Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Retention and Success (SPURS)

德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥（UTSA）的本科生保留和成功奖学金计划（SPURS），一个西班牙裔服务机构，将专注于招收经济困难的本科生，在生物医学，土木，电气和计算机，机械工程等部门攻读学位。 每个系每年至少有三名学生获得奖学金，因此每年至少有12名学生参加该项目。 该方法将增加攻读工程学的本科生数量，并确保学生坚持并完成学士学位工程学位。 该计划的结果将反过来增加STEM劳动力和/或研究生课程的学生人数。 拟议的计划是重要的，因为它认识到需要一个多样化的劳动力培训，以解决世界上的问题，它最终将增加工程劳动力的多样性，特别是在中南部得克萨斯州。 该计划将加强UTSA如何教育和吸引学生参与STEM领域，并通过鼓励本科生参加K-12外展活动，从最早的年级开始，工程学的途径将被打开;这种方法可以促进更多的学生学习STEM领域。 SPURS将为参与学生提供在工程职业生涯中取得成功所需的技能，那些利用可选研究机会的学生将为攻读研究生课程做好更好的准备。三项任务将实现总体目标：（1）创建本科工程奖学金计划;（2）创建批判性思维，专业发展和研究系列研讨会;（3）创建一个研究生奖学金计划。以及（3）为学生提供研究，实习或K-12 STEM外展计划的可选机会。 将收集数据以进行以下方面的形成性评估：1）项目实施，包括管理、招聘、学生选拔等; 2）进度，如保留和毕业目标的实现以及学生学术和专业发展的成功。 将对项目各组成部分进行总结性评价，以确定项目在实现其目标方面的总体成功情况和吸取的经验教训。 评估还将研究将方案组成部分复制到其他大学的可能性。 该项目的结果将提交给UTSA和全国会议的其他学院，并将在工程教育期刊上发表。

The Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Retention and Success (SPURS) at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, will focus on recruiting financially disadvantaged undergraduate students pursuing degrees in the departments of biomedical, civil, electrical and computer, and mechanical engineering. At least three students from each department will receive scholarships each year, so at least 12 students yearly will participate in the program. The approach will increase the number of undergraduate students who enroll in Engineering and ensure student persistence and completion of a B.S. Engineering degree. The outcome of the program will, in turn, increase the number of students in the STEM workforce and/or graduate programs. The proposed program is significant because it recognizes the need for a diverse work force trained to solve the world's problems and it will eventually increase the diversity of the engineering workforce, especially in South-Central Texas. The program will enhance how UTSA educates and engages students in STEM fields and by encouraging undergraduate students to participate in K-12 outreach activities, the pathway towards engineering will be opened from the earliest grades; this approach could promote more students to study STEM fields. SPURS will provide the participating students skills needed to succeed in engineering careers and those who take advantage of optional research opportunities will be better prepared to pursue graduate studies.Three tasks will accomplish the overall objective: (1) Create an Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship Program; (2) Create a Workshop Series on Critical Thinking, Professional Development, and Research; and (3) Provide students with optional opportunities in research, internships or K-12 STEM outreach programs. Data will be collected to perform formative evaluation of 1) project implementation including management, recruitment, student selection, et alia and 2) progress such as achievement of retention and graduation goals and student academic and professional development success. Summative evaluation of project components will be conducted to determine overall project success at meeting its objectives and lessons learned. The evaluation will also study potential for replication of program components to other universities. The results of the project will be presented to other colleges at UTSA and at national conferences and will be published in engineering educational journals.