Collaborative Project: Carolina Cyber Defender Scholarship

北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校与北卡罗来纳州a&t州立大学合作，继续并扩大了过去三年建立的SFS网络部队项目。在最初的项目期间，北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校和北卡罗来纳a&t州立大学培养了33名高质量的技术信息保障（IA）专业人员，累计招收了68名学生，其中49%为非洲裔美国人，32%为女性。知识价值。北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校的SFS项目有一个平衡的课程，与联邦政府的人力资源需求很好地匹配。它受益于杰出的教师和充满活力和资金充足的IA研究项目。为了提高学生的学习能力，该项目建立在几个创新的特点之上，包括IA证书，学生可以在获得信息技术、计算机科学或软件和信息系统的学士、学士、硕士或博士学位的同时获得；研究项目和体验式学习活动。通过参与社区服务活动，学生们正在发展对社区服务的强烈承诺，项目校友正在担任当前SFS学生的导师，以帮助学生安置工作。更广泛的影响。北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校SFS计划正在帮助解决国家对在研究和开发（技术和政策领域）、运营以及项目管理领域接受过信息保障和计算机安全培训的合格信息技术专业人员的需求。为了增加联邦劳动力中IA专业人员的多样性，北卡罗来纳大学夏洛特分校SFS项目特别强调从代表性不足的群体中招募和毕业有才华的学生。多年来，NC A&amp；T州立大学在培养高质量的非裔美国工程师方面一直是公认的世界领导者。它有一个非常完善的机制来吸引来自美国各地的有才华的少数民族学生，并有一个非常完善的指导和支持系统来帮助他们在学业和就业方面取得成功。北卡罗来纳理工学院是许多联邦机构青睐的招聘目的地，这是帮助SFS毕业生进入联邦服务部门的一个重要优势。

UNC Charlotte, in collaboration with NC A&T State University is continuing and expanding the SFS Cyber Corps program established over the last three years. During the initial program period, UNC Charlotte and NC A&T State University have produced 33 high quality skilled Information Assurance (IA) professionals with a cumulative enrollment of 68 students consisting of 49% African American and 32% women.Intellectual Merit. The UNC Charlotte SFS program has a well-balanced curriculum that is matching well with the human resource needs of the federal government. It is benefiting from a distinguished faculty and a vibrant and well-funded IA research program. To enhance student learning, the program is building on several innovative features including IA certificates students are earning in conjunction with their B.S., B.A., M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Software and Information Systems; research projects, and experiential learning activities. Students are developing a strong commitment to community service through participation in community service activities, and program alumni are serving as mentors to current SFS students to aid in student placement efforts. Broader Impact. The UNC Charlotte SFS program is helping to address the national need for qualified information technology professionals trained in information assurance and computer security in areas of research and development (in both technology and policy areas), operations, as well as project management. In order to increase the diversity of IA professionals in the federal workforce, the UNC Charlotte SFS program is placing special emphasis on recruiting and graduating highly talented students from underrepresented groups. For many years, NC A&T State University has been a recognized world-leader in producing high quality African-American engineers. It has a very well established mechanism to attract talented minority students from all over the U.S. and a very well developed mentoring and support system to help them succeed, both academically as well as in job placement. NC A&T is a favored recruitment destination for many federal agencies, an important advantage to help place SFS graduates in federal services.