College of Lake County NSF Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology Scholars Program

湖县学院国家科学基金会学者计划每年向全日制工程转学、计算机科学和电气工程技术专业的学生颁发多达30个奖学金，这些学生必须既有学术潜力，又有经济需要。目前特别强调从这些学术领域代表性不足的群体中征聘，包括妇女、少数民族学生和残疾人。学者们被组织成小组，随后由个性化建议、结构化教程、指导和夏季指导等活动提供支持。莱克县学院（CLC） S-STEM学者计划为提高这些STEM学科中代表性不足的学生的招聘和保留率提供了一个模型。一旦完全建立和评估，本项目中使用的许多指导和学生支持策略就可以实施并继续下去，而机构的成本只是象征性的。像CLC这样的机构几乎占全国STEM本科生的一半，占高等教育中所有少数族裔的一半以上，该项目为STEM管道提供了广泛影响的机会。

The College of Lake County NSF Scholars Program is awarding up to 30 scholarships each year to full-time Engineering Transfer, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering Technology students who have demonstrated both academic potential and financial need. Special emphasis is being given to recruitment from underrepresented groups in these academic areas - including women, minority students, and the disabled. Scholars are being organized into cohorts, which are subsequently supported by activities such as individualized advisement, structured tutorials, mentoring, and a summer orientation.The College of Lake County (CLC) S-STEM scholar program provides a model for increasing the recruitment and retention rate of students underrepresented in these STEM disciplines. Once fully established and evaluated, many of the mentoring and student support strategies used in this project can be implemented and continued with nominal cost to an institution. With institutions like CLC accounting for almost half of the nation's STEM undergraduates and over half of all minorities in higher education, the project offers the opportunity for broad impact on the STEM pipeline.