Preparing and Advancing Scholars in Mathematics and Computer Science

该项目旨在为该大学数学和计算机科学专业的学生提供奖学金以及学术支持服务和就业安置支持，这些学生既有学术天赋，又有经济上的困难。智力优势：该大学致力于提供与美国最负盛名的文理学院相媲美的高质量、负担得起的本科教育，目前授予该州最多的本科数学学位。该项目的总体目标是改善数学和计算机科学专业学生的招聘、留住和职业安置。这是通过学术支持服务和活动实现的，如个人辅导、嘉宾演讲、实地考察和讨论小组讨论，并通过利用与区域行业合作伙伴的紧密联系来提供职业介绍机会。六名教职员工正在协调和监督与该计划有关的所有活动。在每年的51个奖学金中，15个面向新生，22个面向高年级学生，其中14个作为激励奖学金提供给参加数学或计算机科学课程的潜在专业学生。重点是增加计算机科学和数学专业的女性人数，并提高第一代大学生的保留率。更广泛的影响：该项目通过招收更多的一年级学生，并鼓励其他学生将数学或计算机科学作为第一或第二专业来考虑，从而吸引了更多的学生学习数学和计算机科学。它让这些学生继续致力于这门学科，增加了获得数学或计算机科学学位的学生数量，并为这些学生过渡到研究生课程或行业提供了便利。特别是，计算机科学专业的女性和这两个学科的第一代大学生的毕业率都在提高。正在通过相关的会议报告和期刊文章来传播成果。

The project is designed to provide scholarships plus academic support services and career placement support to students in mathematics and computer science at the university who are both academically talented and financially needy. Intellectual Merit: The University is committed to offering a high-quality, affordable undergraduate education comparable to that of the most prestigious liberal arts colleges in the nation and currently awards the largest number of undergraduate mathematics degrees in the state. The overarching goal of this project is to improve the recruitment, retention, and career placement of mathematics and computer science students. This is being achieved through academic support services and activities such as personal tutoring, guest speakers, field trips, and discussion panels, and by utilizing strong ties with regional industry partners to provide career placement opportunities. Six faculty members are coordinating and overseeing all activities relating to the program. Of the 51 scholarships per year, 15 are targeted toward incoming freshmen and 22 toward upperclassmen with 14 available as incentive scholarships for potential majors taking mathematics or computer science courses. Emphasis is placed on increasing the number of women who major in computer science and mathematics and on improving retention for first-generation college students. Broader Impacts: This program is attracting more students to mathematics and computer science by recruiting more first-year students and by encouraging other students to consider mathematics or computer science as a first or second major. It is keeping these same students committed to the discipline, increasing the number of students who graduate with degrees in mathematics or computer science, and easing the transition of these students to graduate programs or to industry. In particular, graduation rates for women in computer science and first-generation college students in both disciplines are being improved. Results are being disseminated through relevant conference presentations and journal article submissions.