CUES: Cornell University Engineering Success Program

这个项目得到了STEP的特别资助重点“毕业生10K+”的支持，这是国家科学基金会的一项活动，部分得到了英特尔基金会和GE基金会的捐款支持，目的是鼓励大学和学院采取全面行动，帮助在未来十年内将工程学和计算机科学的年度理学士毕业生人数增加1万人。基于康奈尔工程学院招收少数族裔学生的良好记录，康奈尔大学工程成功计划(CUES)的目标是通过将少数族裔学生和第一代学院(FGC)学生的留校率和毕业率提高到与工科学生整体相当的水平，实现招生成功所隐含的承诺。CUES正在利用已经进行的招聘投资，在大一之前的暑假和第一年的工作经验中，增加在康奈尔大学接受教育的工程师人数。CUES项目团队正在实施三项经过研究验证的干预措施，以解决高资质和有才华的工程学学生取得成功的已知障碍：空间推理课程；一个工程数学学院，结合暑期课程、协作学习和研究的学费支持；以及加强辅导。这三项建议的干预措施，加上现有的支持计划，如辅导、早期干预和一年级和二年级课程的辅导，在康奈尔大学的文献和经验表明最需要的地方为学生提供支持。空间推理课程正在培养一种持久的基础技能，这是在门户数学和科学课程中取得成功所必需的。工程数学学院正在为学生提供一个机会，让他们重新回到核心数学课程的轨道上来，并在研究背景下通过发现学习。增强的辅导正在支持专业学生的成功，因为留校数据显示，这些专业的学生会出现额外的自然流失。CUES计划的一个直接结果是预计将有另外170名康奈尔大学工程学毕业生，其中大多数是URM学生。除了这些额外的工程师带来的直接影响外，CUES项目正在开发一个模型，展示如何将成熟的干预措施与针对URM和FGC学生的全面支持网络相结合，从而对增加美国工程和计算机科学毕业生数量这一最困难的挑战之一产生重大影响。

This project is being supported under a special funding focus for STEP, "Graduate 10K+," an activity of the National Science Foundation, supported in part by donations from the Intel Foundation and the GE Foundation, to stimulate comprehensive action at universities and colleges to help increase the annual number of new B.S. graduates in engineering and computer science by 10,000 over the next decade. Building on Cornell Engineering's strong record of recruitment of underrepresented minority (URM) students, the goal of the Cornell University Engineering Success Program (CUES) is to realize the promise implicit in the recruiting success by increasing the retention and graduation rate of URM and first generation college (FGC) students to a level equal to the overall engineering student body. CUES is leveraging investments already made in recruiting, in the pre-freshman summer and in the first year experience to increase the number of Cornell-educated engineers. The CUES project team is implementing three research-proven interventions that address known barriers to the success of highly qualified and talented engineering students: a spatial reasoning course; an engineering math institute combining tuition support for summer courses, collaborative learning and research; and enhanced tutoring.The three proposed interventions, coupled to existing support programs such as mentoring, early intervention and tutoring for first and second year courses support students at points where both the literature and experience at Cornell show it is most needed. The spatial reasoning course is developing a lasting, foundational skill needed for success in gateway mathematics and science classes. The Engineering Math Institute is giving students a chance to get back on track with the core mathematics curriculum and to gain exposure to learning through discovery in a research context. Enhanced tutoring is supporting the success of students in the majors where retention data show that additional attrition occurs. A direct result of the CUES program is the expectation of an additional 170 Cornell Engineering graduates, most of them URM students. Beyond the immediate impact of these additional engineers, the CUES Program is developing a model of how the integration of proven interventions with a comprehensive support network for URM and FGC students can make a significant impact on one of the most difficult challenges to overcome in increasing the number of U.S. engineering and computer science graduates.