BPC-A: Computing Alliance for Hispanic-Serving Institutions

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)提议成立一个拉美裔服务机构联盟(HSI)，其中包括一些领先的拉美裔理工科毕业生：德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校、加州州立大学多明格斯山庄分校、佛罗里达国际大学、新墨西哥州立大学、德克萨斯A&A；M科珀斯克里斯蒂分校、休斯顿市中心大学、波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校和波多黎各里奥帕德拉斯大学。这些机构将创造一个统一的声音，并整合力量、资源和关切，致力于增加攻读计算机高级学位的拉美裔美国人的数量。该项目的目标是(1)增加进入计算机专业的学生数量，(2)支持计算机方面的西班牙裔教师的保留和提升，以及(3)在HSIS发展和维持具有竞争力的教育和研究项目。该联盟将实施各种干预措施，包括旨在吸引专业和支持准备不足的学生的课程、看门人课程的同行促进重新设计、本科生的专业发展和课堂内外的研究经验、培养研究生和教师队伍的研讨会、指导、在线资源的可用性以及加强教育和研究计划。因此，该联盟将在学术过程中的三个关键过渡阶段为学生提供支持：从高中到大学、从大学到研究生院、从研究生院到教授。这些实践将在学术合作伙伴和其他HSI之间共享和部署。

The University of Texas El Paso (UTEP) proposes an Alliance of Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) that includes some of the leading producers of Hispanic science and engineering graduates: UTEP, California State University Dominguez Hills, Florida International University, New Mexico State University, Texas A&M Corpus Christi, the University of Houston Downtown, the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, and the University of Puerto Rico Rio Padras. These institutions will create a unified voice and consolidate strengths, resources, and concerns in their commitment to increasing the number of Hispanics who pursue advanced degrees in computing. The project goals are (1) to increase the number of students who enter the professoriate in computing, (2) to support the retention and advancement of Hispanic faculty in computing, and (3) to develop and sustain competitive education and research programs at HSIs. The Alliance will implement a variety of interventions, including a course designed to attract majors and bolster under-prepared students, peer-facilitation redesign of gatekeeper courses, undergraduate professional development and research experiences inside and outside the classroom, workshops to develop cohorts of graduate students and faculty, mentoring, availability of online resources, and strengthening of education and research programs. The Alliance will thus support students at each of the three critical transitions in the academic pipeline: the transition from high school to college, from college to graduate school, and from graduate school to the professoriate. These practices will be shared and deployed across the academic partners and with other HSIs.