特别是代表不足的少数族裔学生)、当前MARC项目的成功、支持性教师、项目主任的经验以及拥有现代科学仪器和强大教学资源的新设施，共同使南加州大学成为成功开展MARC项目的理想地点。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CSU San Marcos MARC U-STAR Program has a strong record of success, with over 93% of MARC Scholars in recent years transitioning to graduate school, including PhD programs at Stanford, Yale, Harvard, Northwestern, UC San Diego and other top institutions. Given the past success and rigorous set of activities, renewal of this program will help increase the pool of underrepresented minority students who pursue research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. We have three overall measurable objectives for the program, which are informed by our recent success: 1) 100% of MARC Scholars will graduate with a Bachelor's Degree; 2) 95% of MARC Scholars will enter graduate school in the biomedical or behavioral sciences; and 3) 80% of MARC Scholars will pursue a PhD program in the biomedical or behavioral sciences. We plan to achieve these objectives through eight goals: 1) to increase the pool of students eligible for MARC through a set of Pre-MARC activities, assure that our scholars participate in a laboratory-rich curriculum, enhance academic performance; 2) to assure that all MARC Scholars participate in a strong, laboratory-rich curriculum that prepares them for graduate study; 3) to enhance academic performance; 4) to enhance scientific communication skills; 5) to enhance experimental design and statistical analysis tools; 6) to empower students for success; 7) to participate in biomedical research; and 8) to prepare competitive applications for graduate school. Activities within these goals include participation in a challenging curriculum supported by a range of academic support services, skills development, research seminars, and supervised original research leading to scientific presentations and publications. Through these activities, Scholars will develop strong skills in critical thinking, problem solving, writing and oral communication, experimental design and statistics, and teamwork. We will select twelve Scholars to participate in the program in years 1 and 2 and fourteen Scholars in years 3-5. Our Evaluation Plan provides clearly stated goals and measurable objectives to assess project success. The commitment of CSUSM to diversity and to student development is in perfect alignment with the goals of the national MARC Program. This alignment, together with rapid student population growth (especially that of underrepresented minority students), the success of the current MARC Program, the supportive faculty, the experience of the program director, and new facilities with modern scientific instruments and powerful instructional resources, collectively make CSUSM an ideal location to operate a successful MARC Program.