Process-Based Scholarship and Retention Program for Low-Income Students

该计划的具体项目目标包括：(I)促进多样性，增加注册和完成计算机科学、工程和数学学位的少数族裔学生的人数；(Ii)扩大长期未被工业、政府和学术界充分利用的少数族裔人才库(即博士学位持有者)；(Iii)通过将学术内容与工作环境联系起来并建立新的行业合作伙伴关系，改善学生的教育体验；(Iv)增加社区学院学术资优学生的入学人数；(V)鼓励奖学金获得者攻读高级学位；以及(Vi)提供导师计划，允许学生将更多的时间投入到学位课程上，而不是从事非学科工作。该方案的目标正在通过以下方式实现：(I)招聘；(Ii)学术支持，为参与者提供成功所需的工具；(Iii)保留方案，该方案在很大程度上依赖导师和学术合同的积极影响，其中包括学者的专业发展；(Iv)在大学和当地社区学院内建立学生和行业支持的现有基础设施；(V)在每个系建立教员导师，由经验丰富的教员和同行提供一对一指导；(Vi)要求学者参与研究和设计项目，以便在专业会议和行业赞助的研讨会上展示；(Vii)保存关于奖学金的记录：学位进展、研究经验、设计项目、简历、职业目标、工作组合、指导活动、专业发展机会、工作面试、研究生申请、少数族裔学生转学人数的变化；以及(Viii)启动离职面谈程序，以评估奖学金计划的效果。赠款奖起到了催化剂的作用，加强了其他课程增强计划。该奖学金计划为低收入学生提供领导力培训和经验，以及受控的学术过程，以确保他们在需要时顺利毕业并进入研究生院。该奖学金计划建立在帮助学生取得学业成功的几个现有计划的基础上。

The specific project objectives of the program include: (i) promoting diversity and increase the numbers of minority students enrolling in, and completing degrees in computer science, engineering and mathematics; (ii) expanding the pool of minority talent that have suffered from a long- standing under- utilization for industry, government, and academia (i. e., Ph. D. holders); (iii) improving the educational experiences of students through connections of academic content to the work environment and building new industry partnerships; (iv) increasing enrollment of academically- gifted students from community colleges; (v) encouraging scholarship recipients to pursue advanced degrees; and (vi) providing mentor programs that allow students to devote more time to their degree programs as opposed to working on non- discipline jobs. The goals of the program are being accomplished by: (i) Recruitment; (ii) Academic support to provide participants the tools necessary to succeed; (iii) A retention program, which relies heavily on the positive impact of mentors and academic contracts that include professional development of the scholars; (iv) Building on the existing infrastructure for student and industry support within the University as well as local community colleges; (v) Establishing faculty mentors in every department to provide one- on- one mentoring by experienced faculty and peers; (vi) Requiring the Scholars to participate in research and design projects for presentation at professional meetings and industry- sponsored workshops; (vii) Maintaining records on the Scholars: progress toward degree, research experiences, design projects, resume, career goals, work portfolios, mentoring activities, professional development opportunities, job interviews, graduate school applications, the change in the number of minority students transferring in; and (viii) Initiating an exit interview process to evaluates the effectiveness of scholarship programs. The grant award acts as a catalyst to reinforce other curricula enhancement programs. The scholarship program provides leadership training and experience, and a controlled academic process for low- income students to insure successful graduation and entrance to graduate school when desired. The scholarship program builds on several existing programs that help students achieve academic success.