Building Engineers and Supporting Talented Scholars (BESTS)

建筑工程师和支持有才华的学者（BESTS）项目正在增加加州大学洛杉矶分校卓越工程和多样性中心低收入，代表性不足的高年级学生的毕业保留率;增加低收入，社区学院转学生的数量谁转移到加州大学洛杉矶分校的工程和计算;并增加准备和接受高级研究的学生数量。到项目结束时，预计约90名经济上处于不利地位的工程和计算机科学学生将受到积极影响。该项目是整合教学，学习和培训，涉及NSF，国防部和NASA的研究人员和研究生在指导最好的学者加入他们的研究中心在夏季。该项目的重点是通过BESTS支持服务和社区扩大从社区学院入学的低收入学生的参与、保留和表现。该项目是建立在前一个CSEMS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.