Promoting an Increased Sense of Belonging for Students and Their Families to Increase Success in Computer Science and Computer Engineering

国家科学基金科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)计划支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的留校和毕业。在整个五年的资助过程中，拉斯维加斯内华达大学的这个项目将为16名攻读计算机科学和计算机工程学士学位的学生提供奖学金。该项目寻求通过学术支持和学生支持计划增加招生、留住学生、学生成功和毕业的机会。此外，该项目旨在通过提供家庭参与计划来促进学生的归属感。该计划旨在加深人们对如何通过融入自学实践和让家庭参与，特别是低收入和第一代学生的家庭，更好地支持学生成功的理解。该项目计划调查学生的归属感、将家庭纳入大学经历以及学生参与自学将如何影响STEM学科的整体成功。该项目旨在为学者们提供丰富而有意义的计算机工程和计算机科学学习经验。学生支持机制将包括：1)暑期桥计划，为学者过渡到大学做准备；2)通过教师和同龄人的辅导和指导提供学术支持；3)通过队列活动和家庭参与的社交活动；4)教师之间的联系，如通过研讨会和暑期研究；以及5)通过参观、会议、暑期实习和行业赞助的高级设计项目与当地STEM行业接触。该项目旨在通过走出校园来加强家庭对大学经历的理解，从而促进学生的成功。从这个项目中获得的知识可以为加强招收学生进入STEM劳动力和/或研究生学习的战略提供参考。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program supports the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. Throughout its five years of funding, this project at University of Nevada, Las Vegas will provide scholarships to 16 students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in computer science and computer engineering. The project seeks to increase recruitment, retention, student success, and graduation through academic support and student support programs. In addition, the project aims to promote students' sense of belonging by offering a family engagement program.The project aims to advance understanding of how to better support student success by incorporating self-study practices and involve families, especially those of low-income and first-generation students. The project plans to investigate how a student's sense of belonging, inclusion of families in the university experience, and involvement of students' self-study will affect overall success in the STEM disciplines. The project aims to provide Scholars with rich and meaningful learning experiences in computer engineering and computer science. The student support mechanisms will include: 1) a summer bridge program to prepare Scholars for the transition to college; 2) academic supports via tutoring and mentoring by faculty and peers; 3) social scaffolding with cohort activities and family engagements; 4) faculty connectivity such as via seminars and summer research; and 5) engagement with local STEM industries via tours, conferences, summer internships, and industry-sponsored senior design projects. The project intends to promote student success by reaching beyond the campus to strengthen family understanding of the university experience. The knowledge gained from this project could inform strategies to strengthen recruitment of students into the STEM workforce and/or graduate studies.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.