Bridges to the Baccalaureate at Florida A&M University

历史上，黑人学院和大学（HBCU）曾作为学士学位的起源机构， 大约四分之一的非洲裔美国人获得了STEM和工程博士学位， 2015-2019年，获得学士学位的比例超过17%，超过所有STEM学士学位的四分之一 黑人学生获得的学位。作为佛罗里达唯一的公立HBCU，佛罗里达A&M大学有着丰富的传统， 培养具有上级学术素质的不同背景的非洲裔美国学生。虽然HBCU 他们的毕业生获得的博士学位表现出色，博士学位代表性不足， 科学学位仍然是一个问题。部分原因是公立社区学院利用不足。 在佛罗里达A&M大学（B2B）的桥梁学士学位研究培训计划的目的是提供 结构化的，以证据为基础的活动，以准备社区大学生的多样化队列转移到 并完成生物医学研究领域的学士学位;激发UR学生的兴趣， TCC和FAMU的校园，以追求生物医学研究为基础的终端学位;并增加 在STEM研究企业担任领导职务的UR学生人数。通过一个错综复杂的 设计方案与社会认知职业理论和社区文化财富交织，B2B 承认并利用学生的文化资本，背景和经验，以及他们对自我的影响， 有效性，科学身份，职业决策，日常行动和结果。B2B将招募和 在第1年和第2-5年保持10名B2B学员，最低GPA为2.7， 入门科学课程，和强烈的研究职业兴趣;建立半结构化的同行指导 第二年B2B学员与FAMU NCI CaRE 2学员相匹配，第一年B2B学员 促进基于主题的非正式指导;促进TCC教师的专业发展， 学术顾问，以更好地调整与准备入学到生物医学相关 FAMU的学士学位课程。B2B将提供教师指导的研究经验，其中B2B 学员为项目提出微型建议，作为指导研究培训和使用的基础 他们的真实研究经验的结果，提出在区域研讨会和国家科学 两会职业发展活动，包括学术成功讲习班、专业 发展研讨会，研究研讨会，与职业探索相关的结构化和独立活动 领导力发展培训将增强这两个领域的机构文化 TCC和FAMU。这一伙伴关系将进一步发挥作用，在TCC实施年度研究日 该论坛的特色是B2B学员和其他参与TCC和FAMU研究的学生的演讲。开放 对于更广泛的TCC和FAMU校园社区，研究日将有助于促进生物医学的学习 研究相关的职业和培训机会。

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) served as baccalaureate institutions of origin for approximately one quarter of African Americans who earned STEM and Engineering doctoral degrees from 2015-2019, yield more than 17% of bachelor’s degrees, and more than a quarter of all STEM baccalaureate degrees earned by Black students. As Florida’s only public HBCU, Florida A&M University has a rich tradition in cultivating African American students from diverse backgrounds with superior academic qualities. While HBCUs have overperformed in doctoral degrees earned by their graduates, the dearth of underrepresented doctoral degrees in the sciences remains a problem. This is in part due to underutilization of public Community Colleges. The Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at Florida A&M University (B2B) aims to provide structured, evidence-based activities to prepare a diverse cohort of community college students to transfer to and complete a bachelor's degree in biomedical research fields; stimulate interest among UR students across the campuses of TCC and FAMU to pursue biomedical research-based terminal degrees; and increase the number of UR students who hold leadership positions in STEM research enterprises. Through an intricately designed program interwoven with social cognitive career theory and community cultural wealth, B2B acknowledges and leverages students’ cultural capital, backgrounds and experiences, and their impact on self- efficacy, science identity, career decision making, everyday actions, and outcomes. The B2B will recruit and maintain 10 B2B trainees in year 1 and 5 in years 2-5 with a minimum 2.7 GPA, full-time enrollment in the gateway science courses, and strong research career interest; establish a semi-structured Peer Mentoring program where Year II B2B trainees are matched with FAMU NCI CaRE2 trainees, and YEAR I B2B trainees to facilitate topic based and informal mentoring; and facilitate professional development of TCC faculty and academic advisors to better align advisement with preparation for matriculation into biomedically-related baccalaureate programs at FAMU. The B2B will provide faculty-mentored research experiences where B2B trainees produce mini proposals for projects that serve as the basis for mentored research training and use results from their authentic research experiences to present at regional symposia and national science conferences. Career development activities, including academic success workshops, professional development seminars, research seminars, structured and independent activities related to career exploration in the biomedical sciences, and leadership development trainings will enhance the institutional culture of both TCC and FAMU. This partnership will be further leveraged to implement an Annual Research Day at TCC that features presentations from B2B trainees and other students involved in research at TCC and FAMU. Open to the broader TCC and FAMU campus communities, Research Day will help facilitate learning about biomedical research related careers and training opportunities.