Graduate Bridge Program for Highly Achieving Engineering and Computer Science Students

德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）正在实施一个S-STEM项目，该项目建立了一个直接通往博士学位的桥梁。为优秀的本科工程和计算机科学学生。 该项目的目标是：（a）增加工程和计算机科学专业的高年级学生，特别是西班牙裔学生，鼓励他们在UTEP攻读博士学位;（B）提供咨询和指导机会，使S-STEM学者能够顺利过渡到博士学位。程序;（c）提供S-STEM学者的专业发展，这将有助于提供成功的博士生涯所需的工具;（d）系统地跟踪S-STEM学者在完成学位方面取得的进展。 为了解决项目目标和项目的目标，UTEP正在利用一个非常有经验的管理员，教师和专业人员团队，他们负责整合咨询，指导和专业发展，使学生和教师能够在明确的时间轴内为完成学位而努力获得富有成效的博士经验。该项目有可能在相对较短的时间内直接增加授予西班牙裔的高级学位数量，从而扩大当地STEM的参与。此外，这种指导模式是可复制的，并有可能在许多其他机构处理STEM学科研究生一级的招聘，保留和毕业问题的方式中产生更广泛的影响。

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is implementing an S-STEM project that builds a direct bridge to the Ph.D. for outstanding undergraduate engineering and computer science students. The objectives of the project are to (a) increase the number of senior engineering and computer science students, in particular those of Hispanic background, who are encouraged to pursue a doctoral degree at UTEP; (b) to provide advising and mentoring opportunities that will enable S-STEM scholars to transition smoothly into Ph.D. programs; (c) to offer a professional development of S-STEM scholars that will help provide the tools necessary for a successful doctoral career; and (d) to systematically track progress made by S-STEM scholars toward degree completion. To address the project goals and objectives of the project, UTEP is utilizing a very experienced team of administrators, faculty, and professional staff who are in charge of integrating advising, mentoring, and professional development in a way that allows students and faculty to work toward a productive doctoral experience within a well defined timeline for degree completion. The project has the potential for locally broadening STEM participation by directly increasing the number of advanced degrees awarded to Hispanics in a relatively short period of time. Furthermore, this mentoring model is replicable and has the potential for a broadening impact in the way many other institutions approach issues of recruiting, retention and graduation at the graduate level in STEM disciplines.