Gatekeepers & Roadblocks: Increasing URM Student Success

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基本信息

批准号：
6896093
负责人：
LOUISE HAINLINE
金额：
$ 38.28万
依托单位：
BROOKLYN COLLEGE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2003-06-01 至 2007-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Brooklyn College of CUNY proposes to develop and implement an MBRS-RISE program to overcome institutional barriers to increasing the interests, skills and competitiveness of minority group students and science faculty in pursuit of biomedical research careers. Our self study defined those institutional problems for students to be a) academic difficulties in the transition from high school to college science courses; b) students' lack of appropriate learning skills, resulting in poor performance in key science classes; c) insufficient opportunity for students to be directly involved in research that will increase skills, interest and motivation for science careers; and d) lack of knowledge about potential biomedical science careers and the process of developing effective applications to graduate schools. We will remedy these barriers with a tightly integrated set of activities that includes: a) a summer pre-freshman bridge program emphasizing the learning strategies and content mastery to succeed in college science classes; b) a 4-year Learning Community, with required skills-and-content oriented workshops in key science classes and intensive comprehensive advisement; c ) weekly RISE seminars with content that changes as students progress through the program; d) a structured research ladder in the academic year and summers, starting from the post-freshman summer, which systematically introduces students to research methods, techniques, and hands-on laboratory work, including a summer research externship, and culminating in a full independent research project and paper in the senior year; and e) enrichment activities to improve student computer literacy, GRE performance, and strategies for successful applications to biomedical graduate programs. Students will be trained to read and critique original research papers, and develop the communication skills and confidence to present their own research in a professional manner. Interest in biomedical careers will be motivated through interactions with successful academic and industrial biomedical scientists. The goals of the student activities are to maintain students in science major tracks, particularly as underclassmen, and improve their grades and other credentials so that more can move successfully to biomedical graduate programs. On the faculty side, Provost's Seminars on Innovative Science Teaching will involve faculty in improving how key science courses are taught. Barriers to greater research productivity will be addressed by a faculty grant workshop to train new faculty to write effective grant applications in support of their research programs and greater research output. The outcomes of these activities will be systematically evaluated during the project, with adjustments made to assure that our goals and objectives are met.

描述（由申请人提供）：纽约市立大学布鲁克林学院提议开发和实施 MBRS-RISE 计划，以克服制度障碍，提高少数族裔学生和科学教师追求生物医学研究职业的兴趣、技能和竞争力。我们的自我研究将学生的这些制度问题定义为： a）从高中到大学科学课程过渡中的学术困难； b) 学生缺乏适当的学习技能，导致关键科学课程成绩不佳； c) 学生没有足够的机会直接参与能够提高科学职业技能、兴趣和动力的研究； d) 缺乏对潜在的生物医学科学职业以及开发研究生院有效申请的过程的了解。我们将通过一系列紧密结合的活动来克服这些障碍，其中包括：a）夏季新生预科桥梁课程，强调在大学科学课程中取得成功的学习策略和内容掌握； b) 为期 4 年的学习社区，在关键科学课程中提供以所需技能和内容为导向的研讨会以及密集的综合建议； c) 每周举行的 RISE 研讨会，其内容会随着学生在课程中的进步而变化； d) 学年和暑假的结构化研究阶梯，从大一后的暑假开始，系统地向学生介绍研究方法、技术和实验室实践工作，包括暑期研究实习，最终形成完全独立的研究高年级的研究项目和论文； e) 旨在提高学生计算机素养、GRE 成绩以及成功申请生物医学研究生课程的策略的强化活动。学生将接受培训，阅读和评论原创研究论文，并培养沟通技巧和信心，以专业的方式展示自己的研究成果。通过与成功的学术和工业生物医学科学家的互动，将激发对生物医学职业的兴趣。学生活动的目标是让学生（特别是低年级学生）保持在科学专业的轨道上，并提高他们的成绩和其他证书，以便更多的人能够成功地进入生物医学研究生课程。在教师方面，教务长的创新科学教学研讨会将让教师参与改进关键科学课程的教学方式。教师资助研讨会将解决提高研究生产力的障碍，以培训新教师撰写有效的资助申请，以支持他们的研究项目和更大的研究成果。这些活动的成果将在项目期间进行系统评估，并进行调整以确保实现我们的目的和目标。