Collaborative Research: CUE-T: HBCU Learning Community-based Intervention in Computing

哥伦比亚特区大学、佛罗里达农业和机械大学、温斯顿-塞勒姆州立大学、密西西比河谷州立大学、诺福克州立大学和汉普顿大学将合作开发“历史上的黑人学院和大学学习社区干预计算”（HBCU LCI-CS）。该项目旨在培养和留住在计算机领域代表性不足的学生群体，并最终增加计算机劳动力的多样性。这个项目小组打算探讨校际学习社区干预对保留计算机相关领域代表性不足的少数民族新生的影响。虽然这个以学习为基础的社区将在合作的hbcu中实施，但该项目的活动将扩展到其他院校。该项目旨在了解如何以可扩展的方式有效地向广泛的学生群体教授计算机，重点是扩大传统计算机课程和职业中代表性不足和服务不足的群体的参与。HBCU LCI-CS的目标是提高计算机相关领域一年级学生的保留率，为他们在大学取得成功做好准备。HBCU LCI-CS将采用三种方法：1)校际合作桥梁计划；2)服务学习计划；3)系列讲座。拟议的研究活动将包括(1)调查社区活动如何影响未被充分代表的少数民族学生的准备；(2)探索社区活动如何影响未被充分代表的少数民族学生在大学一年级的保留率；(3)研究参与HBCU社区如何影响参与者的态度、信心和归属感。(4)探索服务学习是否增加了计算机相关专业中未被充分代表的群体的学生的动机和参与度。该项目由IUSE:CUE和历史上的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU-UP）共同资助。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 the District of Columbia, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Winston-Salem State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Norfolk State University, and Hampton University will collaborate to develop the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Learning Community-based Intervention in Computing (HBCU LCI-CS). This project will be designed to prepare and retain student populations underrepresented in computing and ultimately increase diversity in the computing workforce. This project team intends to explore the impact of an intercollegiate learning community-based intervention on the retention of underrepresented minority incoming students in computer-related fields. Although this learning-based community will be implemented among the partnering HBCUs, the activities of the project will be scalable to other institutions. This project intends to understand how to teach computing effectively to a broad group of students, in a scalable manner, with an emphasis on broadening the participation of groups who are underrepresented and underserved by traditional computing courses and careers.The goal of HBCU LCI-CS will be to increase the retention of first-year students in computer-related fields by preparing them for collegiate success. HBCU LCI-CS will involve a three-fold approach: 1) an intercollegiate collaborative bridge program 2) a service-learning program and 3) a lecture series. The proposed research activities will include (1) investigating how community-based activities affect underrepresented minority students' preparedness, (2) exploring how community-based activities affect underrepresented minority students’ retention during their freshman year in college (3) examining how participation in an HBCU community affects participant attitude, confidence, and sense of belonging, and (4) exploring if service-learning increases the motivation and engagement of students from groups underrepresented in computing in a computing-related major. This project is jointly funded by IUSE:CUE and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP).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.