MARC Undergraduate Student Training in Academic Research at Tennessee State University

摘要 TSU-MARC项目始于1980年，项目主任从 该计划的最新周期(2012-2013学年)。7名MARC校友获得了博士学位 从2012年到2015年。在此期间，TSU校友在生物医学科学领域获得的所有博士学位 来自MARC校友，强调TSU MARC项目在获得博士学位方面的重要性 田纳西州立大学的。从历史上看，TSU MARC计划产生了相当数量的少数族裔 生物医学研究人员。最近一个周期(2013-2015)的15名MARC毕业生中有7人 攻读博士学位(40%)。这高于博士项目招生率34%，来自 这是之前12年的拨款，但仍然低于博士项目招生的预期水平。 要求为10名MARC学员提供参与该计划的资金。以下是具体目标 目前的申请满足了TSU MARC计划增加博士入学人数的需要。 MARC毕业生的课程和他们一旦被录取就坚持完成博士学位的情况。一个 为实现下列目标提出了一些新的战略和活动：1.增加 申请生物医学博士研究生项目的URM学生人数。 在当前周期中，60%的MARC毕业生申请了博士项目。我们的目标是拥有 我们80%的毕业生在毕业后申请博士学位，增加了33%。2.提高 申请博士学位的学生录取率。具体目标是增加 我们的学生申请博士学位的成功率从目前的55%提高到80%。增加 台湾州立大学MARC毕业生攻读博士学位的坚持性 学位。在TSU MARC项目的最后15年里，27名MARC毕业生进入了博士学位。 计划，但只有21个坚持了他们的计划。我们的目标是降低这一自然减员水平 在下一个赠款周期内增加22%至15%，提高32%。4.提高批判性思维能力 对TSU-MARC毕业生进行培训，使他们能够达到毕业生所需的分析严谨水平 课程录取和完成。可衡量目标是语言和语言能力的提高 量化GRE分数从目前的平均151分增加到153分，这将使语言成绩达到 第59个百分位数，第52个百分位数的数量。这将是口头上18%的增长 百分位数和数量百分位数增加16%。5.提高TSU Marc学生 演示效果和发布记录。具体地说，增加见习人数 在与学科相关的专业会议上的科学报告从每年4次增加到每年6次 出版物从每五年10份增加到每五年12份。

SUMMARY The TSU-MARC program began in 1980 and had a change of program director beginning with the most recent cycle of the program (2012-2013 academic year). 7 MARC alumni have received Ph.D.s from 2012-2015. All Ph.D.s received by TSU alumni in biomedical sciences during this period were from MARC alumni, emphasizing the importance of the TSU MARC program in attainment of Ph.D.s by URM at TSU. Historically, the TSU MARC program has produced a significant number of minority biomedical researchers. 7 of the 15 MARC graduates from the most recent cycle (2013-2015) have enrolled in Ph.D. pograms (40%). This is above the the rate of Ph.D. program enrollment, 34%, from the previous 12 years of the grant, but it is still below the desired level of Ph.D. program enrollment. Funding for 10 MARC trainees to particpate in the program is requested. The following specifc goals of the current application address the need of the TSU MARC program to increase enrollment in Ph.D. programs by MARC graduates and their persistence to completion of the Ph.D. once enrolled. A number of new strategies and activities have been proposed to achieve the folowing goals: 1. Increase the number of URM students who apply to Ph.D. graduate programs in the biomedical sciences. In the current cycle 60% of MARC graduates have applied to Ph.D. programs. The objective is to have 80% of our graduates applying to Ph.D. programs upon graduation, a 33% increase. 2. Increase the acceptance rate of students applying to Ph.D. programs. The specific objective is to increase the success rate of our students applying to Ph.D. programs from the current 55% to 80%.3. Increase the persistence of TSU MARC graduates entering Ph.D. programs to successful completion of their degrees. In the last 15 years of the TSU MARC program, 27 MARC graduates have entered Ph.D. programs but only 21 have persisted in their programs. The objective is to drop this attrition level of 22% to 15% during the next cycle of the grant, a 32% improvement. 4. Increase critical thinking skills of TSU-MARC graduates to prepare them for the level of analytical rigor needed for graduate program admission and completion. The measurable objective is have an increase in verbal and quatitative GRE scores from the current average of 151 to 153, which would put the verbal score at the 59th percentile and the quantitative at the 52nd percentile. This would be an 18% increase in the verbal percentile and a 16% increase in the quantitative percentile. 5. Improve TSU MARC student presentation effectiveness and publication record. Specifically to increase the number of trainee scientific presentations at discipline-related professional meetings from 4 per year to 6 per year and publications from 10 per five year period to 12 per five year period.