Bridges to the Baccalaureate

摘要 我们通向文凭的合作桥梁(B2B)计划的使命是开发一个多样化的 生物医学科学家通过支持研究型社区大学生成功过渡到加州大学 并在标准时间内完成生物医学科学学士学位。我们的计划需要一个 UCD与附近的社区学院美国河流学院(ARC)之间的合作。建议数 培训计划包括五个关键要素：(1)积极接触不同背景、以STEM为重点的受训人员 在ARC；(2)受训人员接触ARC的研究并参与其中；(3)密集的夏季桥梁 调任前在UCD的研究经验；(4)从受训者的第一次开始，安排到研究实验室 UCD的季度；和(5)多方面的保留计划。除了研究经验，B2B中的学生 计划还将通过与我们的协调，获得行政、学术和职业技能支持 AvenueB和AvenueE，UCD招募、支持和保留生物科学和工程的计划 面向科学的代表不足、低收入、第一代和女子大学转学学生(即， 历史上被排除在外的人口)。在ARC，以课程为基础的本科生研究体验(CURE) 嵌入第一学期专业的生物课将把感兴趣的学生与研究机会联系起来 可作为独立研究单位使用。这些独立学习经验的管理将是 由ARC教职员工和技术人员领导，UCD教职员工和学生提供补充编程和 支持。这些努力将扩大ARC多样化的学生群体参与 科学和研究在其学术之旅的早期。在UCD，一次夏季桥的研究体验将 让学生沉浸在模拟本科生研究关键要素的研究环境中，并提供 在稳健的实验设计、重复性、数据分析、研究中负责任的行为方面的培训，以及 计算入门，以及职业发展。将由教职员工提供日常指导 和高级本科生，并将专注于建立我们的学员的社区意识和归属感。 在暑期桥项目之后，b2b实习生将在导师的指导下被安排在教员研究实验室。 B2B计划选定的教师导师之一，并过渡到现有培训计划(例如，NIH- Marc)以获得额外的支持。ARC和UCD之间伙伴关系的证明成功将为 为与其他社区学院开展类似的合作奠定基础。

ABSTRACT The mission of our collaborative Bridges to the Baccalaureate (B2B) program is to develop a diverse pool of biomedical scientists by supporting research-oriented community college students to successfully bridge to UC Davis (UCD) and complete a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences in normative time. Our program entails a collaboration between UCD and a nearby community college American River College (ARC). The proposed training plan includes five key elements: (1) Active outreach to STEM-focused trainees from diverse backgrounds at ARC; (2) Trainee exposure to and engagement with research at ARC; (3) An intensive Summer Bridge research experience at UCD prior to transfer; (4) Placement into research labs beginning with the trainees' first quarter at UCD; and (5) A multifaceted retention plan. In addition to research experience, students in the B2B program will also receive administrative, academic, and career-skills support through our coordination with AvenueB and AvenueE, programs at UCD that recruit, support and retain biological science and engineering science-oriented underrepresented, low income, first- generation and women college transfer students (i.e., historically excluded populations). At ARC, a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) embedded in the first semester major’s biology class will connect interested students to research opportunities available for units as independent studies. The administration of these independent study experiences will be led by ARC faculty and technicians with UCD faculty and students providing supplemental programming and support. These efforts will expand the opportunities for the diverse student population at ARC to engage in science and research early in their academic journey. At UCD, a Summer Bridge research experience will immerse students in a research environment that mimics key elements of undergraduate research and provides training in robust experimental design, reproducibility, data analysis, responsible conduct in research, an introduction to computation, and career development. Day-to-day mentorship will be provided from staff, faculty and advanced undergraduates and will focus on building our trainees’ sense of community and belonging. Following the summer bridge program, B2B trainees will be placed in faculty research labs under the mentorship of one of the B2B program’s selected faculty mentors and transition to existing training programs (e.g. NIH- MARC) for extra support. Demonstrated success of the partnership between ARC and UCD will lay the groundwork for developing similar collaborations with other community colleges.