CSEMS V at CAL

加州大学伯克利分校代表不足工程学生中心(CUES)的多元文化工程项目(MEP)负责管理CSEMS V at Cal项目。这项工作建立在以前和现在的CSEMS在加州是由环保部管理的奖项。Cal的CSEMS V在四年的时间里跟踪了一年级和二年级的学生，并向29名经济困难的学生颁发了每年3125美元的奖学金，特别强调来自工程和科学领域代表性不足群体的学生。Cal-CSEMS学者的招募针对三个群体：1)2004年秋季或2005年春季入学的新生，2)参加MEP 2004夏季工程预科项目的新生，3)在加州大学数学、科学和工程卓越与多样性联盟提供的CAL夏季迎新期间参加学术研讨会和数学分级测试的大一和大二学生。这一群体将包括伯克利工程学院的学生，化学学院的化学工程专业的学生，以及文学与科学学院的学生，他们正在完成课程，以攻读(A)文学与科学学院的计算机科学或数学专业，或(B)工程学院的专业。学生由一个由伯克利分校教职员工组成的委员会从联盟学术支持计划中挑选出来，该计划采用了一种综合的方法来评估每个学生的学业成绩和专业水平。智力优势：CAL-CSEMS学者参与各种与保留相关的活动，这些活动与CUES现有的学生支持基础设施、数学、科学和工程卓越与多样性联盟、EECS本科生事务中心和其他合作伙伴计划有关。这包括教员建议、学术卓越研讨会、辅导、指导、建议、行业或研究实习经验，以及研究生申请或就业安置方面的协助。CSEMS V at Cal项目的一个统一主题是通过帮助每个学生发展成为工程界和学术界的坚定成员来增加学生的保留率。像CSEMS学者提供的项目是消除中小企业领域的社会和文化障碍并加强向不同学生提供教育机会和公平的价值的实际方法。更广泛的影响：能够满足劳动力对计算机科学和工程专业人员需求的合格学生数量日益短缺。学生的经济问题越来越有可能中断和推迟他们的学位完成。目前，伯克利分校60%的学生表现出某种类型的经济需求，他们正在接受基于需求的资助，以便上大学。经济需求可能是及时完成工程学学位的一个更严重的障碍--技术课程负担往往与长时间的外部工作不相容。事实上，CSEMS V at Cal项目的奖学金支持也可能有助于学生通过与经济义务不一定相关的活动来丰富他们的教育经验，如本科生研究、辅导和教学。通过减少学生毕业后的贷款债务，这些奖学金还可能鼓励学生在进入技术劳动力大军之前攻读研究生学位。

The Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) of the University of California at Berkeley Center for Underrepresented Engineering Students (CUES) administers the CSEMS V at Cal program. This work builds on previous and current CSEMS at Cal awards being administered by MEP. CSEMS V at Cal follows a single cohort of freshman and sophomore students over a four-year period, and awards scholarships of $3125 per year to twenty-nine economically disadvantaged students, with a special emphasis on students from underrepresented groups in engineering and science. Recruitment of the Cal-CSEMS Scholars targets three groups: 1) freshmen admitted for Fall 2004 or Spring 2005, 2) freshmen participating in the MEP Summer 2004 Pre-Engineering Program, and 3) freshmen and sophomores participating in academic workshops and mathematics placement testing during Cal Summer Orientation (CalSO) offered by the Coalition for Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science and Engineering. This group will include students from majors in Berkeley's College of Engineering, chemical engineering majors in the College of Chemistry, and students in the College of Letters and Science who are completing coursework to pursue (a) the computer science or mathematics majors in the College of Letters and Science or (b) a major in the College of Engineering. Students are chosen by a committee of Berkeley faculty and staff from Coalition academic support programs, which employ a comprehensive approach in evaluating each student's academic merit and professionalism. Intellectual Merit: Cal-CSEMS scholars participate in a variety of retention-related activities tied to the existing student support infrastructure of CUES, the Coalition for Excellence and Diversity in Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, the EECS Center for Undergraduate Matters and other partner programs. This includes faculty advising, academic excellence workshops, tutoring, mentoring, advising, internships in industry or research experience, and assistance with graduate school applications or job placement. A unifying theme of the CSEMS V at Cal program is increasing student retention by helping each student develop into a committed member of the engineering and academic community. Programs such as those available to the CSEMS scholars are practical ways to remove social and cultural barriers in SME fields and reinforce the value of providing educational opportunity and equity to a diverse student pool. Broader Impacts: There is an increasing shortfall in the number of qualified students that will be able to fill the need for computer science and engineering professionals in the workforce. Students' financial troubles are increasingly likely to interrupt and delay their degree completion. Currently, 60% of Berkeley students demonstrate some type of financial need, and are receiving need-based support in order to attend college. Financial need is perhaps a more serious impediment to timely completion of engineering degrees--the technical course load is often not compatible with long hours of outside work. Indeed, the scholarship support from the CSEMS V at Cal program may also facilitate students' ability to enrich their educational experience with activities that are not necessarily tied to financial obligations, such as undergraduate research, tutoring, and teaching. By decreasing students' loan debt upon graduation, these scholarships may also encourage students to pursue graduate degrees before entering the technical workforce.