The Bridges to the Baccalaureate program at Florida A&M University

佛罗里达 A 大学通往学士学位课程的桥梁

• 批准号: 8575265
• 负责人: CARL B GOODMAN
• 金额: $ 28.27万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-26 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8575265
• 关键词: Address; African American; Agriculture; Arts; Award; Bachelor' s Degree; Bioethics; Biology; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Development; Discipline; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Environmental Engineering technology; Faculty; Florida; Goals; Health; Health Personnel; Healthcare; Hispanics; Historically Black Colleges and Universities; Institution; Internships; Knowledge; Laboratories; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Minority Groups; Native Americans; Outcomes Research; Pharmacologic Substance; Positioning Attribute; Preparation; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Resources; Safety; Schools; Science; Students; System; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; college; community college; computer data analysis; design; environmental chemical; experience; falls; health disparity; innovation; interest; knowledge base; lectures; meetings; member; posters; programs; public health relevance; skills; success; undergraduate student; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program in the Biomedical Sciences at Florida A&M University (FAMU) is to cultivate a program that increases the numbers of underrepresented minority (URM); African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans; students from TCC to obtain a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. FAMU has strategically positioned itself as one of the few Historically Black Colleges and Universities to not only serve as a traditional feeder program but has become a relatively newcomer as a leader in graduating underrepresented minorities with baccalaureate degrees in the biomedical sciences (agriculture sciences and viticulture, biology and chemistry, environmental, chemical and biomedical engineering, environmental chemistry and health, and pharmaceutical sciences). TCC is fast approaching the status as a minority-majority institution of higher learning. It has an enrollment of 13,908 students and is culturally diversified with 47% minorities (36.1% black and 8.2% Hispanic) and 51.5% white. TCC has the highest percentage of African American students among the 28 members of the Florida College System and is ranked 6th nationally among 2-year institutions in number of associate degrees awarded to African Americans. The overall objective of FAMU-TCC Bridges Program is to establish a means for providing minority students, attending TCC, with the knowledge and appropriate skills necessary to attain an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree and to successfully compete with others to obtain an entry-level degree in the biomedical sciences at Florida A&M University. This objective will be met by: 1) Establishing an innovative recruitment strategy to attract 150 science majors at TCC to the various biomedical science disciplines and research experiences at FAMU. Through the proposed program, seminars, workshops, and lectures will take place on TCC campus throughout the academic year presented by FAMU biomedical science and research faculty; 2) Establishing a FAMU-TCC Biomedical Sciences Forum where 40 TCC students from the pool of 150 underrepresented minorities(URM) will be invited for a one-day orientation during the spring semester to tour FAMU and its biomedical science programs as well as to gain information on the 10-weeks summer research internship program; 3) Providing a 10-week summer research internship at FAMU for 10 Bridges students during the first year and a total of 30 for years 2-5. Students will be matched with research mentors and conduct a meaningful research project that will be complimented with several research enrichment activities to include lectures and practical experiences on research and bioethics, laboratory safety training, computer and data analysis, power point poster preparation and presentation skills, transition into your baccalaureate program (from academic advisement to identifying financial resources to pay for school) and biomedical science seminars; 4) Providing an academic research internships program during the academic year for 7 Bridges students, who wish to further their research training interests in the natural or biomedical sciences; 5) It is expected that 70% of the Bridges students will transfer from TCC to FAMU and that 70% will be successful in obtaining a baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences. By establishing academic support initiatives, including tutorial, mentoring, and advising activities Bridges students will enhance their retention rate to graduate while matriculating at FAMU; and 6) Providing a research opportunity for a TCC science faculty to conduct biomedical research for professional development and to gain additional knowledge for instructional improvement.

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达农工大学（FAMU）生物医学科学学士学位计划的桥梁的目标是培养一项计划，以增加代表性不足的少数民族（URM）的数量；非裔美国人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民；来自TCC的学生获得了生物医学科学学士学位。 FAMU has strategically positioned itself as one of the few Historically Black Colleges and Universities to not only serve as a traditional feeder program but has become a relatively newcomer as a leader in graduating underrepresented minorities with baccalaureate degrees in the biomedical sciences (agriculture sciences and viticulture, biology and chemistry, environmental, chemical and biomedical engineering, environmental chemistry and health, and pharmaceutical科学）。 TCC正在迅速接近少数群体高等教育机构的地位。它有13,908名学生的入学人数，具有47％的少数族裔（36.1％的黑人和8.2％的西班牙裔）和51.5％的白人。在佛罗里达大学系统的28名成员中，TCC拥有非洲裔美国学生的比例最高，在为非洲裔美国人授予的副学士学位的两年年级机构中排名第六。 FAMU-TCC Bridges计划的总体目标是建立一种手段，以为参加TCC的少数群体学生提供获得艺术学位（A.A.）学位助理所必需的知识和适当技能，并成功与他人竞争以获得佛罗里达A＆M大学的生物医学科学的入门级学位。该目标将通过：1）建立创新的招聘策略来吸引150个科学 TCC的大满贯授予FAMU的各种生物医学科学学科和研究经验。通过拟议的计划，在FAMU生物医学科学与研究学院提出的整个学年中，将在TCC校园举行研讨会，研讨会和讲座； 2）建立一个FAMU-TCC生物医学科学论坛，在春季学期期间，将邀请40名来自150个代表性少数群体（URM）的TCC学生参加一日定向，以参观FAMU及其生物医学科学计划，并获得10周的夏季研究实习计划的信息； 3）在FAMU提供为期10周的夏季研究实习，在第一年为10个桥梁学生提供2至5年的总计30年。学生将与研究导师相匹配，并进行一个有意义的研究项目，该项目将与几项研究丰富的活动相称，包括讲座和研究和生物伦理学，实验室安全培训，计算机安全培训，计算机和数据分析，Power Point海报准备和演示技巧，向您的学位资源（从学术咨询到确定为学校科学付费）和精确度的学科; 4）在学年为7个桥梁学生提供学术研究实习计划，他们希望进一步对自然或生物医学科学的研究培训兴趣； 5）预计70％的桥学生将从TCC转移到FAMU，而70％的学生将成功获得生物医学科学学士学位。通过建立包括教程，指导和建议活动在内的学术支持计划，桥梁学生将在FAMU入学时提高其毕业生的保留率； 6）为TCC科学学院提供研究机会，以进行专业发展的生物医学研究并获得教学改进的额外知识。