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

支持本科生和研究生在计算机工程、计算机科学和计算机信息系统方面取得成功

• 批准号: 2030391
• 负责人: Ahmed Abukmail
• 金额: $ 99.98万
• 依托单位: University of Houston - Clear Lake
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2025-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2030391&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Supporting; Success; Undergraduate; Graduate; Students

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.

该项目将有助于对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需要，通过支持高成就，低收入的学生在休斯顿大学清澈的湖水，一个西班牙裔服务机构证明经济需要的保留和毕业。具体而言，该项目将为46名学生提供两年奖学金和专门支助服务。 学者将攻读计算机工程、计算机信息系统或计算机科学的学士和/或硕士学位。学者将通过该计划在六个队列，四个队列的10名本科生，每年在该项目的第一年开始，并在该项目的第三和第四年的三个研究生的两个队列的进展。该项目之所以突出，是因为它重视鼓励本科生攻读高级计算学位，并支持本科生和研究生。 该项目的总体目标是提高低收入，高成就的本科生和研究生的STEM学位完成与证明财政需要。特别是，该项目旨在解决STEM依赖行业的劳动力需求，包括软件开发，工程，航空航天，石化加工和生物医学行业。该项目的研究计划旨在提供证据来回答三个研究问题：（1）学者队列成员对学生的成功有什么影响？ (2)研究生的入学（和奖学金支持）如何影响本科生群体成员的成功？以及（3）财政支持如何增加和扩大对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，战略伙伴关系，以及计算科学系的工业咨询委员会。传播活动的设计将覆盖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介绍项目成果，并在《科学教学研究杂志》等期刊上发表成果。该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。