ALOHA - A Learning Opportunity for High Achievers

提案编号：0220601 PI：Judith L. Gersting机构：夏威夷大学希洛分校标题：ALOHA -高成就者的学习机会这个CSEMS项目为15名学生提供4年的支持，以完成计算机科学理学学士学位。已经确定了三个目标人群，目的是尽可能确保每个群体的学生的公平代表性：传统高中毕业生，社区学院转学生和美国学生。在美国的领土，包括美属萨摩亚和关岛、马歇尔群岛共和国、密克罗尼西亚联邦（FSM）、北方马里亚纳群岛联邦（CNMI）和帕劳共和国（Belau）。学生的选择不仅基于学术能力和经济需求，还基于他们对学位要求严格性的理解。头两年的学生支助服务包括学术和社会支助结构，以提高学生的保留率。这些服务的重点是辅导和提供补充指导。接下来的两年包括强调向高技术劳动力过渡的技能和机会，以及接触职业机会。该计划建立在现有的优势，如计算机科学学位课程的质量，关怀教师，计算机科学专业的高度认同感，以及旨在拓宽学生毕业道路的支持服务和活动。与该计划的指导方针一致，学术上有才华，但经济上处于不利地位的学生被确定，挑战，支持和指导，通过完成学位和进入劳动力市场。

Proposal #: 0220601PI: Judith L. GerstingInstitution: University of Hawaii at HiloTitle: ALOHA - A Learning Opportunity for High AchieversThis CSEMS program provides support for a cohort of 15 students for 4 years to complete the Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science. Three target population groups have been identified, with the intent to secure, as much as possible, an equitable representation of students from each group: traditional high school graduates, community college transfer students, and students from U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including U.S. territories of American Samoa and Guam, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI), and the Republic of Palau (Belau).Students are selected based not only on academic ability and financial need, but also on their understanding of the rigors of the degree requirements. Student support services for the first two years include both academic and social support structures in an attempt to improve retention. These services concentrate on mentoring and providing supplemental instruction. The following two years include an emphasis on skills and opportunities to transition to a high technology workforce, and exposure to career opportunities. The program builds on existing strengths such as the quality of the computer science degree program, a caring faculty, a high sense of identity among computer science majors, and support services and activities designed to broaden the path to graduation for students. Consistent with the program guidelines, academically talented but financially disadvantaged students are identified, challenged, supported, and guided through completion of the degree and on into the workforce.