Engineering Scholars Program

加州理工大学波莫纳分校（CPP）的工程学者计划（ESP）的目标是支持学术上有才华，经济上有需要的学生，否则他们可能不得不离开本科工程课程一个学期或更长时间，以赚取学费。该奖项将增加谁成功地与工程学位毕业的学生人数。ESP专门支持低收入，第一代大学生和/或来自工程领域代表性不足的群体的学生。ESP每年将在工程学院确定20名有动力和合格的学生（5名大一新生，5名大三学生，5名大三学生和5名大四学生）。ESP将建立在各种已被证明是有效的在CPP的弱势和URM学生的招聘，保留和毕业的策略。计划活动包括：1）每月监测学生的进步; 2）通过小组学习，辅导服务，专业发展研讨会和联系适当的学生组织补充教学支持; 3）关于本科学术规划，职业生涯和研究生院规划的培训; 4）参与教师指导研究经验的机会; 5）通过经济援助和ESP奖学金的财政支持，以及申请其他实习，有偿研究和奖学金机会的援助。工程学者计划的主要目标有三个方面：1。增加经济困难、代表性不足的少数族裔（URM）和工程领域毕业的女学生数量; 2.通过嵌入在支持的凝聚力基础设施中的专业发展机会来提高参与者的教育成就;以及3.评估ESP活动的影响，使ESP工作人员，工程学院和CPP对准备进入工程劳动力或继续研究生学习的服务不足的少数民族学生的发展做出基于证据的决定。为了提供形成性和总结性评估，该项目将使用定性措施的混合物，包括调查和反思报告，以及定量措施，包括保留数据和比较记录。该项目还有一个由校友和工业附属机构组成的咨询委员会，他们将为项目的总体方向提供指导。

The goal of the Engineering Scholars Program (ESP) at Cal Poly Pomona (CPP) is to support academically talented, financially-needy students who might otherwise have to leave their undergraduate engineering program for a semester or more in order to earn tuition money. The award will increase the number of students who successfully graduate with degrees in Engineering. ESP specifically supports students who are low-income, first-generation college students and/or from underrepresented groups in Engineering. ESP will identify 20 motivated and eligible students annually in the College of Engineering (5 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 5 juniors, and 5 seniors). The ESP will build upon a variety of strategies that have been proven to be effective in the recruitment, retention, and graduation of disadvantaged and URM students at CPP. Program activities include 1) monthly monitoring of student progress; 2) supplemental instructional support via group study, tutorial services, professional development workshops, and linkage to appropriate student organizations; 3) advisement regarding undergraduate academic programming, career and graduate school planning; 4) opportunities to engage in faculty mentored research experiences; 5) financial support via financial aid and ESP scholarships, as well as assistance in applying to other internship, paid research, and scholarship opportunities. The principal goals of the Engineering Scholars Program are threefold: 1. To increase the number of financially disadvantaged, underrepresented minority (URM), and female students who graduate in the fields of Engineering; 2. To enhance participant educational achievements via professional development opportunities embedded in a cohesive infrastructure of support; and 3. Assess the impact of ESP activities to allow the ESP staff, College of Engineering, and CPP to make evidence-based decisions regarding the development of under-served minority students preparing to enter the engineering workforce or to continue on to graduate studies.To provide formative and summative evaluation, the project will use a mixture of qualitative measures, including surveys and reflective reports, as well as quantitative measures, including retention data and comparative transcripts. The project also has an advisory board of alumni and industrial affiliates who will provide guidance to the overall direction of the project.