CSGrad4US Mentoring Program

计算研究协会的教育委员会(CRA-E)和扩大参与度委员会(CRA-WP)将为NSF CSGrad4US研究生奖学金的获得者合作设计和实施一项指导计划，目标是最近毕业的计算机与信息科学与工程(CEISE)学士学位毕业生，并返回研究生院攻读CEE学科的博士学位。CSGrad4US导师计划的目标是(1)指导回国的学生通过申请程序成功录取博士和选择学校，以及(2)指导他们在第一年过渡到博士研究生学习，以达到高保留率。该项目的评估将揭示采取这一途径的学生的保留率，以及该项目对国内CS博士培养的潜在影响。由此产生的导师和导师的指导计划模式和专业发展模式将为其他提高国内博士产量的努力提供借鉴。从劳动力市场返回的学生的指导需求与本科申请研究生院的学生不同。主要区别包括缺乏自然的同龄人群体，接触到能够提供研究生申请指导以及对自己学术优势和劣势的看法的教员的机会减少，以及缺乏其他研究生和教学助理形式的榜样。CSGrad4US导师计划不仅将提供一般的研究生申请建议和指导，还将提供缺失的更大背景和网络。这些目标是通过在申请和决策过程中以及研究生院的第一年通过小组指导会议和随后的个人指导来实现的。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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.