CAMP-YES (Career Advancement Mentoring Program for Young Entrepreneur and Scholars)

培养高素质的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)毕业生，为劳动力做好充分准备，是一项全国性的挑战。中佛罗里达大学(UCF)是美国第二大大学，主修STEM领域的学生超过11,000人，该校在之前成功的青年企业家和学者(YES)计划的基础上再接再厉。面向青年企业家和学者的扩展职业发展指导计划(CAMP-YES)包括各种研究生准备活动、包括大中型公司在内的各种实习机会，以及许多学术和创业学习机会，以帮助与加州大学伯克利分校企业家领导力中心(CEL)合作推出新的商业企业。洛克希德·马丁、迪士尼世界、西门子、杜克能源和其他公司发出的强有力的行业支持信，定义了一个雇主网络，这些雇主致力于为(CAMP-YES)计划提供导师或顾问委员会成员。Camp-YES创建了一条从S到STEM的直接管道，通过三条正式路径，即研究路径、实习路径和创业路径，通向劳动力或研究生院。增加了广泛的强化教育活动。通过一个项目提供这些机会和体验的好处是为学生创建一个一站式、凝聚力强、结构化的学习社区，让他们探索职业道路并发展自己的职业认同感。学生们在教师或行业专业导师的指导下，留在一条道路上或更换一条道路，探索自己的专业兴趣并获得现实世界的经验，以帮助做出关于职业或教育计划的明智决定。研究路径的学生参加研究生院的准备工作。实习和创业路径的学生可以参加任何他们感兴趣的活动。创业之路学生在Blackstone LaunchPad注册，这是一家创业咨询服务公司，得到了Blackstone基金会向UCF提供的140万美元赠款的支持。项目评价计划涉及形成性和总结性评估手段，以确保及时实现所有项目成果。采用混合方法从教育者和学习者的角度评估所提出的教育策略在实现期望的学习结果方面的有效性。评估坚持毕业努力和为过渡到劳动力或研究生院做准备的有效性。第五年的总结性计划评估将由外部评估员进行。CAMP-YES的一个教育研究部分将考察学生对自己如何看待自己成为该领域的专业人士的看法随着时间的推移而发生变化，以及他们如何感觉自己在该领域被接受为专业人士。

Preparing highly qualified Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates who are well prepared for the workforce is a national challenge. The University of Central Florida (UCF), the second largest university in the nation with more than 11,000 students majoring in STEM fields is building upon the prior, successful, Young Entrepreneur and Scholar (YES) program. The expanded Career Advancement Mentoring Program for Young Entrepreneurs and Scholars (CAMP-YES) includes various graduate school preparation activities, a wide variety of internship opportunities to include mid-and large-size companies, and a host of academic and entrepreneurial learning opportunities to help launch new business ventures in partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at UCF. Strong industry letters of support from Lockheed Martin, Disney World, Siemens, Duke Energy and others define a network of employers who are committed to providing mentors or advisory board members for the (CAMP-YES) program. CAMP-YES creates a direct S-STEM pipeline through three formal pathways, the Research Path,the Internship Path, and the Entrepreneurship Path, to either the workforce or graduate school. A wide array of enhanced educational activities is added. The advantage of offering these opportunities and experiences through one program is to create a one-stop, cohesive, structured learning community for students to explore career pathways and develop their professional identity. Students stay in a Path or switch Paths to explore their professional interests and gain real-world experience to help make informed decisions about their career or education plan with guidance from their faculty or industry professional mentors. Research Path students participate in the Graduate School Preparation Academy. Internship and Entrepreneurship Path students participate in any of the activities that interest them. Entrepreneurship Path students register with Blackstone Launchpad, an entrepreneurship advising service supported by a $1.4 million grant to UCF from the Blackstone Foundation. The project evaluation plan involves formative and summative assessment instruments to ensure that all project outcomes are met in a timely manner. A mixed method approach is used to assess the effectiveness of the proposed educational strategies in fulfilling the desired learning outcomes from both educators' and learners' perspectives. The effectiveness of persistence to graduation efforts and preparation for transition to the workforce or graduate school is evaluated. Summative program evaluation in year five will be conducted by external evaluators. An education research component of CAMP-YES will examine how students perceptions change over time in terms of how they see themselves as becoming a professional in the field, and how they feel they are accepted as a professional in the field.