CSEMS V at CAL

CAL 的 CSEMS V

• 批准号: 0422322
• 负责人: George Johnson
• 金额: $ 39.87万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0422322&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSEMS; CAL

The Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) of the University of California at Berkeley Center for Underrepresented Engineering Students (CUES) administers the CSEMS V at Cal program. This work builds on previous and current CSEMS at Cal awards being administered by MEP. CSEMS V at Cal follows a single cohort of freshman and sophomore students over a four-year period, and awards scholarships of $3125 per year to twenty-nine economically disadvantaged students, with a special emphasis on students from underrepresented groups in engineering and science. Recruitment of the Cal-CSEMS Scholars targets three groups: 1) freshmen admitted for Fall 2004 or Spring 2005, 2) freshmen participating in the MEP Summer 2004 Pre-Engineering Program, and 3) freshmen and sophomores participating in academic workshops and mathematics placement testing during Cal Summer Orientation (CalSO) offered by the Coalition for Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. This group will include students from majors in Berkeley's College of Engineering, chemical engineering majors in the College of Chemistry, and students in the College of Letters and Science who are completing coursework to pursue (a) the computer science or mathematics majors in the College of Letters and Science or (b) a major in the College of Engineering. Students are chosen by a committee of Berkeley faculty and staff from Coalition academic support programs, which employ a comprehensive approach in evaluating each student's academic merit and professionalism. Intellectual Merit: Cal-CSEMS scholars participate in a variety of retention-related activities tied to the existing student support infrastructure of CUES, the Coalition for Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, the EECS Center for Undergraduate Matters and other partner programs. This includes faculty advising, academic excellence workshops, tutoring, mentoring, advising, internships in industry or research experience, and assistance with graduate school applications or job placement. A unifying theme of the CSEMS V at Cal program is increasing student retention by helping each student develop into a committed member of the engineering and academic community. Programs such as those available to the CSEMS scholars are practical ways to remove social and cultural barriers in SME fields and reinforce the value of providing educational opportunity and equity to a diverse student pool. Broader Impacts: There is an increasing shortfall in the number of qualified students that will be able to fill the need for computer science and engineering professionals in the workforce. Students' financial troubles are increasingly likely to interrupt and delay their degree completion. Currently, 60% of Berkeley students demonstrate some type of financial need, and are receiving need-based support in order to attend college. Financial need is perhaps a more serious impediment to timely completion of engineering degrees--the technical course load is often not compatible with long hours of outside work. Indeed, the scholarship support from the CSEMS V at Cal program may also facilitate students' ability to enrich their educational experience with activities that are not necessarily tied to financial obligations, such as undergraduate research, tutoring, and teaching. By decreasing students' loan debt upon graduation, these scholarships may also encourage students to pursue graduate degrees before entering the technical workforce.

多元文化工程计划（MEP）的加州大学伯克利分校中心的代表性不足的工程专业学生（CUES）管理CSEMS V在加州计划。 这项工作建立在以前和目前的CSEMS在加州奖项正在由MEP管理。 加州大学的CSEMS V在四年的时间里跟踪大一和大二学生的单一队列，并向29名经济困难的学生颁发每年3125美元的奖学金，特别强调来自工程和科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生。 Cal-CSEMS学者的招募针对三个群体：1）2004年秋季或2005年春季录取的新生，2）参加MEP 2004年夏季工程预科课程的新生，以及3）在数学卓越与多样性联盟提供的Cal夏季方向（CalSO）期间参加学术研讨会和数学分班测试的新生和新生，科学与工程学该小组将包括来自伯克利工程学院，化学学院化学工程专业的学生，以及正在完成课程以追求（a）文学与科学学院的计算机科学或数学专业或（B）工程学院的学生。 学生是由伯克利大学的教师和工作人员从联盟学术支持计划，采用全面的方法来评估每个学生的学术价值和专业精神的委员会选择。 智力优势：Cal-CSEMS学者参加各种与保留相关的活动，这些活动与CUES现有的学生支持基础设施，数学，科学和工程卓越与多样性联盟，EECS本科生事务中心和其他合作伙伴计划有关。 这包括教师咨询，学术卓越研讨会，辅导，指导，咨询，行业或研究经验的实习，并协助研究生院申请或就业安置。CSEMS V在Cal计划的一个统一主题是通过帮助每个学生发展成为工程和学术界的坚定成员来提高学生的保留率。诸如CSEMS学者提供的课程是消除中小企业领域社会和文化障碍的实用方法，并加强了为多样化学生提供教育机会和公平的价值。 更广泛的影响：合格学生的数量越来越短缺，这将能够填补劳动力对计算机科学和工程专业人员的需求。学生的经济问题越来越有可能中断和推迟他们的学位完成。 目前，60%的伯克利学生表现出某种类型的经济需求，并正在接受基于需求的支持，以上大学。经济上的需要也许是及时完成工程学位的一个更严重的障碍--技术课程的负担往往与长时间的外部工作不相适应。 事实上，来自加州大学CSEMS V计划的奖学金支持也可以促进学生的能力，丰富他们的教育经验，这些活动不一定与财务义务挂钩，如本科研究，辅导和教学。 通过减少学生毕业时的贷款债务，这些奖学金还可以鼓励学生在进入技术劳动力市场之前攻读研究生学位。