Applying Student Knowledge for Success in Cybersecurity and Data Science

应用学生知识在网络安全和数据科学领域取得成功

• 批准号: 2129800
• 负责人: Michael Qaissaunee
• 金额: $ 63.39万
• 依托单位: Brookdale 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: 2021-10-15 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2129800&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Applying; Student; Knowledge; Success; Cybersecurity

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 Kean University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Brookdale Community College, and Union County College. In particular, it responds to areas of national need in cybersecurity and data science by increasing the number of students graduating in Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT). Moreover, the project will build regional workforce strength and contribute to the knowledge base on the role of student competence and belonging in ensuring persistence to degree attainment. Over its five-year duration, a total of 256 students will benefit, receiving scholarships to complete CS or IT degrees. Project components include scholarship support for students, undergraduate research and/or professional experience opportunities prior to graduation, and generation of new knowledge through research on economic realities for students and impact on career trajectories in cybersecurity and data science. Students in this program will be prepared to enter the scientific workforce or graduate school as competent, highly trained individuals with a background in teamwork and research. Furthermore, they will contribute to increased professional diversity in the fields of CS and IT, and serve as role models to members of their communities. The students recruited for this program will participate in workshops, take advantage of cohort experiences, and interact closely with faculty who will provide i) academic advising, ii) guidance for navigating higher education and postgraduate opportunities, and iii) supervision of teamwork, research, and working professional experiences. Through undergraduate research opportunities and experiences from participation in faculty research programs and/or existing summer research and internship programs, these individual and cohort experiences will provide a basis for overall intellectual growth and promote increased student confidence, retention, and timely degree completion. These academic outcomes are in turn expected to allow students to successfully navigate common attrition points including financial hardship and professional identity development for post-graduate employment and continued education. The project's academic environment includes student-faculty advising and undergraduate research activities, using the Affinity Research Group (ARG) model and peer-mentoring. The use of teamwork, collaboration and student-motivated question and answer sessions will positively support research in the field of computer science and information technology regarding educational impact and retention, particularly for minorities, female, and first-generation students. 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，低收入的学生在基恩大学，新泽西理工学院，费尔利迪金森大学，布鲁克代尔社区学院和联合县学院证明经济需要的保留和毕业。特别是，它通过增加计算机科学（CS）和信息技术（IT）毕业的学生人数来满足国家在网络安全和数据科学方面的需求。此外，该项目将建立区域劳动力力量，并有助于对学生能力和归属感的作用的知识基础，以确保坚持获得学位。在为期五年的时间里，共有256名学生将受益，获得奖学金以完成CS或IT学位。项目组成部分包括为学生提供奖学金支持，本科研究和/或毕业前的专业经验机会，以及通过研究学生的经济现实以及对网络安全和数据科学职业轨迹的影响来产生新知识。在这个程序的学生将准备进入科学劳动力或研究生院作为主管，训练有素的个人与团队合作和研究的背景。此外，他们将有助于增加CS和IT领域的专业多样性，并作为其社区成员的榜样。该计划招募的学生将参加研讨会，利用队列经验，并与教师密切互动，教师将提供i）学术咨询，ii）导航高等教育和研究生机会的指导，iii）团队合作，研究和工作专业经验的监督。通过本科生的研究机会和参与教师研究计划和/或现有的暑期研究和实习计划的经验，这些个人和群体的经验将提供整体智力成长的基础，并促进学生的信心，保留和及时完成学位。反过来，这些学术成果预计将使学生能够成功地浏览常见的损耗点，包括经济困难和专业身份发展的研究生就业和继续教育。该项目的学术环境包括师生咨询和本科生研究活动，使用亲和研究小组（ARG）模型和同行指导。团队合作，协作和学生主动的问答环节的使用将积极支持在计算机科学和信息技术领域的研究教育的影响和保留，特别是对少数民族，女性和第一代学生。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。