Supporting the Success of Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Computer Information Systems

该项目将通过支持在休斯顿清湖大学（一所服务于西班牙裔的机构）有经济需要的高成就低收入学生的保留和毕业，为全国对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求做出贡献。具体而言，该项目将为46名学生提供为期两年的奖学金和专业支持服务。获奖者将攻读计算机工程、计算机信息系统或计算机科学专业的学士和/或硕士学位。学者们将分成六组，从项目的第一年开始，每年有四组10名本科生，在项目的第三和第四年，有两组3名研究生。这个项目之所以引人注目，是因为它注重鼓励本科生攻读高级计算机学位，并同时支持本科生和研究生。该项目的总体目标是提高有经济需求的低收入、成绩优异的本科生和研究生的STEM学位完成率。特别是，该项目旨在解决依赖stem的行业的劳动力需求，包括软件开发、工程、航空航天、石化加工和生物医学行业。该项目研究计划旨在提供证据来回答三个研究问题：(1)学者群体的成员资格对学生的成功有什么影响？(2)研究生的纳入（和奖学金支持）如何影响本科队列成员的成功？(3)财政支持如何增加和扩大STEM学位和职业的参与？该项目将通过与大学办公室的合作，为学者提供一系列有针对性的支持活动，包括学术事务、招生管理、大学发展、学生事务、战略合作伙伴关系和计算机科学系的工业咨询委员会。将设计传播活动，以接触从地方到国家一级的受众。当地的传播将通过包括大学和社区学院教师在内的教师发展日进行。项目团队将在区域和国家会议上展示项目成果，并在《科学教学研究杂志》等期刊上发表成果。该项目由美国国家科学基金会的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金项目资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生在STEM领域获得学位的人数。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并为低收入学生提供有关学业成功、留校、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Houston Clear Lake, a Hispanic-serving Institution. Specifically, the project will provide 46 students with two-year scholarships and specialized support services. The Scholars will pursue BS and/or MS degrees in computer engineering, computer information systems, or computer science. Scholars will progress through the program in six cohorts, four cohorts of ten undergraduate students each year beginning in the first year of the project, and two cohorts of three graduate students in the third and fourth year of the project. The project stands out because of its attention to encouraging undergraduate students to pursue advanced computing degrees and in supporting both undergraduate and graduate students. The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduate and graduate students with demonstrated financial need. In particular, the project intends to address the workforce needs of STEM-dependent industries including software development, engineering, aerospace, petrochemical processing, and biomedical industries. The project research plan is designed to provide evidence to answer three research questions: (1) What impact does membership in a Scholar cohort have on student success? (2) How does inclusion of (and scholarship support for) graduate students influence the success of undergraduate cohort members? and (3) How does financial support increase and broaden participation in STEM degrees and careers? The project will offer Scholars a range of targeted support activities through collaboration with university offices, including Academic Affairs, Enrollment Management, University Advancement, Student Affairs, Strategic Partnerships, and the Department of Computing Sciences' Industrial Advisory Board. Dissemination activities will be designed to reach audiences from the local to the national level. Local dissemination will occur through faculty development days that include university and community college faculty. The project team will present project outcomes at regional and national meetings, and publish results in journals such as the Journal of Research in Science Teaching. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.