BPC-LSA: Scaling and Adapting Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Initiatives

迈阿密戴德学院、加州州立大学圣马可分校和德克萨斯大学泛美分校提出了一个名为SACI的“西班牙裔服务机构扩展和适应计算联盟（CAHSI）倡议”的项目，该项目将与CAHSI合作，应用CAHSI最佳实践来促进西班牙裔和其他在计算领域代表性不足的群体的学生成功。CAHSI是一个由NSF资助的联盟，由七所大学组成，已经开发并展示了一系列举措的有效性。SACI合作伙伴将调整CAHSI的五项战略：（1）一个新的入门课程，旨在吸引学生，并准备他们在计算领域的专业，（2）同行领导的团队学习结构，为学生提供学术支持和动力，坚持计算学科，（3）亲和研究小组模式，通过早期的研究经验促进本科生的保留，并为学生在高年级和研究生学习中的成功做好准备，（4）教师和同伴指导，以提高学生的保留和成功，及（5）外展工作坊，以激发高中生及大学生对电脑工作的兴趣，并推广项目研究及评估结果。 SACI将加入CAHSI，显著扩大联盟及其影响，并利用联盟的教育和研究优势; SACI将参与CAHSI联盟范围内的评估。

Miami Dade College, California State University San Marco, and the University of Texas Pan-American propose a program-called SACI for "Scaling and Adapting Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Inititatives" which will join with CAHSI and apply CAHSI best practices to advance student success among Hispanics and other groups underrepresented in computing fields. CAHSI is an NSF-funded Alliance with seven universities that has developed and demonstrated the effectiveness of a series of initiatives. The SACI partners will adapt five CAHSI strategies: (1) a new introductory course designed to attract students and prepare them for majors in computing fields, (2) a peer-led team learning structure, to provide academic support and motivation for students to persist in computing disciplines, (3) an affinity research group model, to promote undergraduate retention through early research experiences and prepare students for success in upper-division and graduate studies, (4) faculty and peer mentoring, to improve student retention and success, and (5) outreach workshops, to stimulate interest in computing careers among high school and undergraduate students and to disseminate project research and evaluation findings. SACI will join CAHSI, significantly extending the Alliance and its impact, and leveraging the Alliance's educational and research strengths; SACI will participate in the CAHSI Alliance-wide evaluation.