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Scholarships and a Project-based Work Studio to Support Undergraduate Student Graduation and Entry into Computer Science, Engineering, and Safety Technology Careers

奖学金和基于项目的工作工作室支持本科生毕业并进入计算机科学、工程和安全技术职业

基本信息

批准号：
2030806
负责人：
Wook-Sung Yoo
金额：
$ 99.06万
依托单位：
Marshall University Research Corporation
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=2030806&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Scholarships Project based Work Studio

项目摘要

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. Specifically, this project at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, will provide 20 students with four-year scholarships and services to support them as they earn four-year STEM degrees in computer science, engineering, or safety technology. The Scholars will progress through their college curriculum in two cohorts of 10 students. The Project-based Work Studio will provide the Scholars with practical hands-on experience, practice with working in multi-disciplinary team environments, and exposure to real-life projects in computer science, engineering, and technology. This work is also expected to strengthen connections among and between Scholar cohorts. The resulting sense of community, coupled with professional development and mentorship activities, is intended to help the Scholars persist in their studies, graduate, and become productive members of the STEM workforce. Thus, the Project-based Work Studio approach may provide a model for workforce development in general, as well as prepare the skilled STEM employees needed in the Appalachian area of West Virginia.The project has three goals: (1) increase the number of students, particularly women, in computer science, engineering, and safety technology fields by recruiting academically talented and financially challenged candidates; (2) prepare graduates for careers in STEM; and (3) conduct research and disseminate results on the effectiveness of a learning approach that includes Project-based Work Studio. This Studio approach provides students with on-campus, faculty-mentored work experiences to provide engineering or technical solutions to local industries. To support success in recruiting and supporting the Scholars, the project team will build strong partnerships with schools, industry, government and other organizations. Experience Sampling Methods will be used to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data with a focus on monitoring student interest and persistence in STEM. It is anticipated that this analysis will identify socialization, gender, and other issues students face as they develop their professional identity, thus providing additional insights into the professional identity development process. 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.

该项目将通过支持有经济需要的高成就低收入学生的保留和毕业，促进国家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。具体来说，西弗吉尼亚州亨廷顿的马歇尔大学的这个项目将为20名学生提供为期四年的奖学金和服务，以支持他们获得四年的计算机科学、工程或安全技术STEM学位。学者们将通过他们的大学课程在两个10名学生的队列进展。基于项目的工作室将为学者提供实际的实践经验，在多学科团队环境中工作的实践，以及接触计算机科学，工程和技术领域的真实项目。预计这项工作还将加强学者群体之间的联系。由此产生的社区意识，加上专业发展和导师活动，旨在帮助学者坚持学习，毕业，并成为STEM劳动力的生产成员。因此，基于项目的工作室方法可以为劳动力发展提供一个模式，并为西弗吉尼亚州阿巴拉契亚地区所需的熟练STEM员工做好准备。该项目有三个目标：（1）通过招募学术上有才华和经济上有困难的候选人，增加计算机科学，工程和安全技术领域的学生人数，特别是女性人数;（2）为毕业生在STEM的职业生涯做好准备;（3）对包括基于项目的工作室在内的学习方法的有效性进行研究并传播结果。这种工作室的方法为学生提供校园内，教师指导的工作经验，为当地行业提供工程或技术解决方案。为了支持成功招募和支持学者，项目团队将与学校，行业，政府和其他组织建立强有力的合作伙伴关系。经验抽样方法将用于分析定性和定量数据，重点是监测学生对STEM的兴趣和持久性。预计这种分析将确定社会化，性别和其他问题的学生面临的发展他们的专业身份，从而提供更多的见解专业身份的发展过程。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，并提供有关低收入学生的学术成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业途径的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响力审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。