Expanding Career and Educational Learning in Information Technology (EXCEL-IT)

扩大职业和教育学习信息技术（EXCEL-IT）项目相结合的经济援助与咨询和支持服务，以低收入和服务不足的学生在绿色河社区学院谁是追求应用副学士和学士学位的信息技术。EXCEL-IT从2014年至2017年颁发至少89个奖学金，并通过在K-12学区的推广和同时入学，提高学生在国家高度重视的领域作为IT专业人员的职业机会。项目毕业生不仅可以比外国劳动力更经济地满足雇主的劳动力需求，而且这种职业可以阻止对政府补贴的依赖，并使毕业生成为负责任的公民和纳税人。该项目的技术优势在于其协调一致的方法，通过咨询，量身定制的支持服务和基于队列的活动来提高学生的保留率和毕业率。此外，该项目正在培养一批受过良好教育和技能熟练的毕业生，他们正在增加计算机科学和信息技术专业的视角和背景的广度。此外，该项目正在推进对通过社区学院攻读和获得的四年制学位如何有效地拓宽低收入和代表性不足的学生进入STEM职业的科学理解。相关数据和确定的最佳实践正在通过专业协会和外部合作伙伴共享，其中包括全州范围的IT劳动力机构和区域ATE中心，从而为本科STEM教育企业的更大知识库做出贡献。

The Expanding Career and Education Learning in Information Technology (EXCEL-IT) project combines financial aid with advising and support services to low-income and under-served students at Green River Community College who are pursuing Applied Associate's and Bachelor's degrees in Information Technology. EXCEL-IT is awarding a minimum of 89 scholarships from 2014-2017 and is improving student access to careers as IT professionals in an area of high national importance via outreach and concurrent enrollment in K-12 school districts. Not only can project graduates meet employers' workforce needs more economically than foreign labor, but such careers deter reliance on government subsidies and empower graduates to be responsible citizens and taxpayers. The technical merit of the project lies in its coordinated approach to increasing student retention and graduation rates through advising, tailored support services, and cohort-based activities. In addition, the project is producing a diverse body of well-educated and skilled graduates who are increasing the breadth of perspectives and backgrounds in the Computer Science and Information Technology profession. Moreover, the project is advancing scientific understanding of how four-year degrees pursued and obtained through community colleges can effectively broaden access to STEM careers for low-income and under-represented students. Relevant data and identified best practices are being shared through professional associations and external partners, which include a statewide IT workforce agency and a regional ATE Center, thus contributing to the larger knowledge-base about the undergraduate STEM education enterprise.