GEEKS: Great Expectations: Engineering Kansas Scholars

该项目每年向52名有学术才能的低收入全日制学生（分三个不同的组别）提供为期两年的5 000美元奖学金，以在威奇托州立大学（WSU）获得工程学位。招聘工作专门针对各种人群中的低收入学生：妇女、少数民族和来自服务不足的城市学校的学生。这些目标包括：（1）提高低收入学生的毕业成功率;（2）增加目标人群中获得工程学士学位的学生人数;（3）制定计划以提高保留率，并为学生提供通过WSU合作计划或本科研究助理工作的过渡。WSU工程专业学生的毕业率为25%。学生在择优工程奖学金计划的毕业率为86%，超过三倍的大学毕业率。在现有奖学金计划成功的基础上，该项目增加了一个新的基于需求的奖学金计划，包括辅导、学术辅导、团体支持、社区生活和学生学习安排。

This project awards scholarships of $5,000 per year for 2 years to 52 academicallytalented low-income, full-time students (in three separate cohorts) to obtain degrees in engineering at Wichita State University (WSU). The recruitment efforts specifically target low-income students in various populations: women, minorities, and students from underserved urban schools. The objectives include: (1) increasing the graduation success among low-income students; (2) increasing the number of students in the target populations who earn baccalaureate degrees in engineering; and (3) developing programs to increase retention and providing students a transition to work through the WSU coop program or as an undergraduate research assistant. The graduation rate of students in engineering at WSU is 25%. The graduation rate of students in the merit-based engineering scholarship program is 86%; more than three times the college-wide graduation rate. Building upon the success of this existing scholarship program, this project adds a new need-based scholarship program with mentoring, academic tutoring, group support, community living, and student study arrangements.