Engineering Scholars Program: Increasing Access and Diversity (ESP Scholars)

该项目是一个工程奖学金计划(ESP学者)，旨在增加工程和工程技术领域的机会和多样性。它将为至少75名才华横溢、经济困难的学生提供奖学金，其中至少50%来自代表不足的群体(少数族裔和女性)。该项目将增加ESP学者的留存率，并通过改善学生学术和支持服务，加强ESP毕业生在STEM劳动力中的安置或参加四年制工程学位课程。该奖学金计划支持学生智力的发展。它结合了留住代表性不足学生的最佳做法，并为学生提供持续的机会，让他们在整个大学经历中建立队列，探索共同的学术和社会兴趣。该项目团队将研究专门用途英语学生和非专门用途英语学生之间的异同。该项目的更广泛影响将体现为来自代表性不足群体的学生人数增加，他们主修工程学科并获得副学士学位。学生将得到由不同的教职员工和行业代表组成的团队的支持。该项目还将证明，两年制和四年制大学之间更紧密的联系将有助于使工程师队伍多样化。

The project is an engineering scholarship program (ESP Scholars) to increase the access and diversity in the engineering and engineering technology fields. It will provide scholarships to at least 75 talented and financially needy students with at least 50% from underrepresented groups (minorities and women). The project will increase the retention of ESP Scholars and enhance placement of graduating ESP students in the STEM workforce or enrollment in a four-year engineering degree program by improving student academic and support services. The scholarship program supports the development of student intellectual capacity. It incorporates best practices for retention of underrepresented students and provides continuing opportunities for students to build a cohort and explore common academic and social interests throughout their college experience. The project team will study similarities and differences between ESP students and non-ESP students. The broader impact of the project will be demonstrated by an increase in the number of students from underrepresented groups who major in engineering disciplines and receive associate degrees. Students will be supported by a diverse team of faculty, staff and industry representatives. The project will also demonstrate that stronger connections between two and four-year colleges will help diversify the pool of engineers.