Path Ambassadors To High Success

高成功之路大使（PATHS）项目旨在为来自合作高中的有学术天赋和经济困难的学生创造新的和引人注目的途径，以在科罗拉多矿业学院学习计算机科学。PATHS项目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项目，该项目将增加科罗拉多州学习计算机科学的学生数量，提高这些学生的保留率，为学生建立一个强大/活跃的社区，扩大代表性不足群体对计算机的参与，并开发一个结合工程和计算机科学的新的灵活学位课程。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机技术劳动力的需求。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。该项目还将包括比较评估，将参与该项目的学生与类似（但未参与）的学生进行比较。通过利用现有的协同国家计划，path计划希望在赠款期结束后维持活动和成果。该项目每年将为path学者提供10到21个nsf资助的奖学金，并将建立招募、再培训奖学金学生的基础设施，并使奖学金学生取得成功。关键项目活动的选择是基于当前文献数据驱动的最佳实践，以招收和留住低收入学生以及项目参与者未来的职业成功。该项目将(1)为与科罗拉多高中合作的学生进入大学并取得成功创造新的途径；(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；(3)为所有获得path奖学金的学生建立一个校园支持社区（队列），为这些学生提供旨在保持高保留率的活动和最佳实践。为了帮助学生克服进入大学和取得成功的已知障碍，该项目将组建团队，利用大学现有的一系列目标资源，让学生参与就业服务，为项目招聘提供外展服务，并为学业成功提供最佳实践。在招生工作中，path项目将聘请path学者作为外联和招聘大使（如果可能的话，在他们的本国机构）。

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).