Engineering Scholars Program: Increasing Access and Diversity (ESP Scholars)

该项目是一个工程奖学金计划（ESP学者），以增加工程和工程技术领域的机会和多样性。 它将为至少75名有才华和经济困难的学生提供奖学金，其中至少50%来自代表性不足的群体（少数民族和妇女）。 该项目将提高ESP学者的保留率，并通过改善学生的学术和支持服务，提高即将毕业的ESP学生在STEM劳动力中的安置或四年制工程学位课程的入学率。 奖学金计划支持学生智力能力的发展。它结合了最佳做法，保留代表性不足的学生，并为学生提供持续的机会，以建立一个队列，并在整个大学生活中探索共同的学术和社会利益。项目组将研究ESP学生和非ESP学生之间的相似性和差异。 该项目更广泛的影响将体现在来自代表性不足群体的工程学科专业和获得副学士学位的学生人数增加。学生将得到教师，员工和行业代表的多元化团队的支持。该项目还将证明，两年制和四年制大学之间更强的联系将有助于工程师人才库的多样化。

The project is an engineering scholarship program (ESP Scholars) to increase the access and diversity in the engineering and engineering technology fields. It will provide scholarships to at least 75 talented and financially needy students with at least 50% from underrepresented groups (minorities and women). The project will increase the retention of ESP Scholars and enhance placement of graduating ESP students in the STEM workforce or enrollment in a four-year engineering degree program by improving student academic and support services. The scholarship program supports the development of student intellectual capacity. It incorporates best practices for retention of underrepresented students and provides continuing opportunities for students to build a cohort and explore common academic and social interests throughout their college experience. The project team will study similarities and differences between ESP students and non-ESP students. The broader impact of the project will be demonstrated by an increase in the number of students from underrepresented groups who major in engineering disciplines and receive associate degrees. Students will be supported by a diverse team of faculty, staff and industry representatives. The project will also demonstrate that stronger connections between two and four-year colleges will help diversify the pool of engineers.