Path Ambassadors To High Success

路径大使高成功（路径）项目的目的是创造新的和引人注目的途径，从合作伙伴高中的学术才华和经济上有需要的学生在科罗拉多矿业学校学习计算机科学。PATHS计划还将加强学生从当地社区学院过渡到大学的现有途径。该项目将开发和测试一个程序，这将导致更多的学生在科罗拉多学习计算机科学，这些学生的更高的留存率，建立一个强大的/活跃的学生社区，扩大参与计算的代表性不足的群体，并开发一个新的灵活的学位课程，结合工程和计算机科学。新的综合计算机科学+工程学位课程特别适合满足国家对增加计算技术劳动力的需求。对该计划活动的评估将为小型工程大学吸引和留住学生学者的最佳实践提供新的见解。该项目还将包括一个比较评估，比较参与该计划的学生与类似（但不参与）的学生。通过利用现有的协同国家计划，PATHS计划预计将在赠款期结束后维持活动和成果。该计划每年将为PATHS学者提供10至21个NSF资助的奖学金，并将建立基础设施，以招募，再培训和使奖学金学生取得成功。关键的计划活动是根据目前的文献数据驱动的最佳实践招聘和保留低收入学生和计划参与者的未来职业成功的选择。该项目将（1）为来自合作科罗拉多高中的学生进入大学并取得成功创造一条新的途径;（2）加强当地社区学院学生转学并在大学取得成功的现有途径;以及（3）建立校园支持社区（队列）要求所有学生对PATHS奖学金的活动和最佳做法，旨在保持这些学生的高保留率。为了帮助学生克服大学入学和成功的已知障碍，该计划将形成利用大学现有目标资源的队列，让学生参与职业服务，计划招聘的推广以及学术成功的最佳实践。在招聘工作中，PATHS计划将让PATHS学者作为大使参与外联和招聘（如果可能的话，在他们的家乡机构）。

The Path Ambassadors To High Success (PATHS) project is designed to create new and compelling pathways for academically talented and financially needy students from partner high schools to study computer science at the Colorado School of Mines. The PATHS program will also strengthen current pathways for students to transition from local community colleges to the university. The project will develop and test a program that will result in an increased number of students in Colorado studying computer science, higher retention rate of these students, establishment of a strong/active community for students, broadened participation in computing of underrepresented groups, and development of a new flexible degree program that combines engineering and computer science. The new integrated computer science + engineering degree program is particularly well suited for meeting a national need to increase the technical workforce in computing. Evaluation of the program activities will provide new insights on best practices for attracting and retaining student scholars at small engineering universities. The project will also include a comparative evaluation, to compare students involved in the program with similar (but not participating) students. By leveraging an existing synergistic state program, the PATHS program expects to sustain the activities and outcomes after the grant period ends. The program will offer between 10 and 21 NSF-funded scholarships per year to PATHS Scholars and will build the infrastructure to recruit, retrain, and enable the scholarship students to succeed. Key program activities have been chosen based on the current literature of data-driven best practices for recruitment and retention of low-income students and for future career success of program participants. The project will (1) create a new pathway for students from partnering Colorado high schools to attend and succeed at the university; (2) strengthen an existing pathway for students from a local community college to transfer and succeed at the university; and (3) establish an on-campus support community (cohort) required for all students on PATHS scholarships with activities and best practices designed to maintain high retention rates for these students. To help students overcome known barriers to college access and success, the program will form cohorts that utilize an array of existing target resources at the university to engage the students in career services, outreach for program recruitment, and best practices for academic success. In recruiting efforts, the PATHS program will engage the PATHS Scholars as Ambassadors in outreach and recruitment (at their home institutions, if possible).