Improving Access, Recruitment, Retention, and Attainment in IT

提高 IT 领域的访问、招聘、保留和成就

• 批准号: 2301265
• 负责人: William Amick
• 金额: $ 34.99万
• 依托单位: Laramie County Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2301265&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Access; Recruitment; Retention; Attainment

The demand for Information Technology (IT) professionals in Wyoming (and nationally) continues to outpace many other technical and STEM fields. In Wyoming, the need for Computer User Support Specialists, Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Information Security Analysts, Computer Network Support Specialists, Datacenter Technicians and Data Analysts outpace all other IT positions in the state. Employment growth projections in the IT field demonstrate positional growth of nearly 14,000 positions in the Laramie County Community College (LCCC) region. This project will help address the demand for IT professionals by improving access, inclusion, and persistence in community college IT coursework. Through the proposed activities, the IT pathway will broaden its impact on underserved populations, while preparing qualified, skilled, and diverse professionals to benefit the regional workforce and assist with Wyoming’s goal of diversifying its economy.The goals of this project are to expand access for rural/remote students, engage and retain underserved populations and emphasize the advanced skills/certifications required to promote marketability in an increasingly competitive field. Specific activities include the deployment of a self-sustaining student resource model, that will ensure rural/remote students are equipped with computing equipment consistent to that of industry and can participate in practical lab exercises to prepare them for career expectations. Recruitment and experiential learning activities will focus on engaging and retaining women and career-changing adults in the IT Pathway. Summer bootcamps and a fully remotely accessible IT Professional Club will be utilized to increase student participation, collaboration, and success. Project deliverables will be communicated and shared with other Wyoming community colleges, as well as nationally and uploaded to ATE Central, including aggregated data on the assessment of recruitment of females and rural/remote students and their performance in the IT Pathway. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.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.

对信息技术（IT）专业人员的需求在怀俄明州（和全国）继续超过许多其他技术和STEM领域。在怀俄明州，对计算机用户支持专家、网络和计算机系统管理员、信息安全分析师、计算机网络支持专家、数据中心技术人员和数据分析师的需求超过了该州所有其他IT职位。IT领域的就业增长预测表明，拉勒米县社区学院（LCCC）地区将增加近14,000个职位。该项目将有助于通过改善社区大学IT课程的访问，包容性和持久性来解决对IT专业人员的需求。通过拟议的活动，信息技术途径将扩大其对服务不足人口的影响，同时培养合格、熟练和多样化的专业人员，使区域劳动力受益，并协助怀俄明州实现经济多样化的目标。吸引和留住得不到充分服务的人口，并强调在竞争日益激烈的领域提高市场竞争力所需的高级技能/认证。具体活动包括部署一个自我维持的学生资源模型，这将确保农村/偏远地区的学生配备与工业部门一致的计算机设备，并能够参加实际的实验室练习，为他们的职业期望做好准备。招聘和体验式学习活动将侧重于在IT途径中吸引和留住妇女和改变职业的成年人。夏令营和完全远程访问的IT专业俱乐部将被用来提高学生的参与，协作和成功。项目交付成果将与其他怀俄明州社区学院以及全国进行交流和分享，并上传到ATE Central，包括关于女性和农村/偏远学生招聘评估及其在IT途径中的表现的汇总数据。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于推动国家经济的先进技术领域的技术人员的教育。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。