Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at University of California, Riverside

加州大学河滨分校(UCR)和河滨城市学院(RCC)提议创建一个 通向文凭(B2B)研究教育计划的桥梁，以促进 社区学院的学生进入大学生物医学和行为科学专业，拥有 增加医药和科学界代表性不足群体参与的最终目标(URiMS) 在这些领域以研究为导向的职业的群体。许多URiMS学生获得的机会较少 在公众各个阶段提供高质量的科学指导、资源和丰富的机会 教育。非裔美国人、奇卡诺/拉丁裔、美洲原住民、夏威夷人和阿拉斯加人 原住民、太平洋岛民或社会经济困难的学生构成了一小部分 科学教师在K-12和高等教育中的比例，甚至更高 在需要研究生学位的生物医学和行为科学领域代表性不足。 拟议的B2B计划将确定RCC的社区大学生致力于 追求科学事业，并促进他们的转业和成功完成 科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)专业的学士学位。这个 计划包含干预和支持服务，旨在帮助B2B学者 在UCR录取后，在标准的两年窗口中毕业，并解决 STEM项目中URiMS磨损的原因。具体的计划组件包括： 有偿的研究经验，以激发更多对职业选择的认识 生物医学和行为科学，并减少从事非学术工作的必要性； 在RCC/B2B学者转学到UCR之前开始的同行和教职员工指导；以及一个夏天 新兵训练营让新来的学生熟悉UCR的课程结构和学生支持 服务。通过创建一个项目，将社区学院和大学教育联系起来，并 在转会前加强准备，并在转会后提供指导，我们相信我们可以 克服这些弊端，提高URiMS转接的成功率和持久性 生物医学和行为科学专业的学生。

The University of California Riverside (UCR) and Riverside City College (RCC) propose to create a Bridges to the Baccalaureate (B2B) research education program to facilitate transfer of community college students into university biomedical and behavioral science majors, with the ultimate goal of increasing participation of underrepresented in medicine and science (URiMS) groups in research-oriented careers in these areas. Many URiMS students have less access to high quality science instruction, resources and enriching opportunities at all stages of public education. African-Americans, Chicano/Latinos, Native Americans, Hawaiian and Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islanders or socio-economically disadvantaged students make up a small percentage of science teachers in K-12 as well as higher education, and are even more underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral science fields requiring post-graduate degrees. The proposed B2B program will identify community college students at RCC committed to pursuing a career in science and facilitate their transfer and successful completion of Baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors. The program contains interventions and support services designed to help B2B scholars achieve graduation in a normative two-year window following matriculation at UCR and to address the causes of URiMS attrition in STEM programs. Specific program components include: compensated research experiences to stimulate greater awareness of career options in the biomedical and behavioral sciences and to reduce the necessity of working in non-academic jobs; peer and faculty mentoring that begins before RCC/B2B scholars transfer to UCR; and a summer boot camp to familiarize incoming students with UCR’s course structure and student support services. By creating a program that bridges the community college and university education and provides enhanced preparation before and mentoring after transfer, we believe we can overcome these disadvantages and improve the success and persistence of URiMS transfer students in biomedical and behavioral sciences.