Path to Information Technology (IT) Practice: Increasing Credential Completions in IT within the Southern Tier of Virginia

信息技术 (IT) 实践之路：提高弗吉尼亚州南部地区 IT 证书的完成率

• 批准号: 2055631
• 负责人: Joan Tuck
• 金额: $ 49.5万
• 依托单位: Southside Virginia Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2055631&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Path; Information; Technology; Practice; Increasing

It is well documented that the Information Technology (IT) workforce is chronically understaffed, and predictions show that the shortage of IT workers will reach alarming levels in a few years. The goal of this project is to increase the number of students from Southside Virginia Community College, especially those from populations currently underrepresented in the IT professions, who are ready to enter the regional IT workforce. The project will target high school students in dual enrollment programs, as well as adult learners, employing a culturally responsive model that will increase enrollments and retention. Project goals will be attained by the deployment of a program infrastructure that incorporates a comprehensive recruitment strategy, with a specific focus on students from groups traditionally underrepresented in IT careers, coupled with academic support strategies and identity-building and self-efficacy activities to ensure student success.The project team will study methods to increase recruitment and attainment of success in community college IT programs, especially among students traditionally underrepresented in IT careers. Increased educational attainment is positively correlated with higher standards of living, increased wages, and overall prosperity and welfare. This project has the potential to improve the understanding and implementation of culturally responsive advising for all students, but especially for those traditionally underrepresented in IT professions. Results from this work will inform the Governor's G3 Initiative ("Get a Skill. Get a Job. Get Ahead") in Virginia, which is focused on getting credentialed students back to school to upskill for emerging technical careers. Providing opportunities for students, specifically those who are marginalized, will help address the gap in the IT industry by increasing the number of women and underrepresented minorities obtaining credentials. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.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.

有据可查的是，信息技术 (IT) 劳动力长期人手不足，而且预测表明，几年内 IT 工人的短缺将达到惊人的程度。该项目的目标是增加南弗吉尼亚社区学院的学生数量，特别是那些目前在 IT 行业中代表性不足、准备进入地区 IT 劳动力队伍的学生数量。该项目将针对双录取项目的高中生以及成人学习者，采用文化响应模式来提高入学率和保留率。项目目标将通过部署一个计划基础设施来实现，该计划基础设施包含全面的招聘策略，特别关注来自传统上在 IT 职业中代表性不足的群体的学生，再加上学术支持策略以及身份建设和自我效能活动，以确保学生的成功。项目团队将研究增加社区大学 IT 项目的招募和取得成功的方法，特别是在传统上在 IT 职业中代表性不足的学生中。教育程度的提高与生活水平的提高、工资的增加以及整体繁荣和福利呈正相关。该项目有可能提高所有学生对文化响应建议的理解和实施，特别是对于那些传统上在 IT 行业中代表性不足的学生。这项工作的结果将为弗吉尼亚州州长的 G3 计划（“获得技能、找到工作、取得进步”）提供信息，该计划的重点是让获得资格的学生返回学校，以提高新兴技术职业的技能。为学生，特别是那些被边缘化的学生提供机会，将有助于通过增加获得证书的女性和代表性不足的少数群体的数量来解决 IT 行业的差距。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划重点关注推动国家经济发展的先进技术领域的技术人员教育。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。