CSGrad4US Mentoring Program

CSGrad4US 辅导计划

• 批准号: 2123180
• 负责人: Erik Russell
• 金额: $ 99.96万
• 依托单位: Computing Research Association
• 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: 2021-04-15 至 2024-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2123180&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CSGrad4US; Mentoring; Program

The Computing Research Association’s Committees on Education (CRA-E) and Widening Participation (CRA-WP) will collaboratively design and implement a mentoring program for recipients of the NSF CSGrad4US Graduate Fellowships targeted at recent computer & information science & engineering (CISE) bachelor's degree graduates currently in the workforce and returning to graduate school for a PhD in a CISE discipline. The goals of the CSGrad4US Mentoring Program are (1) to guide returning students through the application process towards a successful CISE PhD admission and school selection, and (2) mentor them through the transition to PhD graduate study in the first year towards high retention. The program evaluation will shed light on the retention rate of students taking this pathway and the potential impact of the program on domestic CS PhD production. The resulting mentoring program model and professional development model for mentors and coaches will inform other efforts to increase domestic PhD production.The mentoring needs of students returning from the workforce is different from those applying to graduate school as undergrads. Key differences include the lack of a natural peer group, diminished access to faculty who can provide graduate application guidance as well as a perspective on their academic strengths and weaknesses, and the lack of role models in the form of other graduate students and Teaching Assistants. The CSGrad4US Mentoring Program will provide not only general graduate application advice and guidance, but also provide missing larger context and network. These goals are achieved through group mentoring sessions followed by individual coaching during the application and decision making process and the first year in graduate school.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.

计算研究协会的教育委员会（CRA-E）和扩大参与委员会（CRA-WP）将合作设计和实施一个指导计划，为NSF CSGrad 4US研究生奖学金的获得者提供指导，该奖学金针对的是最近的计算机信息科学工程（CISE）学士学位毕业生，他们目前正在工作，并返回研究生院攻读CISE学科的博士学位。CSGrad 4US导师计划的目标是（1）通过申请过程指导归国学生成功获得CISE博士学位入学和学校选择，以及（2）通过过渡到博士研究生学习，在第一年指导他们实现高保留率。该计划的评估将揭示学生的留存率采取这种途径和国内CS博士生产的程序的潜在影响。由此产生的导师项目模式和导师和教练的专业发展模式将为其他增加国内博士生产量的努力提供信息。从劳动力中返回的学生的导师需求与那些申请研究生院的本科生不同。主要区别包括缺乏一个自然的同龄人群体，减少访问教师谁可以提供研究生申请指导以及对他们的学术优势和弱点的观点，并在其他研究生和助教的形式缺乏榜样。CSGrad 4US导师计划不仅提供一般的研究生申请建议和指导，还提供缺失的更大的背景和网络。这些目标是通过小组指导会议，然后在申请和决策过程中和研究生院的第一年进行个人辅导来实现的。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。