Engineering Scholars Program

Cal Poly Pomona(CPP)工程学者计划(ESP)的目标是支持有学术天赋、经济困难的学生，否则他们可能不得不从本科工程专业退学一学期或更长时间来赚取学费。该奖项将增加成功毕业并获得工程学学位的学生数量。ESP专门为低收入、第一代大学生和/或来自工程学专业代表性不足的群体的学生提供支持。ESP每年将在工程学院确定20名积极和合格的学生(5名大一学生，5名大二学生，5名大三学生和5名大四学生)。ESP将建立在各种战略的基础上，这些战略已被证明在CPP招收、留住和毕业贫困学生和URM学生方面是有效的。项目活动包括：1)每月监测学生进度；2)通过小组学习、辅导服务、专业发展研讨会和与适当学生组织的联系提供补充教学支持；3)就本科生学术规划、职业生涯和研究生院规划提供建议；4)有机会参与教师指导的研究体验；5)通过经济援助和ESP奖学金提供财政支持，以及在申请其他实习、有偿研究和奖学金机会方面提供帮助。工程学者计划的主要目标有三个：1.增加经济困难、代表不足的少数族裔(URM)和在工程领域毕业的女性学生的数量；2.通过嵌入有凝聚力的支持基础设施的专业发展机会，提高参与者的教育成就；评估ESP活动的影响，以允许ESP工作人员、工程学院和CPP就准备进入工程劳动力或继续研究生学习的未得到充分服务的少数族裔学生的发展做出基于证据的决定。为了提供形成性和终结性评估，该项目将使用包括调查和反思报告在内的定性方法以及包括保留数据和比较成绩单在内的定量方法。该项目还有一个由校友和行业附属机构组成的顾问委员会，他们将为项目的总体方向提供指导。

The goal of the Engineering Scholars Program (ESP) at Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) is to support academically talented, financially-needy students who might otherwise have to leave their undergraduate engineering program for a semester or more in order to earn tuition money. The award will increase the number of students who successfully graduate with degrees in Engineering. ESP specifically supports students who are low-income, first-generation college students and/or from underrepresented groups in Engineering. ESP will identify 20 motivated and eligible students annually in the College of Engineering (5 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 5 juniors, and 5 seniors). The ESP will build upon a variety of strategies that have been proven to be effective in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of disadvantaged and URM students at CPP. Program activities include 1) monthly monitoring of student progress; 2) supplemental instructional support via group study, tutorial services, professional development workshops, and linkage to appropriate student organizations; 3) advisement regarding undergraduate academic programming, career and graduate school planning; 4) opportunities to engage in faculty mentored research experiences; 5) financial support via financial aid and ESP scholarships, as well as assistance in applying to other internship, paid research, and scholarship opportunities. The principal goals of the Engineering Scholars Program are threefold: 1. To increase the number of financially disadvantaged, underrepresented minority (URM), and female students who graduate in the fields of Engineering; 2. To enhance participant educational achievements via professional development opportunities embedded in a cohesive infrastructure of support; and 3. Assess the impact of ESP activities to allow the ESP staff, College of Engineering, and CPP to make evidence-based decisions regarding the development of under-served minority students preparing to enter the engineering workforce or to continue on to graduate studies.To provide formative and summative evaluation, the project will use a mixture of qualitative measures, including surveys and reflective reports, as well as quantitative measures, including retention data and comparative transcripts. The project also has an advisory board of alumni and industrial affiliates who will provide guidance to the overall direction of the project.