BPC-AE: An Extended CAHSI Alliance to Broaden Participation in Graduate Studies

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校将领导和扩展西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟（CAHSI）扩大参与计算联盟的工作。CAHSI在解决拉美裔美国人在计算机行业代表性不足的问题和培养未来拥有高等学位的拉美裔美国人在计算机行业的领导者方面发挥着关键作用。该联盟的扩展旨在增加攻读和完成计算机领域研究生学位的学生人数，特别是西班牙裔和女性。这一目标将通过在CAHSI网络中增加9个卡内基分类的R1（非常高的研究活动）hsi来实现，将授予博士学位的CAHSI机构的数量增加到13个。具体来说，CAHSI BPC-AE项目的目标是推进一个以研究为基础的框架，以吸引、准备和支持女性学生和其他代表性不足的群体，特别是西班牙裔美国公民和永久居民，在他们完成计算机领域研究生学位的道路上。该项目的目标是：(1)通过接触研究作为职业途径，扩大学生在参与CAHSI机构的研究知识；(2)让高年级学生参与研究经验，为研究生水平的研究做准备；(3)通过采用和研究以证据为基础的多机构研究生支持结构，建立研究生项目基础设施，使西班牙裔学生在研究生学习中取得成功。预期的结果是在hsi的组织背景下为西班牙裔研究生计算机教育提供服务的模式，这种模式可转移和适应所有投资于扩大计算机参与的机构；关于研究生项目中西班牙裔学生包容性CS模型的同行评审出版物；来自代表性不足群体的学生人数增加，尤其是西班牙裔美国公民和永久居民，他们进入并被保留在计算机研究生课程中；与工业、国家研究实验室和为研究准备和研究提供财政支持的非营利组织扩大合作关系。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Texas, El Paso will lead and extend the work of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Broadening Participation in Computing Alliance. CAHSI plays a pivotal role in addressing the underrepresentation of Hispanics in computing and developing future Hispanic leaders in computing with advanced degrees. This Alliance Extension aims to increase the number of students who pursue and complete graduate degrees in computing areas, in particular Hispanics and women. This goal will be realized by the addition of nine Carnegie-classified R1 (very high research activity) HSIs to the CAHSI network, increasing the number of doctoral-granting CAHSI institutions to 13.Specifically, the goal of the CAHSI BPC-AE project is to advance a research-based framework for attracting, preparing, and supporting female students and others from underrepresented groups, in particular Hispanic students who are citizens and permanent residents, in their trajectory toward completion of graduate degrees in computing areas. The objectives of the project are: (1) expand students’ research knowledge at participating CAHSI institutions through exposure to research as a career pathway; (2) involve upper division students in research experiences that prepare them for graduate-level research; and (3) build graduate program infrastructure through adoption and study of evidence-based, multi-institutional graduate support structures that lead to Hispanic students’ success in their graduate studies. The expected outcomes are a model of serving Hispanics in graduate computing education grounded in organizational contexts of HSIs that are transferable and adaptable to all institutions invested in broadening participation in computing; peer-reviewed publications on inclusive CS models for Hispanic students in graduate programs; an increase in the number of students from underrepresented groups, particularly Hispanic US citizens and permanent residents, who enter and are retained in computing graduate studies; extended partnerships with industry, national research labs, and non-profits that provide financial support for research preparation and studies.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.