A Community-based Computational and Engineering Sciences Initiative toward National Development (COESIND)
A Community-based Computational and Engineering Sciences Initiative toward National Development (COESIND)
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面向国家发展的基于社区的计算和工程科学计划 (COESIND)
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2019
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Meng Han
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J. He;P. Bobbie;Meng Han
在这篇创新实践全文中，我们建议建立一个基于社区的学习计划，将招聘，进修和保留计划与实践活动相结合，为STEM领域的学生群体补充核心课程-从招聘到毕业和就业。该计划分为三个阶段：试验阶段、联盟阶段和骨干阶段。该项目的目的是在试点阶段;然而，其重点并不结束时，试点结束，而是要结合其他试点方案，建立区域联盟。通过区域联盟，这项拟议的试点计划计划将成为国家骨干计划的一部分，该计划旨在培养准备充分、代表性不足的毕业生进入STEM相关的劳动力队伍。由于妇女和少数民族（非洲裔美国人，西班牙裔和美洲原住民）在STEM相关劳动力中的比例很小，COESIND计划旨在扩大这些群体的参与。要做到这一点，一个社区的八个校区的查特胡奇技术学院，五个校区的格鲁吉亚周边学院，女孩，公司。大亚特兰大，格鲁吉亚，青年妇女的基督教协会（女青年会），并在科布县的三个地区高中，都在亚特兰大，格鲁吉亚大都会区，将参加COESIND计划。一个肯尼索州立大学（KSU）的CS导师计划，女孩公司。多年来，美国的夏令营一直吸引着几个女孩（谷歌IgniteCS）。这些机构，集体，有大量的非裔美国人（A-A），西班牙裔和女孩/妇女。位于格鲁吉亚肯尼索的计算与软件工程学院（CCSE）和KSU工程学院的教师将领导拟议的计划。KSU最近与位于格鲁吉亚玛丽埃塔的南方理工州立大学（SPSU）合并，现在这两所学院的学生人数为5,000人。此外，KSU最近被列为R2机构。该大学还提供一系列STEM课程，并在提供在线课程的机构中排名第七，在合并时，SPSU是全国非洲裔美国人工程技术毕业生的前三名。凭借其两个NSF-LSAMP计划的先前实施，以及其他本科生水平的学生培训，KSU有资格领导这样的举措。在众多STEM领域中，我们对计算和工程子学科的关注是有意的：专注于将计算和工程技术作为解决现实问题的工具部署的计划和活动。在本文中，我们将描述该项目的动机和试点阶段的详细实施计划。评估计划沿着可衡量的结果，以及总结在文件中。
In this Innovative Practice Full Paper, we propose to establish a community-based learning initiative, which integrates recruitment, advisement, and retention programs with hands-on activities that supplement core curriculum for cohorts of students in the STEM fields – from recruiting through graduation and placement into the workforce. This initiative is designed in three phases: the pilot phase, the alliance phase, and the backbone phase. This project is aimed at the pilot phase; however, its focus does not end when the piloting is over, but rather, it is intended to integrate with other pilot programs into building regional alliances. Through the regional alliances, this proposed pilot initiative is planned to become part of the national backbone program, which aims at producing well-prepared, underrepresented graduates into the STEM-related workforce. Because the percentage of women and minorities (African-American, Hispanics, and Native Americans) in STEM-related workforce is so small, the COESIND program is designed to broaden the participation of these groups. To do so, a community of the eight campuses of Chattahoochee Technical College, the five campuses of Georgia-Perimeter College, the Girls, Inc. of Greater Atlanta, Georgia, Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Greater Atlanta, and three area high schools in Cobb County, all in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, will participate in the COESIND program. A Kennesaw State University (KSU) CS mentorship program, The Girls, Inc.’s summer camps have consistently attracted several girls over the years (Google IgniteCS). These institutions, collectively, have a significantly large population of African-American (A-A), Hispanics, and Girls/Women. Faculty from the College of Computing and Software Engineering (CCSE) and College of Engineering at KSU, located in Kennesaw, Georgia, will lead the proposed program. KSU, which recently merged with Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), located in Marietta, Georgia, now has a student population of 5,000 in these two Colleges. Moreover, KSU was recently classified as an R2 institution. The University also offers an array of STEM programs and has been ranked 7th among institutions that offer online courses and, at the time the merger, SPSU was ranked among the top three producers of African-American engineering technology graduates in the nation. With its prior implementations of two NSF-LSAMP programs, among other undergraduate-level student training, KSU is qualified to lead such an initiative. Our focus on Computing and Engineering sub-disciplines, among the many STEM-fields, is intentional: To focus on programs and activities where computing and engineering technologies are deployed as tools to solving real-world problems. In this paper, we will describe the motivation of the project and the detailed implementation plan of the pilot phase. The assessment plan along with the measurable outcomes, are summarized in the paper as well.