Graduate Bridge Program for Highly Achieving Engineering and Computer Science Students

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）正在实施一个S-STEM项目，为优秀的工程和计算机科学本科学生建立通往博士学位的直接桥梁。该项目的目标是(a)增加高级工程和计算机科学学生的人数，特别是那些西班牙裔背景的学生，鼓励他们在特特普大学攻读博士学位；(b)提供建议和指导机会，使S-STEM学者能够顺利过渡到博士项目；(c)为S-STEM学者提供专业发展，为成功的博士生涯提供必要的工具；(d)系统地跟踪S-STEM学者在完成学位方面取得的进展。为了实现项目的目标和目的，UTEP正在利用一个非常有经验的管理人员、教师和专业人员团队，他们负责整合建议、指导和专业发展，使学生和教师能够在明确的时间内完成学位，获得富有成效的博士学位。该项目有可能在相对较短的时间内直接增加西班牙裔人获得高等学位的数量，从而扩大当地对STEM的参与。此外，这种指导模式是可复制的，并有可能在许多其他机构处理STEM学科研究生招聘、保留和毕业问题的方式上产生更广泛的影响。

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is implementing an S-STEM project that builds a direct bridge to the Ph.D. for outstanding undergraduate engineering and computer science students. The objectives of the project are to (a) increase the number of senior engineering and computer science students, in particular those of Hispanic background, who are encouraged to pursue a doctoral degree at UTEP; (b) to provide advising and mentoring opportunities that will enable S-STEM scholars to transition smoothly into Ph.D. programs; (c) to offer a professional development of S-STEM scholars that will help provide the tools necessary for a successful doctoral career; and (d) to systematically track progress made by S-STEM scholars toward degree completion. To address the project goals and objectives of the project, UTEP is utilizing a very experienced team of administrators, faculty, and professional staff who are in charge of integrating advising, mentoring, and professional development in a way that allows students and faculty to work toward a productive doctoral experience within a well defined timeline for degree completion. The project has the potential for locally broadening STEM participation by directly increasing the number of advanced degrees awarded to Hispanics in a relatively short period of time. Furthermore, this mentoring model is replicable and has the potential for a broadening impact in the way many other institutions approach issues of recruiting, retention and graduation at the graduate level in STEM disciplines.