Manhattan College Engineering Scholarship Initiative (MCESI)

该曼哈顿学院工程奖学金计划将提供奖学金，共12个（两个队列中的每六个）学术资格和经济上有需要的学生追求认可的四年制本科学位课程在土木和机械工程。在全国范围内，有必要增加工程领域的学生人数，特别是妇女和少数民族学生的人数。 曼哈顿学院认识到这一需求，并致力于帮助多样化的工程劳动力，并为有经济需求的学生创造机会。 这些学生将从曼哈顿学院现有的暑期外展项目中挑选出来。 这些计划，有些持续运行了30多年，特别鼓励高中学生谁是女性和/或被认为是代表性不足的少数民族，其中大多数居住在低收入社区，并有资格获得财政援助。 选择过程将确保该计划将吸引合格的妇女和代表性不足的少数民族学生与文件的财政需求。学生将被选中，以满足学术资格标准和支持活动和方案将制定，以确保学生保留和成功。支持系统将包括筹备和年度讲习班、生活学习社区和导师（同行、专业和学术）。拟议的项目将与ACE（建筑，建筑和工程）导师计划互动，奖学金学生将有机会担任高中生的初级导师，同时他们自己也将获得行业领导者的专业指导。 可选的活动，如出国留学计划和本科研究，将丰富学生的大学经历，并激励他们考虑攻读研究生学位，除了在工程行业的职业生涯。 一个强有力的外部评估计划将调查个人的共同课程和课外活动对学生保留和每个学生的最终成功的影响，通过比较奖学金学生与可比的一般学生群体。 将列举每项活动的好处和挑战，并沿着列出每项活动所需的资源。 这部分研究的结果将有助于教育工作者和管理人员确定他们可以最有效地利用资源的活动。

The Manhattan College Engineering Scholarship Initiative will provide scholarships to a total of twelve (six in each of two cohorts) academically qualified and financially needy students to pursue accredited four-year undergraduate degree programs in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Nationwide, there is a need to increase the numbers of students in the field of engineering especially from women and minority groups. Manhattan College recognizes this need and is committed to helping diversify the engineering workforce and produce opportunities for students with financial needs. The students will be selected from existing summer outreach programs at Manhattan College. These programs, some running continuously for over 30 years, specifically encourage high school students who are either female and/or considered underrepresented minorities and most of whom reside in low-income neighborhoods and qualify for financial aid. The selection process will ensure that the program will attract qualified women and underrepresented minority students with documented financial needs.The students will be selected to meet academic eligibility criteria and support activities and programs will be instituted to ensure student retention and success. The support system will include preparatory and annual workshops, living-learning communities, and mentorship (peer, professional, and academic). The proposed project will interact with the ACE (Architecture, Construction, and Engineering) Mentorship Program, where the scholarship students will have the opportunity to serve as junior mentors to high school students, while they themselves concurrently receive professional mentorship from industry leaders. Optional activities, such as study-abroad program and undergraduate research, will enrich the students' college experience and inspire them to consider pursuing graduate degrees, in addition to careers in engineering industry. A strong external-evaluation program will inquire into the effects of individual co-curricular and extra-curricular activities on student retention and eventual success of each student, by comparing scholarship students with a comparable general student population. The benefits and challenges of each activity will be enumerated, along with resources required in each case. The results of this part of the study will help educators and administrators identify activities where they may utilize their resources most efficiently.