CS@Mines Successful S-STEM Scholarship Ecosystem for Low-Income and Underrepresented Students
CS@Mines Successful S-STEM Scholarship Ecosystem for Low-Income and Underrepresented Students
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10.1145/3408877.3432524
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2021-03
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T. Camp;Christine Liebe;H. Thiry
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作者：
T. Camp;Christine Liebe;H. Thiry
PATHS（路径大使高成功）的主要目的，NSF资助的S-STEM奖学金计划，是创造新的途径，并加强学术人才，低收入的科罗拉多高中和社区大学的学生学习计算机科学（CS）现有的途径在科罗拉多矿业学校（矿业）。PATHS已经实现了以下主要项目目标：1）增加在科罗拉多学习CS的学术人才，低收入学生的数量; 4）增加这些学生的保留; 3）建立一个活跃的校园社区，以支持PATHS学者和类似的学生; 4）吸引学者在地区高中和社区学院进行CS招聘和推广; 5）通过比较分析评估PATHS活动，为吸引和留住学术人才，低收入CS学生的最佳实践提供新的见解; 6）CS历史上代表性不足的群体的广泛参与;和7）开发一个新的灵活的学位课程结合其他STEM领域和CS。PATHS学生是多样化的（例如，40.8%来自计算领域代表性不足的群体）和学术上的成功（例如，平均GPA为3.4）。到目前为止，该方案已向49名学生颁发了奖学金，并保留了93.9%的学生。在49名学生中，有6名已经毕业，其中3名还攻读了CS硕士学位。
The primary purpose of PATHS (Path Ambassadors to High Success), an NSF-funded S-STEM scholarship program, is to create new pathways and strengthen existing pathways for academically talented, low-income Colorado high school and community college students to study computer science (CS) at Colorado School of Mines (Mines). PATHS has achieved the following major project goals: 1) Increase number of academically talented, low-income students studying CS in Colorado; 4) Increase retention of these students; 3) Establish an active on-campus community to support PATHS scholars and similar students; 4) Engage scholars to perform CS recruitment and outreach at area high schools and community colleges; 5) Evaluate PATHS activities through comparative analysis to provide new insights on best practices for attracting and retaining academically talented, low-income CS students; 6) Broaden participation of historically underrepresented groups in CS; and 7) Develop a new flexible degree program combining other STEM fields and CS. PATHS students are diverse (e.g., 40.8% from underrepresented groups in computing) and academically successful (e.g., mean GPA is 3.4). Thus far, the program has awarded scholarships to 49 students and retained 93.9% of the students. Of the 49 students, six have graduated and three of the six have also pursued a CS Master's degree.