Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program

通往学士学位课程的桥梁

• 批准号: 9497797
• 负责人: ROSA A MALDONADO
• 金额: $ 20.72万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 2020-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9497797
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and El Paso Community College (EPCC) propose to renew their 20 years partnership to promote the successful transition of underrepresented (primarily Mexican-American) students with interests in biomedical/behavioral sciences from the community college to the university and to improve their completion of a baccalaureate degree. The highly successful Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program between these two institutions will continue aiding to increase the diversity in these scientific fields and positively influencing the social mobility of the Hispanic community. The specific aims of this proposal are the following: SPECIFIC AIM #1: To increase interest among minority students (primarily Mexican-Americans) in biomedical/behavioral sciences as a career. During the recruitment period several strategies will be employed to inform and attract students, such as the use of a variety of educational tools and social media like Facebook (e.g., flyers, classroom visits and seminars at EPCC by UTEP mentors, Bridges Program website, etc.). Also, the student tutors and a symposium at EPCC will play important roles in the process. SPECIFIC AIM #2: To maintain a transfer rate of about 90% of Bridges participants to baccalaureate degree programs in the biomedical/behavioral sciences, while making the experience more efficient. Except for the 2013 cohort of Bridges summer research experience participants, we have maintained a transfer rate of from 92 to 100% over the past four years (those students in the 2013 cohort who did not transfer immediately after the summer experience plan to do so either this coming spring or next fall). We will continue to offer weekly colloquia, seminars, and workshops to develop participants' professional skills and understanding of career options in the biomedical/behavioral sciences as well as other strategies that have proven to be very effective in our program. SPECIFIC AIM #3: To significantly increase the percentage of transferred participants who complete a baccalaureate degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences. We propose to increase the percentage of Bridges participants who attain the baccalaureate degree in biomedical/behavioral sciences from our historical (20 year) average of 68.6 % to an average of 80% over the proposed grant period (5 years). The ultimate goal of our proposal is to increase the influx of underrepresented students (mainly Hispanics) into biomedical/behavioral science careers and encourage them toward a graduate (Ph.D.) research program.

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校 (UTEP) 和埃尔帕索社区学院 (EPCC) 提议续签 20 年合作伙伴关系，以促进对生物医学感兴趣的代表性不足（主要是墨西哥裔美国人）学生的成功转型/行为科学从社区学院到大学，并提高他们完成学士学位。这两个机构之间非常成功的学士学位课程将继续帮助增加这些科学领域的多样性，并对西班牙裔社区的社会流动性产生积极影响。该提案的具体目标如下： 具体目标#1：提高少数族裔学生（主要是墨西哥裔美国人）对生物医学/行为科学作为职业的兴趣。在招生期间，将采用多种策略来通知和吸引学生，例如使用各种教育工具和 Facebook 等社交媒体（例如传单、UTEP 导师在 EPCC 举办的课堂参观和研讨会、Bridges Program 网站等） .)。此外，学生导师和 EPCC 的研讨会将在此过程中发挥重要作用。具体目标#2：保持 Bridges 参与者约 90% 的生物医学/行为科学学士学位课程转学率，同时提高体验效率。除了 2013 年 Bridges 暑期研究体验参与者之外，过去四年我们的转学率一直保持在 92% 至 100%（2013 年暑期体验后没有立即转学的学生也计划转学）今年春天或明年秋天）。我们将继续提供每周的座谈会、研讨会和讲习班，以培养参与者的专业技能和对生物医学/行为科学中职业选择的理解，以及已被证明在我们的项目中非常有效的其他策略。具体目标#3：显着提高完成生物医学/行为科学学士学位的转学参与者的百分比。我们建议在拟议的资助期限（5 年）内，将获得生物医学/行为科学学士学位的 Bridges 参与者的比例从历史（20 年）平均 68.6% 提高到平均 80%。我们提案的最终目标是增加代表性不足的学生（主要是西班牙裔）进入生物医学/行为科学职业，并鼓励他们攻读研究生（博士）研究项目。