IDIC: Increasing Diversity in Computing

这个S-STEM项目增加了计算机科学和管理信息系统两个相关专业的多样性。为了实现这种多样性的增加，该项目强调来自代表性不足群体的学生的参与，如女性和少数民族学生、第一代大学生和来自阿拉巴马州经济困难地区的学生。该项目1)招收合格的学生，2)提供支持基础设施，以提高学生和以后的工作专业人员的成功，3)为在这些领域表现出学习承诺的学生提供经济援助。计算机科学和管理信息系统专业的学生是一个单一队列的一部分。这些专业有四门共同的必修课，在学生经历方面也有很大的重叠，包括学生组织、简历制作等服务、学生主导和指导课程。本项目为24名本科生提供奖学金，其中计算机科学系12名，管理信息系统系12名。提供奖学金减轻了这些领域学生的一些经济风险。该项目建立了一个正式的结构，用于评估和帮助参与学术生涯的学生，包括与教师和学生导师的定期会议，以及让更高水平的本科生参与选修课程学分的研究项目。最后，该计划向参与的本科生介绍学术生涯的可能性。

This S-STEM project increases diversity in computing in two related majors, computer science and management information systems. To achieve this increase in diversity, the program emphasizes participation by students from underrepresented groups, such as women and minority students, first-generation college students and students from economically challenged areas of Alabama. The project 1) recruits qualified students, 2) provides a support infrastructure to enhance success as students and later as working professionals, and 3) provides financial assistance for students who have demonstrated a commitment to their studies in these fields. Students within Computer Science and Management Information Systems are part of a single cohort. These majors share four common required courses and significant overlap in student experience, including student organizations, services such as resume building, and student-led and conducted mentoring sessions. The project provides scholarships for 24 undergraduates, with 12 scholarships for the Computer Science Department and 12 for the Management Information Systems Department. Providing the scholarships alleviates some of the financial risks for students in these fields. The project establishes a formal structure for assessing and assisting involved students during their academic careers, including regular meetings with faculty and student mentors, and involvement of higher-level undergraduate students in research programs for elective course credit. Finally, the program introduces the participating undergraduate students to the possibility of academic careers.