Idaho Scholars in Engineering and Computer Science

该项目提高了博伊西州立大学STEM领域的留校率和毕业率。已经确定了六年毕业率为70%的目标。为了实现这一目标，该项目招募学术优秀和多样化的获奖者，建立队列，并每年向土木工程、计算机科学、电气工程、材料科学和机械工程本科生提供13-15个奖学金和其他学术规划。该项目提供至少两年的奖学金和支持，以及最多两年的较小规模过渡奖学金。在整个项目过程中对结果进行监测。资助和群体参与使获得奖学金的学生能够更快、更多地毕业。博伊西州立大学服务于美国西北部第三大大都市区，在支持劳动力和经济发展方面负有特殊责任。该项目有助于满足招生人数增加和区域经济发展带来的需求。该项目有助于增加高中毕业后继续接受教育并完成四年大学学位的学生数量。S-STEM项目提供了提高大学毕业率和增加州和地区STEM劳动力所需的关键组成部分。鉴于联邦和地区有义务增加STEM毕业生，推动成功留住STEM领域学生并使其毕业的教育和研究计划是有价值的。该项目提供详细的评估、招聘和保留数据，以帮助建立STEM保留的有效实践。这些数据尤其有助于洞察目前STEM学科中代表性不足的群体，包括西班牙裔、第一代大学生和非传统学生，他们往往必须在学习和实质性的家庭责任之间取得平衡。该项目利用经验丰富的多学科人员来帮助学生提供建议并执行项目计划。具体的专业领域包括学生选择、协调、评估和职业安置。此外，该项目有效做法的确定和传播为寻求提高STEM领域毕业率和留存率的其他机构提供了有用的信息。

This project improves retention and graduate rates in STEM fields at Boise State University. A goal of a six-year graduation rate of seventy percent has been established. To achieve this, the project recruits academically excellent and diverse recipients, establishes cohorts, and offers 13-15 scholarships and other academic programming annually to civil engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, materials science, and mechanical engineering undergraduates. The project provides scholarships and support for at least two years, and smaller transitional scholarships for up to two additional years. Outcomes are monitored throughout the course of the project. Funding and cohort participation enables students receiving scholarships both to graduate more quickly and in greater numbers. Boise State University serves the third-largest metropolitan area in the American Northwest and has a particular responsibility in supporting workforce and economic development. This project helps to meet demands created by both increasing enrollments as well as regional economic development. The project helps to increase the number of students that continue education after high school and complete four-year college degrees. This S-STEM project provides a critical component needed to improve college completion rates and increase the state and regional STEM workforce. Given Federal and regional imperatives to increase STEM graduates, there is merit in promoting educational and research programs that are successful in retaining and graduating students in STEM fields. This project offers detailed assessment, recruitment, and retention data to help establish effective practices in STEM retention. Such data are particularly beneficial in offering insight on serving groups currently underrepresented in STEM disciplines including Hispanics, first generation college students, and non-traditional students who often must balance studies with substantive family responsibilities. The project utilizes experienced, multidisciplinary personnel to help advise students and carryout the project plan. Particular areas of expertise include student selection, coordination, assessment and career placement. Furthermore, the identification and dissemination of the project's effective practices offers information useful to other institutions seeking to increase graduation rates and retention in STEM fields.