Odyssey II Scholarship Program

该项目的总体目标是实施旨在影响计算机科学和数学专业学生“日益外流”的留住和征聘战略。奥德赛II计划通过加强选择这些学科的学生的学术技能来改善计算机科学和数学课程的基础设施。 计划奖学金和服务正在帮助大学招募更多的学术天才学生，并为学生提供完成更严格的认证课程所需的技能。有助于方案成功的具体因素包括：（1）学生参与学习社区，（2）及早识别需要辅导服务的学生，（3）参加学生会议，包括研究报告，以及（4）通过大学的双招生计划，及早确定未来的数学和计算机科学专业。在农村密西西比三角洲的学生，包括那些因卡特里娜飓风而流离失所的学生，有更大的机会攻读大学学位，随后主修计算机科学和数学。该计划正在影响这一目标人群的保留毕业率。 该计划通过建立学习社区以及协助教师和学生之间形成更深层次的联盟，在MCIS专业之间建立更深层次的联系。

The overall goal of this project is the implementation of retention and recruitment strategies designed to affect the "growing exodus" of students from computer science and mathematics. The Odyssey II program is improving the infrastructure of the computer science and mathematics programs by strengthening the academic skills of students choosing to major in these disciplines. Program scholarships and services are assisting the University in recruiting more academically gifted students as well as equipping the students with skills necessary to complete the more rigorous accredited curricula. Specific elements which are contributing to the program's success include: (1) student participation in learning communities, (2) early identification of students in need of tutoring services, (3) student conference attendance including research presentations, and (4) early identification of future mathematics and computer science majors through the University's dual enrollment programThis project is providing an opportunity for underrepresented students in the rural Mississippi Delta, including those displaced by Katrina, a greater opportunity to pursue a college degree and subsequent major in computer science and mathematics. The program is impacting the retention to graduation rate for this target population. The program is creating a deeper bond between MCIS majors through the establishment of learning communities as well as assisting in the formation of deeper alliances between faculty and students.