Career Launch in Engineering Scholarship Program (Career Launch)

工程奖学金计划的职业启动（职业启动）

• 批准号: 1458685
• 负责人: Brian Johnson
• 金额: $ 63.49万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Idaho
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-06-01 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1458685&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Career; Launch; Engineering; Scholarship; Program

The goal of the Career Launch in Engineering Scholarship Program (Career Launch) will be to significantly reduce the number of hours the S-STEM Career Launch scholars need to work outside of school as a means to help retain them to graduation and reduce time to degree completion. Career Launch will also create a systematic peer-mentoring program through the three cohorts of Career Launch scholars. This project will address the need for highly qualified STEM professionals in industry, especially in the Pacific and Inland Northwest. Idaho is largely a rural state; however, a variety of high tech companies have large facilities within the state or surrounding areas, and they have an ongoing need for highly trained STEM professionals. This project will develop new recruiting pathways, retention, and support mechanisms for students, and placement efforts for graduates that will enable the University of Idaho to make a significant difference in terms of the quality and quantity of STEM professionals available to these industries.The focus of the project will be on decreasing or eliminating the time that Career Launch students must spend at external jobs during the school year as well as increasing student support through peer and faculty mentoring and enrichment activities. Career Launch has three measurable objectives: (1) reduce the number of hours worked outside of school by a significant amount; (2) build a systematic mentoring program that will create a sense of community for the students; and (3) retain to degree completion a minimum of 22 Career Launch Scholars. The program objectives will be achieved through (1) identification of high-quality students, (2) cohort development, (3) peer-mentoring program implementation, (4) engineering academic achievement, and (5) outcome-oriented evaluation. Specific components include peer-mentoring and cohort-building activities such as social, research, and orientation activities. Scholars will become peer-mentors in their second year and form a college-wide peer-mentoring program.This project aligns with several of the goals of the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) hence it is receiving partial co-funding from that program.

工程职业启动奖学金计划（职业启动）的目标是显着减少 S-STEM 职业启动学者需要在校外工作的时间，以帮助他们留住毕业并缩短完成学位的时间。职业启动还将通过三批职业启动学者创建一个系统的同行指导计划。 该项目将满足工业界，特别是太平洋地区和西北内陆地区对高素质 STEM 专业人员的需求。爱达荷州主要是一个农村州；然而，许多高科技公司在州内或周边地区拥有大型设施，并且持续需要训练有素的 STEM 专业人员。该项目将为学生开发新的招聘途径、保留和支持机制，以及毕业生的安置工作，这将使爱达荷大学能够在这些行业可用的 STEM 专业人员的质量和数量方面产生重大影响。该项目的重点是减少或消除职业启动学生在学年期间必须花在外部工作上的时间，并通过同伴和教师指导和丰富活动来增加学生支持。 职业启动有三个可衡量的目标：（1）大量减少校外工作时间； (2) 建立系统的指导计划，为学生营造社区意识； (3) 保留至少 22 名职业启动学者直至完成学位。 该计划的目标将通过（1）识别高质量学生，（2）队列发展，（3）同伴指导计划实施，（4）工程学术成就，以及（5）以结果为导向的评估来实现。具体组成部分包括同伴指导和群体建设活动，例如社交、研究和定向活动。学者们将在第二年成为同伴导师，并形成一个全校范围的同伴指导计划。该项目符合 NSF 刺激竞争性研究实验计划 (EPSCoR) 的几个目标，因此它获得了该计划的部分共同资助。