Queensborough Technology Scholarship Program

该项目为攻读电子工程技术、激光与光纤工程技术专业副学士学位的学生提供奖学金。奖学金获得者将参加一个以同伴辅导为特色的“技术学院”，并安排课程以促进学者之间的学习社区的形成，并提供教师指导。专题研讨会和实地考察提供额外的学生支持。完成课程后，学生将获得职业安置并进入劳动力市场或转入四年制课程。评估奖学金对社区大学技术专业招生的影响的计划进一步加强了该项目的智力价值；并评估技术学院模式的价值，特别是在学生们作为一个群体一起完成整个项目的情况下。这个项目的更广泛的影响是通过增加劳动力中技术人员的数量来实现的。此外，由于学生是从种族和经济多样化地区的中学招收的，因此奖学金获得者代表了多样化的人口。最后，该项目为技术教育项目提供了一个模型，以提高入学率、学生保留率和绩效。

This project is providing scholarships for students seeking Associates degrees in Electronic Engineering Technology and Laser and Fiber Optics Engineering Technology. Scholarship recipients take part in a "technology academy" featuring peer tutoring, block course scheduling to promote formation of a learning community among the scholars, and faculty mentoring. Special topics seminars and field trips provide additional student support. Upon completion of the program students receive career placement and enter the workforce or transfer to a four-year program. The intellectual merit of this project is further strengthened by a plan to assess the impact of the scholarships on recruitment for community college technology programs; and to assess the value of the technology academy model, particularly in the case where students move together through their whole program as a cohort. The broader impacts of this project are felt through the goal of increasing the number of technicians in the workforce. In addition, since students are recruited from secondary schools within an ethnically and economically diverse locality, scholarship recipients represent a diverse population. Finally, the project offers a model for technology education programs to increase enrollments, student retention, and performance.