Path Ambassadors To High Success

通向高成功之路(PATHS)项目旨在为合作高中的学业天赋和经济困难的学生在科罗拉多矿业学院学习计算机科学创造新的、引人注目的途径。PATES计划还将加强目前学生从当地社区学院过渡到大学的途径。该项目将开发和测试一项计划，该计划将导致科罗拉多州学习计算机科学的学生人数增加，这些学生的保留率更高，为学生建立一个强大/活跃的社区，扩大对代表不足群体的计算的参与，并开发一个结合工程学和计算机科学的新的灵活学位计划。新的综合计算机科学工程学位课程特别适合满足国家增加计算技术劳动力的需求。对项目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。该项目还将包括一项比较评估，将参与该项目的学生与类似(但不参与)的学生进行比较。通过利用现有的协同州计划，PATHS计划预计在授权期结束后继续开展活动和取得成果。该计划每年将向PATS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、再培训并使奖学金学生取得成功。根据当前数据驱动的最佳实践文献，为招募和留住低收入学生以及为计划参与者未来的职业成功选择了关键的计划活动。该项目将(1)为科罗拉多州合作高中的学生创建一条进入大学并取得成功的新途径；(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；(3)建立一个校园支持社区(队列)，为路径奖学金上的所有学生提供所需的活动和最佳做法，旨在保持这些学生的高保留率。为了帮助学生克服进入大学和取得成功的已知障碍，该计划将组成队列，利用大学现有的一系列目标资源，让学生参与到职业服务、项目招聘外展和学术成功的最佳实践中。在招聘工作中，PATS方案将邀请PATS学者作为大使参与外联和招聘(如果可能的话，在其本国机构)。

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).