A Scholarship Program to Enhance Education in Computer Science and Engineering Technology

该项目旨在为计算机科学和工程技术专业有经济需要的学术才华的学生提供奖学金。主要目标是提供支持和经验，使学生毕业后有资格进入研究生院或从事科学、技术、工程或数学（STEM）职业。为了实现这一目标，该项目正在招募20名学生，他们有资格获得全州范围内的、基于成绩的未来卓越立法激励（LIFE）奖学金，也有资格获得联邦佩尔助学金。该项目正在积极招募代表性不足的STEM学生，包括女性。除了奖学金支持，奖学金学生参加大学预科桥梁计划;学术咨询和指导计划;个人/团体辅导和学习课程;以及旨在提高实习和/或本科研究机会的活动。这些学者是从接受向上科学和数学项目的高中以及南卡罗来纳州其他农村学区招募的，那里有大量生活在贫困线以下的家庭。为期两周的密集预科衔接课程正在帮助学者为STEM研究的严格要求做好准备。学者们还在大学的职业中心注册，以便他们利用实习，职业发展和就业机会。教师担任学者的学术顾问和导师，并与荣誉学院协调学习课程，荣誉学院有一个由专业人士和学生运营的既定辅导计划。智力优势：该项目有助于研究使用奖学金招收学生进入STEM学科的有效性;他们在STEM中的保留和坚持;以及他们进入STEM劳动力或研究生院。学者们正在参加学术充实活动，因为他们加入了一个跨学科学习社区的发展在学院的其他奖学金获得者。该计划还为学者提供机会，让他们与教职员工一起参与有组织的研究项目。更广泛的影响：该计划正在增加少数民族学生的入学人数，包括女性学生，在计算机科学和工程技术领域。他们进入STEM管道有助于解决计算和工程专业人员的短缺问题，并扩大代表性不足的少数民族和妇女在STEM劳动力中的参与。学者和教职员工在招聘活动中与中学的老师和学生互动，这鼓励和激励更多的高中生学习STEM。

This project is designed to provide scholarships to academically talented students with financial need majoring in computer science and engineering technology. The primary goal is to offer support and experiences so that students are qualified upon graduation to enter graduate school or employment in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) profession. To accomplish this goal, the project is recruiting 20 students who are eligible for the state-wide, merit-based Legislative Incentive for Future Excellence (LIFE) Scholarship and who are also eligible for the Federal Pell Grant. The project is actively recruiting underrepresented STEM students, including women. In addition to scholarship support, the scholarship students are participating in pre-college bridge programs; academic advising and mentoring programs; individual/group tutoring and study sessions; and activities designed to enhance their opportunities for internships and/or undergraduate research. The scholars are being recruited from high schools served by Upward Bound Science and Math programs and from other rural South Carolina school districts where there are large concentrations of families living below the poverty line. A two-week intensive precollege bridge program is helping to prepare scholars for the rigors of STEM studies. Scholars are also registering with the Career Center at the university so that they make take advantage of internship, career development, and employment opportunities. Faculty members are serving as academic advisors and mentors to the scholars and coordinating study sessions with the Honors College, which has an established tutoring program operated by professionals and students. Intellectual Merit: The project is contributing to the body of research on the effectiveness of using scholarships to recruit students into STEM disciplines; their retention and persistence in STEM; and their entry into the STEM workforce or graduate school. Scholars are participating in academic enrichment activities as they join other scholarship recipients at the college in the development of an interdisciplinary learning community. The university is also offering opportunities for scholars to work with faculty and staff to participate in organized research projects.Broader Impacts: The program is increasing enrollments of minority students, including female students, in the fields of computer science and engineering technology. Their entry into the STEM pipeline is helping to meet the shortage of computing and engineering professionals as well as broaden the participation of underrepresented minorities and women in the STEM workforce. Scholars and faculty members are interacting with teachers and students in secondary schools during recruiting activities, which is encouraging and motivating more high school students to study STEM.