Mentoring Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering (MUSE)

UCLA指导工程学（MUSE）项目解决了国家科学委员会对增加技术劳动力的工程和计算学位以及加强美国全球竞争力的迫切需求。该项目的设计来自积极学习社区的开创性研究及其对来自代表性不足群体的低收入工科学生的应用。该项目提供的资源，以招聘，留住，指导和毕业低收入代表性不足的新生，社区大学转学，并继续在工程和应用科学的亨利萨穆埃利学校的学生。对于每一年的补助金，MUSE奖学金颁发给5新生，5新的社区学院转学生，和10继续学生。主要项目目标是让MUSE学者在守门人课程中取得成功，并超过学校的整体保留率。为了实现这些成果，MUSE提供支持结构，以提高Scholar在看门人工程和计算课程中的持久性和表现。此外，该项目还提供密切监测的教师和行业指导计划，并为学者提供专业发展，以进入劳动力市场或进行高级学习。MUSE项目通过扩大参与和增加来自代表性不足群体的低收入工程专业学生的毕业率，增加了对工程专业保留的理解。

The UCLA Mentoring Underrepresented Scholars in Engineering (MUSE) project addresses a National Science Board critical need of increasing engineering and computing degrees for the technical workforce and strengthening America's global competiveness. The project design derives from seminal research in active learning communities and its application to low-income engineering students from underrepresented groups. The project provides the resources to recruit, retain, mentor and graduate low-income underrepresented freshmen, community college transfers, and continuing students in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. For each year of the grant, MUSE scholarships are awarded to 5 incoming freshmen, 5 new community college transfer students, and 10 continuing students. Key project objectives are for the MUSE Scholars to succeed in gatekeeper courses and to exceed the School's overall retention to graduation percentage. To achieve these outcomes, MUSE provides support structures to increase Scholar's persistence and performance in gatekeeper engineering and computing courses. Additionally, the project provides closely monitored faculty and industry mentoring programs and professional development for Scholars to enter the workforce or advanced study. The MUSE project is adding to the understanding of retention in engineering by both broadening the participation and increasing graduation percentage of-low income engineering students from underrepresented groups.