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Institutionalizing Success on Campus: Understanding What Works

Institutionalizing Success on Campus: Understanding What Works. Michael J. Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology Director, IMSD and Bridge to the Doctorate Programs Director, Graduate Academic Diversity UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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Institutionalizing Success on Campus: Understanding What Works

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  1. Institutionalizing Success on Campus: Understanding What Works Michael J. Leibowitz, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Molecular Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology Director, IMSD and Bridge to the Doctorate Programs Director, Graduate Academic Diversity UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ 08854

  2. Student Support Services • Flexible Curriculum Option • Tutoring Service • Cognitive Skills • Student Wellness • English as a Second Language Program • Quantitative Methods Course/Study Groups • Writing Courses • Grant Writing • 1st Year Writing Seminar/Paper Writing Course (new) All initiated since 1996. Piloted for URM students and extended to all.

  3. Status of URM Trainees in Molecular Biosciences Programs Year of Entry

  4. Barriers to Institutionalization • Concerns of faculty and students • Concerns of minority faculty and students • Need for institutional funding for continuity • Avoiding ethnic barriers while providing support • Role of critical mass • Need to document success

  5. Interventions: What correlates with success in the Ph.D. program?

  6. Variables: Environment FactorsAll rated on scale of strongly disagree to strongly agree • Use of mentors: availability and utilization helpful people regularly turn to • Sense of Fit: friendly educational environment, sense of belonging • Fairness: fair treatment expected and having a good working relationship with your PI • Critical Mass: found students of like background in program

  7. Variables: Success • Fellowship: 2 points for individual • Unplanned flexing curriculum: -1 • Conference presentation: 1 (1-3), 2 (4+) • Paper submitted: 1 per paper, 1 per first author • Published paper: 1 per paper, 2 per 1st author paper • Grant writing: 1 contributing, 1 writing own • 1st Qualifier Exam: 1 for passing on first attempt • Self-efficacy: 1 for average, 2 for high

  8. Correlates with Graduate Student Success

  9. Acknowledgements • Dr. H. Liesel Copeland and T. Simmons for evaluation assistance • Dr. Jerome A. Langer, Program Coordinator • R. Reina and P. Dominguez • NIH IMSD Award 2R25 GM055145 • NIH Bridge Awards 2R25 GM58389 and 2R25 GM066338

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