Statler Increasing Access and Diversity in Engineering Program (ADE)

这个项目的重点是增加传统上代表性不足的群体在西弗吉尼亚大学斯塔特勒工程与矿产资源学院攻读工程本科学位的学生数量。该项目将为有学术天赋的低收入家庭学生提供优秀奖学金，重点是第一代大学生、女性、非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人。奖学金获得者将参加一个秋季前的桥梁项目、专门的第一年课程和各种课外活动，这些活动旨在为工程学位提供支持和提高保留率。该项目的主要目标是增加工程专业中代表性不足的学生的年度入学率，加强对这些学生的课程和课外支持服务，发展和利用与当地和区域工程公司的合作伙伴关系，并评估这些活动对学生动机和成功的影响。项目实施计划包括促进学生参与旨在提高留校率的活动，包括注册公共课程、参与现场学习社区、学术咨询和辅导，以及来自学术界和工业界的多层指导，提供实习和本科生研究机会。对项目活动进行评估，以确定项目参与与学业成功之间的关系，项目中哪些因素对成功影响最大，如何克服实际和后勤挑战，以及项目对动机、感知、包容感和总体结果的纵向影响。该项目的数据将用于确定成功的项目要素，这些要素可以传播到其他机构，以培养工程项目中代表性不足和社会经济地位较低的学生的毅力和毅力。

The focus of this program is to increase the number of students from traditionally underrepresented groups who pursue undergraduate degrees in engineering in the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. The program will provide merit scholarships to academically talented, low-income students with a focus on first-generation college students, females, African-Americans and Hispanics. Recipients of the scholarships will participate in a pre-fall bridge program, specialized first-year courses, and a variety of co-curricular activities designed to provide support and increase retention in engineering degrees. The major goals of the program are to increase the annual enrollment of underrepresented students in the engineering programs, to enhance curricular and co-curricular support services for these students, to develop and utilize partnerships with local and regional engineering companies and to assess the impact of these activities on student motivation and success.Plans for project implementation include facilitating student participation in activities designed to increase retention including enrollment in common courses, participation in live-learn communities, academic advising and tutoring, and multi-tier mentoring from academia and industry with opportunities for internships and undergraduate research. Program activities will be assessed to determine the relationship between program participation and academic success, what elements of the program most significantly impact success, how practical and logistical challenges are overcome, and what the longitudinal impact of the program is on motivation, perceptions, feelings of inclusion, and overall outcome. Data from the project will be used to identify successful program elements that can be disseminated to other institutions to foster persistence and perseverance of under-represented and low socioeconomic status students in engineering programs.