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、密西西比州立大学、诺福克州立大学和汉普顿大学将合作开发历史悠久的黑人学院和大学基于社区的计算干预(HBCU LCI-CS)。这个项目的目的是准备和留住在计算领域任职人数不足的学生群体，并最终增加计算劳动力的多样性。该项目小组打算探讨以社区为基础的校际学习干预对留住计算机相关领域未被充分代表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结成伙伴关系的HBCU中实施，但该项目的活动将可扩展到其他机构。这个项目旨在了解如何以可扩展的方式有效地向广大学生教授计算，重点是扩大那些在传统计算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的目标是通过为大学成功做好准备，增加计算机相关领域的一年级学生的留存率。HBCU LCI-CS将采取三种方式：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)调查基于社区的活动如何影响代表不足的少数族裔学生的准备；(2)探索基于社区的活动如何影响代表不足的少数族裔学生在大学一年级期间的留存；(3)研究参与HBCU社区如何影响参与者的态度、信心和归属感；以及(4)探索服务性学习是否增加了计算机相关专业计算代表不足群体的学生的动机和参与度。该项目由IUSE：CUE和历史黑人学院和大学本科项目(HBCU-UP)共同资助。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 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.