SAC Cyber Service Scholarship Program

网络服务奖学金(CS)项目由国家科学基金会的社区大学网络试点计划(C3P)资助。它的目标是使圣安东尼奥学院(SAC)20名有学术天赋的计算机和信息科学专业的学生完成信息保障(IA)和网络安全方面的AAS，并进入与网络安全相关的联邦、州、地方或部落政府职位。该项目符合2018年《国防授权法案》。圣安东尼奥是这一试点工作的最佳地点，因为它是退伍军人和积极寻找合格员工的政府资助的网络安全行动的主要枢纽。开发和测试SAC改善网络安全教育的模式提供了一个独特的机会，可以评估拟议的干预措施对退伍军人和拉美裔学生的有效性。SAC被指定为国家网络防御2年制教育学术卓越中心(CAE-2Y)。这个CSS项目将整合针对STEM专业退伍军人和代表性不足的学生在坚持和保留策略方面的最佳实践研究，并将促进网络安全教育工作者对这些问题的发现和理解，同时通过师生咨询和指导促进教学、培训和学习。该项目旨在产生与改善SAC的网络安全教育和学生结果相关的知识，SAC是一家为拉美裔服务的机构，培养了圣安东尼奥最大的退伍军人学生群体，同时增加了毕业后立即进入政府服务的高技能、学术天赋的学生的数量。该项目的成果可以为其他CAE和CAEY2指定的项目提供潜在的解决方案，这些项目正在为国家网络安全劳动力的很大一部分做准备。作为西南地区未来CAE和CAEY2项目的地区支持中心，SAC也处于一个独特的地位来传播这些知识。该项目的共同资金来自高级技术教育(ATE)和国家科学基金会在STEM项目中的奖学金(S-STEM)，反映了该项目与ATE计划中关于社区学院参与的主要重点以及S-STEM项目中为有经济需要的高成就学生提供经济和共同课程支持的主要重点的一致性。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 Cyber Service Scholarship (CSS) project is funded under the National Science Foundation's Community College Cyber Pilot Program (C3P). Its objective is to enable 20 academically talented Computer and Information Science majors at San Antonio College (SAC), who are veterans of the Armed Forces and/or bachelor's degree holders, to complete the AAS in Information Assurance (IA) and Cyber Security and enter a federal, state, local, or tribal government position related to cybersecurity. The project is in alignment with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018. San Antonio is an optimal location for this pilot effort as it is a major hub for veterans and for government-funded cybersecurity operations that are actively looking for qualified employees. Developing and testing a model for improving cybersecurity education at SAC provides a unique opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the proposed interventions on veterans and Hispanic students. SAC is designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense 2-Year Education (CAE-2Y).This CSS project will integrate research on best practices in persistence and retention strategies for veteran and underrepresented STEM majors and will advance the discovery and understanding about these issues among cybersecurity educators while promoting teaching, training and learning through faculty-student advising and mentorship. The project aims to generate knowledge associated with improving cybersecurity education and student outcomes at SAC, a Hispanic-Serving Institution that educates the largest student veteran population in San Antonio, along increasing the number of highly skilled, academically talented students who enter government service immediately after graduation. The project outcomes can provide potential solutions for other CAE and CAEY2-designated programs that are preparing a significant portion of the nation's cybersecurity workforce. SAC is also in a unique position to disseminate this knowledge via its role as a regional support center for prospective CAE and CAEY2 programs throughout the southwest.Co-funding for this project is provided from the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) and NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) programs, reflecting alignment of the project with major emphases of the ATE program on involvement of community colleges and the S-STEM program on financial and co-curricular support for high-achieving students with demonstrated financial need.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.