North County San Diego Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program

项目摘要 北县圣地亚哥桥梁学士学位（NCSD B2B）计划支持NIH/NIGMS 目标是通过提高生物医学工作人员的成功转移率来增加生物医学工作人员的多样性。 从社区学院到四年制大学，代表性不足的群体。NCSD B2B项目 延续了加州州立大学旧金山分校合作机构20年成功的B2B联盟。 马科斯（CSUSM），帕洛玛学院和米拉科斯塔学院。这个新的B2B计划将专注于学术 发展和帕洛玛和米拉科斯塔UR社区学院学生无缝转移到CSUSM或 其他四年制院校。NCSD B2B计划的目标是UR学生在社区学院的早期 出席，以招收他们在长达两年的结构化学术，研究和职业意识， 发展计划。通过针对UR学生的早期教育，一个已知的高辍学期， 计划帮助他们在学术上做好准备，为成功转移创建个人发展计划， 通过同行指导和严格和可重复研究的培训，帮助培养他们的科学身份 实践NCSD B2B计划的具体目标是：1）吸引大量有前途的 通过广泛和积极的多样性招聘，为桥梁计划提供代表性不足的科学专业 活动; 2）使桥梁学者能够积累学术证书和专业技能 有必要通过新设计的生物医学科学追求学士学位和职业生涯 课程，补充教学，学术支持和技能研讨会; 3）让桥梁学者参与 有意义的生物医学研究和职业经历，包括接触生物医学的多样性 领域，在教师研究实验室的位置（通常与UR同行或桥梁校友），研究出席 研讨会和会议; 4）让学生接触文化验证的教学法，以增加归属感， 通过研讨会、工作坊和社会活动的持续性; 5）参加暑期培训计划， 在夏季研究经验和研讨会期间提高研究和定量技能;以及6） 确保桥梁学者有效地转移到4年制院校，并最终完成学士学位 通过经常和长期的指导和课程活动，获得学位。在过去的15年里， 完成CSUSM桥梁课程的学生中，有211人转入4年制院校（93%）， 204人（90%）已经或正在获得学士学位（145人完成，59人正在进行）。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 49人（22%）正在攻读或已完成博士学位，M.D.或者是死亡（16个已完成，33个正在进行中）的 NCSD的B2B计划将继续这一成功的历史，准备历史上代表性不足的人 具有必要的教育，经验和心态，以追求生物医学高等学位课程， 研究生涯。

PROJECT SUMMARY The North County San Diego Bridges to the Baccalaureate (NCSD B2B) program supports the NIH/NIGMS goal of increasing the diversity of the biomedical workforce by increasing the successful transfer rates of underrepresented (UR) groups from community colleges to 4-year institutions. The NCSD B2B program continues a 20-year successful B2B consortium of the partner institutions of California State University San Marcos (CSUSM), Palomar College and MiraCosta College. This new B2B Program will focus on the academic development and seamless transfer of Palomar and MiraCosta UR community college students to CSUSM or other 4-year institutions. The NCSD B2B Program targets UR students early in their community college attendance to enroll them in an up to two-year structured academic, research, and career awareness and development program. By targeting UR students early in their schooling, a known high dropout period, the program helps prepare them academically, creates individual development plans for successful transferring, helps foster their science identities through peer-mentoring and training in rigorous and reproducible research practices. The specific aims of the NCSD B2B Program are to: 1) Attract a Large Pool of Promising Underrepresented Science Majors for the Bridges Program through broad and proactive diversity recruitment activities; 2) Empower Bridges Scholars to Accumulate Academic Credentials and Professional Skills Necessary to Pursue Bachelor’s Degrees and Careers in the Biomedical Sciences through newly designed curriculum, Supplemental Instruction, academic support and skill workshops; 3) Engage Bridges Scholars in Meaningful Biomedical Research and Career Experiences including exposure to the diversity of biomedical fields, placement in faculty research labs (often with UR peers or Bridges alumni), attendance of research seminars, and conferences; 4) Expose Students to a Culturally Validated Pedagogy to Increase Belonging and Persistence through seminars, workshops and social activities; 5) Participate in Summer Training Program to Enhance Research and Quantitative Skills during a summer research experience and workshops; and 6) Ensure Efficient transfer of Bridges Scholars to 4-year institutions and ultimately completion of a bachelor’s degree through frequent and long-term mentoring, and curricular activities. Over the last 15 years, of the 226 students who completed the CSUSM Bridges program, 211 have transferred to 4-year institutions (93%), and 204 (90%) have or are on track to obtain their bachelor’s degree (145 completed, 59 in progress). In addition, 49 (22%) are in progress or have completed a Ph.D., M.D. or D.O. program (16 complete, 33 in progress). The NCSD B2B Program will continue this successful history of preparing historically underrepresented persons with the necessary education, experience, and mindset to pursue biomedical higher degree programs and research careers.