Scaling and Diversifying Undergraduate Research with the Early Research Scholars Program
Scaling and Diversifying Undergraduate Research with the Early Research Scholars Program
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通过早期研究学者计划扩大和多样化本科生研究
DOI：
10.1145/3545947.3569621
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2022
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Thota, Neena
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Alvarado, Christine;Mirza, Diba;Revelo, Renata A.;Thota, Neena
让本科生参与研究已被证明可以提高保留率，增加学生对计算机科学的认同感，并增加他们继续攻读研究生的机会。然而，大多数大学的研究经验是临时性的，许多本科生特别是那些来自计算领域代表性不足的群体的本科生没有机会参与。早期研究学者计划（ERSP）是一个结构化的，基于学年组的本科生研究计划，旨在帮助大学大大提高早期计算本科生的研究参与。ERSP于2014年在加州大学圣地亚哥分校推出，现在每年有50多名二年级本科生参加，其中59%是女性，22%来自代表性不足的种族和族裔群体。该计划的便携式设计使其扩展到其他7所学院和大学。该研讨会将培训参与者在他们的大学启动ERSP（或其任何部分），以增加参与研究的本科生并使其多样化。讲习班的领导人是四所大学的应急资源方案主任。他们将解决如何在不同的环境中启动和运行程序。他们将提供一个互动的，实践经验的运行程序，涵盖以下主题：开发和教学的研究方法类，学生申请和选择，以确保多元化和支持性的队列，并创建一个双指导结构，以从事和保留早期本科生没有过重的教师负担。研讨会的参与者将被邀请加入ERSP虚拟社区，以获得支持，推出他们自己的ERSP版本。
Engaging undergraduates in research has been shown to improve retention, increase students' sense of computer science identity, and increase their chances of continuing to graduate school. Yet research experiences at most universities are ad hoc, and many undergraduates-particularly those from groups underrepresented in computing-do not have the opportunity to participate. The Early Research Scholars Program (ERSP) is a structured, academic-year group-based undergraduate research program designed to help universities vastly increase participation in research for early computing undergraduates. ERSP launched at UC San Diego in 2014 where it now annually engages over 50 second-year undergraduates, 59% of whom are women, and 22% of whom are from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. The program's portable design has enabled its expansion to 7 other colleges and universities. This workshop will train participants in launching ERSP (or any part of it) at their university to increase and diversify the undergraduates participating in research. Workshop leaders are the ERSP directors at four universities. They will address how to launch and run the program in different contexts. They will provide an interactive, hands-on experience of running the program covering the following topics: developing and teaching a research methods class, student application and selection to ensure a diverse and supportive cohort, and creating a dual-mentoring structure to engage and retain early undergraduates without overburdening faculty. Workshop participants will be invited to join the ERSP virtual community to get support launching their own version of ERSP.