An Approach for Recruitment, Persistence and Retention of CS/ITS Majors

RPR（计算机科学与信息技术与系统专业学生的招聘、坚持和保留方法）为13名在学术上有天赋但经济条件较差的计算机科学与信息技术与系统专业学生提供四年的全额奖学金。招聘计划侧重于对包括女性在内的不同学生群体具有广泛吸引力的课程特色。RPR的智力价值是建立在它的倡议的协调被发现是有效的招收和留住学生。该项目采用队列学习方法，包括新生第一年的普通体验，学生参加两个学期的主动学习CS序列，帮助学生坚持和保留的自我管理课程，以及离散数学课程。此外，学生有机会参与应用研究和实习，并与行业导师配对。项目评估侧重于招聘策略在吸引多样化学生群体方面的有效性，以及在帮助学生取得成绩、坚持和保留方面的核心项目特征。RPR更广泛的影响是促进CS/ITS领域的增长和多样性，并通过同行评审的出版物，如ACM计算机科学教育特别兴趣小组（SIGCSE）和大学计算机科学杂志，传播评估结果。

RPR (An Approach for Recruitment, Persistence, and Retention of CS/ITS Students) provides full four-year scholarships to a cohort of 13 academically-talented and financially-disadvantaged majors in Computer Science and Information Technology & Systems majors. Recruitment initiatives focus on program features that have broad appeal to a diverse population of students, including women. RPR's intellectual merit is grounded in its coordination of initiatives found to be effective in recruiting and retaining students. The program features a cohort approach to learning, including a common freshman year experience where students participate in a two-semester active learning CS sequence, a self-management course that aids in student persistence and retention, and a discrete mathematics course. In addition, students have opportunities to engage in applied research and internships and to be paired with industry mentors. Program evaluation focuses on the effectiveness of recruitment strategies in attracting a diverse cohort and on core program features in aiding student achievement, persistence and retention. The broader impact of RPR is to promote growth and diversity in the CS/ITS field and to disseminate evaluation findings through peer-reviewed publications such as the Proceedings of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and the Journal of Computer Sciences in Colleges.