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这两个相关专业的计算多样性。为了实现这种多样性的增加，该计划强调来自代表性不足群体的学生的参与，如女性和少数族裔学生、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)招募合格的学生，2)提供支持基础设施，以提高作为学生和后来作为工作专业人员的成功，以及3)为那些在这些领域表现出对学习的承诺的学生提供财政援助。计算机科学和管理信息系统专业的学生是同一批学生中的一员。这些专业共享四门共同的必修课，学生经验也有很大重叠，包括学生组织、简历构建等服务，以及学生主导和指导会议。该项目为24名本科生提供奖学金，其中计算机科学系12个奖学金，管理信息系统系12个奖学金。提供奖学金可以缓解这些领域学生的一些财务风险。该项目建立了一个正式的结构，用于评估和帮助参与其中的学生在他们的学术生涯中，包括定期与教职员工和学生导师会面，以及让更高水平的本科生参与选修课学分的研究计划。最后，该计划向参与计划的本科生介绍了学术生涯的可能性。

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.