Idaho Scholars in Engineering and Computer Science

该项目提高了博伊西州立大学STEM领域的留校率和毕业生率。6年毕业率达到70%的目标已经确立。为了实现这一目标，该项目招募学术优秀和多样化的接受者，建立队列，并每年向土木工程、计算机科学、电气工程、材料科学和机械工程本科生提供13-15个奖学金和其他学术项目。该项目提供至少两年的奖学金和支持，以及最多两年的小型过渡奖学金。在整个项目过程中对结果进行监控。资助和队列参与使获得奖学金的学生能够更快、更多地毕业。博伊西州立大学服务于美国西北部第三大城市，在支持劳动力和经济发展方面负有特殊的责任。该项目有助于满足不断增加的入学人数和区域经济发展带来的需求。该项目有助于增加高中毕业后继续接受教育并完成四年制大学学位的学生人数。这个S-STEM项目提供了提高大学完成率和增加州和地区STEM劳动力所需的关键组成部分。考虑到联邦和地区增加STEM毕业生的必要性，促进教育和研究项目成功地留住和毕业STEM领域的学生是有好处的。该项目提供了详细的评估、招聘和保留数据，以帮助建立有效的STEM保留实践。这些数据尤其有助于深入了解目前在STEM学科中代表性不足的服务群体，包括西班牙裔、第一代大学生，以及通常必须平衡学业与实质性家庭责任的非传统学生。该项目利用经验丰富的多学科人员帮助学生提供建议并执行项目计划。特别的专业领域包括学生选拔、协调、评估和职业安置。此外，项目有效实践的识别和传播为其他寻求提高STEM领域毕业率和保留率的机构提供了有用的信息。

This project improves retention and graduate rates in STEM fields at Boise State University. A goal of a six-year graduation rate of seventy percent has been established. To achieve this, the project recruits academically excellent and diverse recipients, establishes cohorts, and offers 13-15 scholarships and other academic programming annually to civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering undergraduates. The project provides scholarships and support for at least two years, and smaller transitional scholarships for up to two additional years. Outcomes are monitored throughout the course of the project. Funding and cohort participation enables students receiving scholarships both to graduate more quickly and in greater numbers. Boise State University serves the third-largest metropolitan area in the American Northwest and has a particular responsibility in supporting workforce and economic development. This project helps to meet demands created by both increasing enrollments as well as regional economic development. The project helps to increase the number of students that continue education after high school and complete four-year college degrees. This S-STEM project provides a critical component needed to improve college completion rates and increase the state and regional STEM workforce. Given Federal and regional imperatives to increase STEM graduates, there is merit in promoting educational and research programs that are successful in retaining and graduating students in STEM fields. This project offers detailed assessment, recruitment, and retention data to help establish effective practices in STEM retention. Such data are particularly beneficial in offering insight on serving groups currently underrepresented in STEM disciplines including Hispanics, first generation college students, and non-traditional students who often must balance studies with substantive family responsibilities. The project utilizes experienced, multidisciplinary personnel to help advise students and carryout the project plan. Particular areas of expertise include student selection, coordination, assessment and career placement. Furthermore, the identification and dissemination of the project's effective practices offers information useful to other institutions seeking to increase graduation rates and retention in STEM fields.