ITR: The Community Information Technology Entrepreneurship Project

ITR：社区信息技术创业项目

• 批准号: 0205652
• 负责人: George Thiruvathukal
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-10-01 至 2006-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0205652&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ITR; Community; Information; Technology; Entrepreneurship

EIA-0205652Salchenberger, Linda Loyola University of ChicagoTitle: ITR: The Community Information Technology Entrepreneurship ProjectLoyola University has been awarded an ITR grant to educate students and contribute to the economic development of impoverished communities by means of collaborative projects with small community businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Chicago and surrounding areas that are heavily populated with groups that are under-represented in science and technology. The project will build a technology outreach program that brings together in a mentoring relationship, faculty, students and community members to create an IT entrepreneurship program which focuses on business software developmentTwo academic goals of the project are to enhance the computer science education and experience of university students, and instill a sense of civic engagement in students and faculty. The research design will use data gathering and analysis techniques to measure outcomes related to these and other goals. The benefits to Loyola students will include hands-on experience in helping to develop real world software applications, as well as an understanding of the poor communities. The benefits to the Austin community include the learning of IT skills, a sense of entrepreneurship in IT and improvement in their environment coupled with financial gains.

ei - 0205652salchenberger，琳达·洛约拉芝加哥大学社区信息技术创业项目洛约拉大学获得了ITR资助，通过与芝加哥及周边地区的小型社区企业和非营利组织合作项目，教育学生并为贫困社区的经济发展做出贡献，这些地区的人口密集，在科学和技术方面代表性不足。该项目将建立一个技术推广计划，将教师、学生和社区成员聚集在一起，建立一个以商业软件开发为重点的IT创业计划。该计划的两个学术目标是加强大学生的计算机科学教育和经验，并向学生和教师灌输公民参与的意识。研究设计将使用数据收集和分析技术来衡量与这些目标和其他目标相关的结果。对洛约拉学生的好处将包括帮助开发现实世界的软件应用程序的实践经验，以及对贫困社区的了解。对奥斯汀社区的好处包括IT技能的学习、IT领域的创业意识、环境的改善以及经济收益。