Facilitating Seamless Transition from Community College to Towson University

该项目的长期目标是在Towson大学(TU)和 巴尔的摩城市社区学院(BCCC)和巴尔的摩县社区学院(CCBC) 这将加强少数族裔学生的转学和留住，直到他们在一个 这一领域将使他们能够从事生物医学科学的事业。BCCC是一个开放访问，两个- 去年，这所州立大学的学生大多是巴尔的摩市居民(80%)， 非裔美国人(81%)和女性(73%)。CCBC也是一个开放访问、为期两年、由国家赞助的 机构，并从性别角度提供方案的额外多样性(CCBC 42%为男性)， 代表不足的学生观点(CCBC包括非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生- 40%)，从地理角度来看(包括巴尔的摩县)。TU是一个四年制的 综合性国办大学。目前，德克萨斯大学的学生人数包括 本科生14495人，研究生3516人。TU招收约1500名转校生 年。毕业率(六年毕业率)为60%，高于全国平均水平51.9%。 教育统计)。TU的少数民族人口为13.4%，但正在努力增加这一数字 增加TU多样性的举措，这是该大学使命声明的一部分。这个 生物科学系已经在改善其多样性，少数民族人口占21%。 这一方案的具体目标是：(I)继续在BCCC和CCBC进行招聘努力，以增加 提高社区大学伙伴机构的计划意识，增加合格学生的数量； (2)继续提高TU对方案的认识，为Bridges创造有利的体制环境 学生；(3)为学生提供积极和支持性的学术计划(包括辅导、同伴 辅导、暑期研究体验、每个学生的教员咨询团队以及年度 由计划评估员对计划进行评估)；以及，(Iv)为学生提供技能和 在TU和研究生教育和职业生涯中取得成功所需的能力。每一批学生 将在学术上得到仔细的建议，以便他们通过完成许多课程进入真正初级的TU 化学、数学和生物等核心课程，以及大部分通识教育 正式衔接协议中规定的要求。自从过去的竞争更新以来，我们 我们的转会费为63%，高于我们50%的目标，也远远高于23%的平均水平 为桥梁项目(Mervis，2006)。我们桥梁计划的续订将使我们能够继续 成功将BCCC和CCBC的学生转到四年制院校，并为我们提供 有机会增加我们的数据库，以便能够传播我们在以下方面获得的支持 量化数据。项目叙事 增加少数族裔代表不足的人数，他们从一个 社区大学到一所四年制院校获得生物医学领域的理科学士学位 科学增加了那些可能获得博士学位的学生的数量。 并从事生物医学研究。这一点至关重要，因为 代表不足的少数群体继续增长，需要让所有人都有能力和 参与对健康敏感的生物医学研究的合格个人 他们社区的不平等将给社会带来极大的好处。这个项目有 成功地将63%的计划参与者转到四年制院校，并在 在过去的第二个授权期内，他们已获得化学学士学位和#年学士学位。 分子生物学、生物化学和生物信息学。

The long-term goal of this project is to establish a formal program between Towson University (TU) and the Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) and the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) that will enhance transfer and retention of minority students to the completion of their B.S. degree in an area that will allow them to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences. BCCC is an open access, two- year, state-sponsored institution with a majority of students who are Baltimore City residents (80%), African-American (81%), and female (73%). CCBC is also an open access, two-year, state-sponsored institution and provides additional diversity in the program from a gender perspective (CCBC 42% male), an underrepresented student perspective (CCBC includes both African American and Hispanic students- 40%), and from a geographic perspective (to include Baltimore County). TU is a four-year comprehensive state-sponsored university. Currently at TU the student population is comprised of 14,495 undergraduates and 3516 graduate students. TU admits approximately 1500 transfer students a year. The graduation rate (in six years) is 60%, which is above the national average of 51.9% (Center for Educational Statistics). TU has a minority population of 13.4%, but is trying to increase that number with initiatives to increase diversity at TU, which is part of the mission statement for the university. The Department of Biological Sciences is already improving its diversity with a minority population of 21%. The specific aims of this program are to: (i) continue recruitment efforts at BCCC and CCBC to increase program awareness and increase the pool of qualified students at community college partner institutions; (ii) continue to increase program awareness at TU to create a supportive institutional climate for Bridges students; (iii) provide an active and supportive academic program for students (including tutoring, peer mentoring, summer research experiences, faculty advising teams for each student, and annual evaluations of the program by a program evaluator); and, (iv) provide students with the skills and capacity required to succeed at TU and post-graduate education and careers. Each cohort of students will be carefully advised academically so that they enter TU with true junior status by completing many of the Chemistry, Mathematic and Biology core courses, as well as, most of the General Education requirements as prescribed in formal articulation agreements. Since the past competitive renewal we have had a transfer rate of 63%, which was above our target of 50% and well above the average of 23% for Bridges Programs (Mervis, 2006). The renewal of our Bridges program will allow us to continue the successful transfer of BCCC and CCBC students to four-year institutions and provide us with an opportunity to increase our database to be able to disseminate what we have learned supported by quantitative data. Project Narrative Increasing the number of underrepresented minorities who successfully transfer from a community college to a four-year institution to receive a B.S. in an area of biomedical science increases the numbers of those students that might go on to receive a Ph.D. and pursue a career in biomedical research. This is of critical importance as the number of underrepresented minorities continues to grow, the need to have all capable and eligible individuals participating biomedical research that are sensitive to health disparities in their communities will be of great benefit to society. This program has successfully transferred 63% of program participants to a four-year institution and in the past granting period two have already graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and a B.S. in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics.