Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science

工程和计算机科学卓越学者（SEECS）计划将是一个跨学科，多年，混合学术水平的计划，为具有学术才能和经济需求的工程和计算机科学专业的学生提供奖学金。该奖学金计划的目标是：(1)增加工程和计算机科学专业低收入、有学术天赋的学生数量，(2)帮助学生在毕业前继续接受STEM教育，(3)促进STEM职业和研究生教育的专业发展，以及(4)研究有针对性的干预策略对保留STEM专业学生的影响。获得SEECS奖学金的学生将被要求参加一个以团队为基础、以项目为基础的研讨会。SEECS研讨会将包括三个组成部分：工程设计、专业发展和个人发展。STEM专业学生的专业和个人发展的各个方面将通过研讨会、大学支持服务、讲座和邀请演讲者来解决。虽然专业和个人发展方面将通过典型的研讨会活动发生，如嘉宾演讲和反思活动，但工程设计部分将是连接和建立工程能力和个人信心的关键经验。此外，设计项目将使区域服务机构受益。SEECS学术研究项目将评估学术干预对大学优秀学生留校率的影响。将分析全校范围内的数据，以监测干预策略的个别效果。同伴辅助学习策略（PASS）将被用作解决潜在的低学习成绩的干预措施。PASS使用同伴辅导的额外帮助课程来确定损耗点课程。SEECS将评估PASS计划在减少人员流失方面的成功。项目资源将用于调查研究问题：同伴辅助学习是否对名义上成绩优异的学生的学习成绩有可衡量的积极影响？此外，该项目将继续研究和传播体验式教育的效果，通过社区服务设计项目来表达。拟议工作的预期成果包括传播：(1)研究结果，(2)项目结构和成功案例，以提供实施模式，以及(3)学生生成的STEM解决方案，以支持当地非营利组织。

The Scholars of Excellence in Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS) program will be an interdisciplinary, multi-year, mixed academic-level program offering scholarships to engineering and computer science majors with academic talent and financial need. The goals of the scholarship program will be to: (1) increase the number of low-income, academically talented students in engineering and computer science majors, (2) assist students in continuing their STEM education through graduation, (3) foster professional development for STEM careers and graduate education, and (4) study the impact of targeted intervention strategies on retention of STEM majors. Students awarded SEECS scholarships will be required to attend a seminar with a team-based, project-based environment structure. The SEECS seminar will encompass three components: engineering design, professional development, and personal development. Facets of STEM majors' professional and personal development will be addressed through workshops, university support services, lectures, and invited speakers. While the professional and personal development facets will occur through typical seminar activities, such as guest speakers and reflective activities, the engineering design component will be the pivotal experience to connect and build engineering competency and personal confidence. Additionally, the design projects will benefit regional service organizations. The SEECS academic-research project will assess the effect of academic interventions on retention rates of high-performing students at the University. University-wide data will be analyzed to monitor the individual effects of intervention strategies. Peer-assisted study strategies (PASS) will be utilized as an intervention to address potential low academic performance. PASS uses peer-tutored extra help sessions for identified attrition point courses. SEECS will evaluate the success of PASS programs in reducing attrition. Project resources will be utilized to investigate the research question: Does peer-assisted study have a measurable positive effect on academic performance for nominally high-achieving students? Additionally, the project will continue to study and disseminate the effect of experiential education as expressed through community-service design projects. The expected outcomes of the proposed work include the dissemination of: (1) research study results, (2) program structure and successes to provide a model for implementation, and (3) student-generated STEM solutions to support local non-profit organizations.