Enhancing Resources to Recruit and Support Students in Mathematics and Computer Science

该项目将现有的STEM人才扩展计划（STEP）赠款与CSEMS赠款相结合，为计算机科学和数学专业建立一个密集的招聘和保留计划。 该项目的目标是： 增加主修数学和计算机科学的学生人数，特别是来自代表性不足群体的学生人数; 提供足够的支持，使学生在毕业后留在专业; 教育学生认识计算机科学和数学方面的就业机会，以便为他们进入劳动力市场做好准备，为实现前两个目标，每年向数学或计算机科学的一年级新生提供8个3 125美元的奖学金，每年向非一年级学生提供10个2 000美元的奖学金。 奖学金将颁发给那些在学科上有前途的有经济需要的学生。虽然获得3，125美元奖学金的学生在泽维尔的所有四年中都保持了他们的资金，但只要他们作为专业保持良好的学术地位，较小奖学金的获得者必须每年重新申请。 第三个目标正在通过加强STEM职业曝光系列来实现，部分由STEP赠款资助。 每年，来自行业的演讲者被邀请到一年级专业和地区高中潜在新兵的聚会上发表演讲。 CSEMS的资金被用来从辛辛那提以外的地方引进一位全国知名的人士作为演讲者之一。在这些活动中，智力价值的主要领域是STEP和CSEMS赠款的独特组合，成为一个整合良好的招聘和保留计划。 虽然STEP计划为数学和计算机科学专业提供了支持的基础设施，特别是在关键的第一年，但CSEMS赠款提供奖学金，以帮助招募和留住这些学生。 Xavier非常适合进行这项全面的计划。 通过五个主要的积极的NSF赠款，泽维尔已经证明了其致力于创建创新的课程和促进其教师和学生的高质量研究。 此外，Xavier的数学和计算机科学系为所有专业提供个性化的帮助和支持性的学习环境。 在这些活动中产生广泛影响的主要领域是在征聘活动中注重任职人数不足的群体。 这包括计算机科学和数学领域的少数群体以及计算机科学领域的妇女。 特别是，邀请非裔美国人或女性人数较多的高中参加职业介绍系列活动，并优先向这些学生提供奖学金。 第二个影响更广泛的领域是资助学生参加会议。 这鼓励学生参与研究，并在各自领域的专业协会参与。 最后，选择职业曝光计划的演讲者提供来自工作场所的各种经验。 特别是，Xavier邀请在计算机科学和数学方面的工作为社会带来积极变化的演讲者。

This project is combining an existing STEM Talent Expansion Program (STEP) grant with a CSEMS grant to build an intensive recruitment and retention program for computer science and mathematics majors. The objectives of the project are: To increase the number of students majoring in mathematics and computer science, particularly those from underrepresented groups; To provide adequate support so that students remain in the majors through graduation; and To educate students about career opportunities in computer science and mathematics in order to prepare them to enter the workforce.To achieve the first two objectives, eight scholarships of $3,125 are being offered annually to incoming, first-year students in mathematics or computer science and 10 scholarships of $2,000 are being offered annually to non-first-year students in the majors. The scholarships are being given to students with financial need who show promise in the disciplines. While students receiving the $3,125 scholarships maintain their funding through all four years at Xavier, as long as they stay in good academic standing as majors, recipients of the smaller scholarships must reapply every year. The third objective is being met by enhancing a STEM career exposure series, partially funded by the STEP grant. Each year, speakers from industry are invited to address gatherings of first-year majors and potential recruits from area high schools. CSEMS funding is being used to bring in a nationally known person from outside of Cincinnati as one of these speakers. The primary area of intellectual merit in these activities is the unique combination of the STEP and CSEMS grants into a well-integrated recruitment and retention plan. While the STEP program provides an infrastructure of support for mathematics and computer science majors, especially in the crucial first year, the CSEMS grant provides scholarships to help recruit and retain these students. Xavier is well suited to conduct this comprehensive program. With five major active NSF grants, Xavier has demonstrated its commitment to creating innovative curricula and promoting quality research by its faculty and students. Furthermore, Xavier's mathematics and computer science department provides personalized assistance and a supportive learning environment for all of its majors. The main area of broader impact in these activities is the focus on underrepresented groups in recruitment activities. This includes minorities in computer science and mathematics as well as women in computer science. In particular, high schools with large African American or female populations are being invited to the career exposure series and preference for scholarships are given to these students. A second area of broader impact is the funding of student travel to conferences. This encourages students to participate in research and to become involved in the professional societies in their respective fields. Finally, the speakers in the career exposure program are chosen to provide a variety of experiences from the workplace. In particular, Xavier invites speakers whose work in computer science and mathematics has brought about positive changes in society.