ACES: A scholarship program for atmospheric and computer science exploratory scholars

ACES：大气和计算机科学探索性学者奖学金计划将为34名就读于北卡罗来纳大学阿什维尔分校(UNCA)的大气和计算机科学(A&A；CS)本科生提供为期五年的奖学金和学术支持。ACES将通过为A&A；CS学生建立队列来建立旨在鼓励早期学业成功的支持小组，通过学生管理团队监控学生的进步，通过提供同伴导师协助中低级A&A；CS科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)课程，为困难学生提供帮助，招募同伴和教师导师帮助解决课堂内外的问题，并为学生提供参与三个学科领域(研究、教学和运营)活动的机会，以帮助解决课堂内外的问题，从而增加A&A；CS本科生学习经验的有效性。本科生正在考虑的CS STEM职业选择。ACES的目标是(1)激励高中并转移表现出强大学术潜力和经济需求的学生，认真考虑大气或计算机科学专业，(2)激怒并保持学生的兴趣，当他们作为本科生进入具有挑战性的专业课程时，特别是在他们的课程主要集中于完成文科通识教育要求的第一年和第二年，(3)让学生接触到专业内的各种学科领域和职业道路，(4)为学生选择的职业道路做好准备，以及(5)使ACES在NSF提供的初始支持之外具有可持续性。学生数据(例如，平均成绩、综合考试成绩等)调查将被用来评估计划组成部分的有效性，并评估项目的总体成功。结果将与该机构内的其他部门分享，作为其他项目的典范。将通过专门针对大气和计算机科学的学科会议报告和发表在教育期刊上的论文，向更广泛的STEM社区传播。

ACES: A Scholarship Program for Atmospheric and Computer Science Exploratory Scholars will provide scholarship and academic support for thirty four undergraduate students majoring in the Atmospheric and Computer Sciences (A&CS) over five years while enrolled at University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA). ACES will add to the knowledge of the effectiveness of community-based A&CS undergraduate learning experiences by building cohorts for A&CS students to establish support groups designed to encourage early academic success, monitoring student progress through a student management team, offering help to struggling students by providing peer tutors to assist in low- and mid-level A&CS science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses, enlisting peer and faculty mentors to help resolve issues inside and outside the classroom, and providing opportunities for students to engage in activities in three discipline areas (research, teaching, and operations) to expand the types of A&CS STEM career options under consideration by undergraduates.ACES objectives are to (1) motivate high school and transfer students demonstrating both strong academic potential and financial need to seriously consider majors in the atmospheric or computer sciences, (2) pique and maintain the interest of students while they are enrolled in the challenging curriculum of their major as undergraduates, particularly during their first and second years, when their curriculum is focused primarily on completing the liberal arts general education requirements, (3) expose students to a variety of discipline areas and career paths within the major, (4) prepare students for their chosen career path, and (5) make ACES sustainable beyond the initial support provided by the NSF. Student data (e.g. grade point averages, comprehensive examination scores, etc.) and surveys will be used to assess the effectiveness of program components and evaluate the overall success of the project. The results will be shared with other departments within the institution to serve as a model for other programs. Dissemination to the broader STEM community will occur through disciplinary conference presentations and papers published in educational journals that specifically target the atmospheric and computer sciences.