A STEP up for the life sciences: Strengthening a research university/minority-serving community college partnership

生命科学的进步：加强研究型大学/少数族裔社区学院的合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 1161177
• 负责人: Eric Triplett
• 金额: $ 177.32万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1161177&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STEP; up; life; sciences; Strengthening

The Microbiology & Cell Science Department at the University of Florida (UF) and Miami Dade College (the largest minority-serving institution in the country; MDC) are collaborating on an innovative project that develops a bridge program where students receiving their AA degree from MDC progress to their BS degree at UF. The program is designed to overcome many of the barriers that often reduce broadening participation in STEM by students who often lack the resources or interest in relocating to geographic locations where STEM educational opportunities are better developed. Although innovative, the project includes commonly implemented best practices to improve minority retention in STEM fields such as peer to peer tutoring, career mentoring, undergraduate scholarships, and undergraduate research. Activities with a demonstrated impact on retention and success become a permanent feature of the Distance Education program. Intellectual Merit: The UF-MDC partnership represents the cornerstone of the Microbiology & Cell Science Department's Distance Education program as the program expands statewide by developing partnerships with other 2-yr institutions over the next three years. This project tests an innovative approach to developing a bridge degree program that brings a research university curriculum to the students in their community. In doing so, the project is providing much needed data addressing important and contemporary questions concerning the efficacy of distance learning and the role that technology should play in the education of our nation's undergraduates. Broader Impacts: Because MDC is in an urban environment with diverse communities of students, including many from background underrepresented in the STEM fields, the project is preparing and developing a much larger talent pool of undergraduates that have an interest in STEM (but who otherwise may not have the opportunity) by implementing a program that is designed to offer educational opportunities and meet their needs closer to home.

佛罗里达大学 (UF) 微生物学与细胞科学系和迈阿密戴德学院（美国最大的少数族裔服务机构；MDC）正在合作开展一个创新项目，该项目开发一个桥梁项目，学生可以从 MDC 获得 AA 学位在佛罗里达大学升读学士学位。 该计划旨在克服许多阻碍学生扩大 STEM 参与的障碍，这些学生往往缺乏资源或兴趣，无法搬到 STEM 教育机会更发达的地区。 尽管具有创新性，但该项目包括普遍实施的最佳实践，以提高 STEM 领域的少数群体保留率，例如同伴辅导、职业指导、本科生奖学金和本科生研究。 对保留和成功具有明显影响的活动成为远程教育计划的永久特色。智力优势：UF-MDC 的合作伙伴关系是微生物学和细胞科学系远程教育项目的基石，该项目通过在未来三年内与其他两年制机构建立合作伙伴关系，在全州范围内扩展。 该项目测试了开发桥梁学位课程的创新方法，为社区的学生带来研究型大学课程。 在此过程中，该项目提供了急需的数据，解决了有关远程学习的有效性以及技术在我国本科生教育中应发挥的作用的重要和当代问题。 更广泛的影响：由于 MDC 位于城市环境中，学生社区多元化，其中许多人来自 STEM 领域代表性不足的背景，因此该项目正在准备和培养一个更大的本科生人才库，这些人才对 STEM 感兴趣（但否则可能会没有机会）通过实施一项旨在提供教育机会并满足他们离家较近的需求的计划。