SaTC: EDU: Creating Cybersecurity Pathways Between Community Colleges and Universities

SaTC：EDU：在社区学院和大学之间创建网络安全途径

• 批准号: 1914613
• 负责人: Brian Payne
• 金额: $ 49.74万
• 依托单位: Old Dominion University Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1914613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SaTC; EDU; Creating; Cybersecurity; Pathways

The ability of higher education institutions to produce cybersecurity professionals has not kept pace with the demand for cybersecurity graduates. While some available cybersecurity jobs can be filled with high school graduates and community college graduates, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the "typical" degree requirement for these jobs is a bachelor's degree. Given the ability of community colleges to attract and serve disadvantaged and minority students, in order to more fully attract these students into the "typical" cybersecurity job, it is important that pathways between community colleges and higher education institutions be created. In addition to the pathways, activities connecting cybersecurity community college students and university students are needed. Common issues that community college students face (including cybersecurity students) as they transfer to four year institutions are credits not transferring, the lack of preparation in theoretical foundation within the discipline, and isolation at the four-year university. Intentional programming and coordinated efforts between faculty from the multiple institutions that students attend can help to address these issues. Because many cybersecurity community college programs are offered as applied degrees that do not easily transfer into upper level university programs, an opportunity exists to connect these community college programs with interdisciplinary bachelor's degree programs at universities. Addressing this opportunity, the Hampton Roads Cybersecurity Education, Workforce, and Economic Development Alliance (HRCyber) connected cybersecurity programs at three community colleges (Tidewater Community College, Northern Virginia Community College, and Thomas Nelson Community College) with Old Dominion University by creating formal academic pathways for students.In an effort to evaluate the success of HRCyber and further their efforts to strengthen and better understand the pathways, in this project, the investigators will (1) define an interdisciplinary body of knowledge that establishes pathways between community colleges and universities; (2) evaluate the effects of interdisciplinary and inter-institutional cybersecurity programming on student learning by analyzing students' electronic portfolios; (3) examine whether interdisciplinary and inter-institutional programming encourages diversity; (4) identify strategies to effectively use peer mentors for transfer students; (5) identify strategies to strengthen cybersecurity pathways between educational institutions guided by NSA designations at the associate's and bachelor's level; (6) evaluate the impact of cybersecurity competitions in an inter-institutional environment; (7) identify strategies to enhance partnerships between cybersecurity community college and four-year programs; and (8) eisseminate the project results to assist other institutions to implement similar programs and courses.NSF's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program is providing co-funding for this project in recognition of its contribution to technician education in community colleges.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.

高等教育机构培养网络安全专业人员的能力跟不上对网络安全毕业生的需求。 虽然一些可用的网络安全工作可以由高中毕业生和社区大学毕业生填补，但根据劳工统计局的数据，这些工作的“典型”学位要求是学士学位。 鉴于社区学院有能力吸引和服务弱势群体和少数民族学生，为了更充分地吸引这些学生进入“典型”的网络安全工作，创建社区学院和高等教育机构之间的途径是很重要的。除了途径，网络安全社区学院的学生和大学生连接的活动是必要的。 社区学院的学生（包括网络安全学生）在转学到四年制大学时面临的常见问题是学分不转移，缺乏学科理论基础的准备，以及在四年制大学的孤立。 学生就读的多个机构的教师之间的有意规划和协调努力可以帮助解决这些问题。由于许多网络安全社区学院课程都是作为应用学位提供的，不容易转入高等大学课程，因此有机会将这些社区学院课程与大学的跨学科学士学位课程联系起来。为了抓住这个机会，汉普顿道路网络安全教育，劳动力和经济发展联盟（HRCyber）将三所社区大学的网络安全计划联系起来（潮汐社区学院，北方弗吉尼亚社区学院，和托马斯纳尔逊社区学院）与旧自治领大学通过为学生创造正式的学术途径。在努力评估HRCyber的成功，并进一步努力加强和更好地了解途径，在这个项目中，调查人员将（1）定义一个跨学科的知识体系，建立社区学院和大学之间的途径;（2）通过分析学生的电子档案袋，评估跨学科和跨机构网络安全编程对学生学习的影响;（3）检查跨学科和跨机构编程是否鼓励多样性;（4）确定有效利用转学生同伴导师的策略;（5）确定加强在副学士和学士级别的NSA指定指导下的教育机构之间的网络安全途径的策略;（6）评估网络安全竞赛在机构间环境中的影响;（7）确定加强网络安全社区学院和四年制课程之间的伙伴关系的策略;和（8）评估项目结果，以帮助其他机构实施类似的计划和课程。NSF的先进技术教育（ATE）计划正在提供合作，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

项目成果

Attitudes about Cybersecurity Articulation Agreements and Transfer Students: A Statewide Survey of Faculty and Advisors.

对网络安全衔接协议和转学生的态度：对教师和顾问的全州调查。

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: NACADA journal
• 作者: Payne, B

To eP or Not to eP: Electronic Portfolio Usage and Their Role in Framing Digital Identities Among Criminal Justice, Cybersecurity, and Leadership Majors.

电子档案的使用及其在刑事司法、网络安全和领导力专业中构建数字身份中的作用。

• DOI: 10.1080/10511253.2021.1948086
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Journal of criminal justice education
• 影响因子: 1.1
• 作者: Brian K. Payne, Bria Cross

Impact of Articulation Agreements on Student Transfer between Higher Education Institutions: A Case Study of a Cybersecurity Program

衔接协议对高等教育机构之间学生转学的影响：网络安全计划案例研究

• DOI: 10.1080/10668926.2021.1887007
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Community College Journal of Research and Practice
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Payne, Brian;Cigularova, Daniela;Costanzo, John;Das, Santwana;Mann, Michael;Perez, Kimberly
• 通讯作者: Perez, Kimberly