Preparing Engineers and Computer Scientists (PECS)

威斯康星大学密尔沃基分校的这个国家科学基金会（NSF）科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）奖学金项目将为有才华的低收入学生提供奖学金，这些学生表现出经济需要攻读工程和计算机科学学士学位。除了奖学金，该计划还将提供学术和其他支持，以提高学术天赋，低收入学生的持久性。 该项目旨在为学业有才华但经济困难的学生提供一个无缝的毕业途径。 认识到个别学生所需的各种类型的支持，该计划将利用基于证据的有效实践的整体框架，以确保每个学者所面临的挑战得到解决。奖学金和对学业优秀的学生的支持，否则他们可能无法负担大学，将有助于培养训练有素的劳动力，这将有助于更大的密尔沃基地区和国家的经济活力。该计划组织是由研究表明，STEM减员的重要原因包括学生的课堂经验差，缺乏教师指导，和不支持的校园氛围。 该提案将测试这样一种想法，即强大的教师指导和建议，面向社区的活动，本科生研究机会以及选择性地参与学生组织和专业社团将减少孤立，增加连通性，并改善有才华的低收入学生的STEM职业承诺，这些学生最初与大学的联系可能有限。在这个项目中建立的整体框架建立在各种现有的学生支持活动，包括预定向和夏桥计划，辅导，生活学习社区，实习和本科生研究机会，并参与学生组织和专业社团。学者将有导师谁是经验丰富的工程和计算机科学教师。一批积极参与职业发展和面向社区的活动的学者将有助于建立一种支持性的气氛。该项目将利用位于密尔沃基地区的工业中可用的资源。除了工业实习的机会，学者将有工业导师。这些来自行业的导师将帮助学生了解他们在工程和计算机科学领域的未来职业生涯中所提供的机会的性质。 该项目已确定的职业目标的承诺，在学生的毅力的一个重要因素，并预计，工业指导教师和其他职业咨询相结合，将提高学生的理解他们的预期专业的前景。该计划的调查结果将被广泛传播到STEM教育界，并有助于提高对成功的学生奖学金和支持计划的属性和实践的理解。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will provide scholarships for talented, low-income students with demonstrated financial need pursuing bachelor's degrees in engineering and computer science. In addition to scholarships, the program will provide academic and other support to increase the persistence of academically talented, low-income students. The project aims to provide a seamless graduation pathway for academically talented yet economically disadvantaged students. In recognition of the varied types of support needed by individual students, the program will utilize a holistic framework of evidence-based effective practices to ensure that the challenges particular to each scholar are addressed. Scholarships and support for academically strong students, who may not otherwise be able to afford college, will help to produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic vitality of the greater Milwaukee region and the nation.The program organization is informed by research indicating that significant reasons for STEM attrition include poor classroom experiences of students, lack of faculty mentoring, and an unsupportive campus atmosphere. The proposal will test the idea that strong faculty mentoring and advising, community-oriented activities, undergraduate research opportunities, and selective participation in student organizations and professional societies will reduce isolation, increase connectedness, and improve STEM career commitment for talented low-income students whose initial connection to the university may be limited. The holistic framework established in this project builds on a variety of existing student support activities including pre-orientation and summer bridge programs, tutoring, a living-learning community, internship and undergraduate research opportunities, and participation in student organizations and professional societies. Scholars will have mentors who are experienced engineering and computer science faculty. An active cohort of scholars engaged in career development and community-oriented activities will help establish a supportive climate. The project will utilize the resources available in the industries located in the Milwaukee region. In addition to the opportunity for industrial internships, scholars will have industrial mentors. These mentors from industry will help students learn about the nature of the opportunities available in their prospective careers in engineering and computer science. The project has identified commitment to career goals as an important element in student persistence and anticipates that industrial mentoring combined with faculty and other career advising will improve student understanding of the prospects of their intended majors. The findings from the program will be disseminated widely to the STEM education community and help increase understanding of the attributes and practices of successful student scholarship and support programs.