Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate Program

描述（由申请人提供）：波特兰通往学士学位的桥梁（PBTB）项目是波特兰社区学院（PCC）和波特兰州立大学（PSU）之间的合作项目，将增加从PCC和PSU转到生物医学和行为科学领域从事学术和科学事业的有色人种（即西班牙裔、黑人和美洲原住民）的人数。PBTB项目将建立在现有的机构合作基础上，为那些对生物医学和行为研究感兴趣的少数族裔学生提供从社区学院到大学的无缝过渡。该计划将包括全面的支持服务和经验丰富的研究科学家的广泛指导，他们致力于推动少数民族学生在科学事业上的发展。除了学术指导外，目标学生还将受益于由知名研究人员提供的形成性研究培训，并将完成学士学位，为生物医学和行为研究的研究生工作奠定坚实的基础。我们建议将PCC目标群体/人群的学生转到PSU生物医学/行为科学学士学位课程的总体转学率增加50%，从59名学生增加到88名学生，并且每年将从PCC中选择15名目标学生作为桥梁学生（即在该计划下获得工资/工资形式支持的学生）。至少70%的桥梁学生，或11名学生，将在从PCC毕业或之前转学到PSU的生物医学/行为科学学士学位课程。至少75%的过桥学生，或8名学生，将成功完成生物医学/行为科学学士学位。这种合作关系的基本原理是，PCC和PSU都是波特兰大都市区公立高等教育的主要来源，也是俄勒冈州学生和教师最多样化的高等教育机构。波特兰社区学院（PCC）和波特兰州立大学（PSU）合作开展的波特兰通往学士学位的桥梁项目（PBTB）将增加从事生物医学和行为研究的黑人、西班牙裔和印第安人的人数。PBTB项目建立在现有的机构合作基础上，为少数民族学生提供从社区学院到大学的无缝过渡。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate (PBTB) program, a partnership between Portland Community College (PCC) and Portland State University (PSU), will increase the number of underrepresented students of color (i.e., Hispanic, Black and Native Americans) transferring from PCC and PSU to pursue academic and scientific careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The PBTB program will build on an existing institutional collaboration to provide a seamless transition from community college to university for minority students who are interested in careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The proposed program will include comprehensive support services and extensive mentorship from experienced research scientists who are committed to the advancement of minority students in scientific careers. In addition to academic instruction, target students will benefit from formative research training provided by established investigators and will complete their baccalaureate degrees with a solid foundation for post-graduate work in biomedical and behavioral research. We are proposing to specifically increase by 50% from 59 students to 88 students, in the overall institutional transfer rate of students from targeted groups/populations from PCC to baccalaureate degree programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences at PSU, also 15 target students from PCC will be selected as Bridges students each year (i.e., students who will receive support in the form of salaries/wages under this program). At least 70% of these Bridges students, or 11 students, will transfer to baccalaureate degree programs in biomedical/behavioral sciences at PSU upon or before graduation from PCC. At least 75% of transferring Bridges students, or 8 students, will successfully complete their bachelor's degrees in biomedical/behavioral sciences. The rationale for this partnership is that PCC and PSU are both primary sources of public higher education in the Portland metropolitan area, and are also the most diverse higher education institutions in terms of students and faculty in the state of Oregon. The Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate (PBTB) program, a partnership between Portland Community College (PCC) and Portland State University (PSU), will increase the number of Black, Hispanics, and Native Americans pursuing careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The PBTB program builds on an existing institutional collaboration to provide a seamless transition from community college to university for minority students.