Building Engineers and Supporting Talented Scholars (BESTS)

建筑工程师和支持人才学者（BESTS）项目正在增加加州大学洛杉矶分校工程与多样性卓越中心低收入、代表性不足的高年级学生的毕业留校率；增加低收入社区学院转学生转到加州大学洛杉矶分校工程和计算机专业的人数；并且增加了为深造做好准备并被录取的学生人数。到项目结束时，预计约有90名经济困难的工程和计算机科学学生将受到积极影响。该项目整合了教学、学习和培训，涉及美国国家科学基金会、国防部和美国国家航空航天局的研究人员和研究生，指导BESTS学者在夏季加入他们的研究中心。该项目的重点是扩大社区大学入学的低收入学生的参与、留校和表现，通过“最佳学生服务计划”的支持服务和社区。该项目建立在前一个cems项目期间形成的伙伴关系的基础上。

The Building Engineers and Supporting Talented Scholars (BESTS) project is increasing the retention to graduation of low-income, underrepresented upper-division students in the UCLA Center for Excellence in Engineering and Diversity; increasing the number of low-income, community college transfer students who transfer into engineering and computing at UCLA; and increasing the numbers of students who are prepared for and accepted into advanced studies. By the end of the project, approximately 90 economically disadvantaged, engineering and computer science students are expected to be positively impacted. The project is integrating teaching, learning and training by involving the NSF, DOD and NASA research faculty and graduate students in mentoring the BESTS scholars joining their research centers during the summer. The project is focusing on broadening the participation, retention and performance of low income students entering from community colleges via the BESTS support services and community. The project is building on partnerships formed during a previous CSEMS project.