Growing Opportunities in Technology and Engineering Careers

对于技术和工程职业机会不断增长(GO TEC)项目，该项目每年将向在印第安山社区学院(IHC)攻读技术和工程副学士学位的有学术天赋、经济困难的学生颁发至少10个奖学金。GO TEC将针对11个学术项目，包括农业/生物燃料工艺技术、生物加工实验室技术、电气和可再生能源技术、计算机软件开发和工程。在更广泛的影响方面，重要的目标包括将GO TEC参与者在目标项目中获得大专学位的比例提高到80%，将GO TEC参与者在获得大专学位后继续深造或就业的比例提高到90%。多样性目标将寻求将未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的入学率提高25%，将目标项目中的女性参与率提高20%。该项目的最终目标将是增加爱荷华州东南部农村地区获得大专学位并从事技术和工程职业的学生人数。除了奖学金之外，参与者还将获得全面的学术和个人支持。这些增加的支持结构包括通过一系列与STEM有关的课程和活动，为参与者提供教师指导和参与积极的学习社区。项目设计考虑了对成功的奖学金计划的研究，并利用了最佳做法，如为参与者建立一个积极的学习社区。主要项目活动包括：招募和挑选有经济需要的在学业上有前途的学生；将参与者与特定于项目的教师导师联系起来；通过参与者所需的一系列课程和活动为参与者提供学习和支持社区；以及确保参与者拥有在毕业后继续深造或进入相关领域工作所需的工具和资源。来自学院许多地区的项目团队包括教职员工，他们每个人都在确保项目成功方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。

For the Growing Opportunities in Technology and Engineering Careers (GO TEC) project, the project will award at least 10 scholarships annually to academically talented, financially needy students pursuing associate degrees in technology and engineering at Indian Hills Community College (IHCC). GO TEC will target eleven academic programs, including Agricultural/Biofuels Process Technology, Bioprocessing Laboratory Technology, Electrical and Renewable Energy Technology, Computer Software Development, and Engineering. In terms of broader impacts, important goals include increasing to 80% the proportion of GO TEC participants earning an associate's degree in one of the targeted programs, and increasing to 90% the proportion of GO TEC participants enrolling in further education or becoming employed after earning an associate's degree. Diversity goals will seek to increase underrepresented minority student enrollment by 25% and female participation in the targeted programs by 20%. The overarching outcome goal of the project will be to increase the number of students obtaining postsecondary degrees and pursuing careers in technology and engineering in rural southeast Iowa.In addition to the scholarship award, participants will receive comprehensive academic and personal support. These added support structures include faculty mentoring and participation in an active learning community through a series of STEM-related courses and activities for participants. The project design takes into account research on successful scholarship programs and utilizes best practices such as establishing an active learning community for participants. Primary project activities include: recruiting and selecting academically promising students with financial need; linking participants to program-specific faculty mentors; providing a community of learning and support for participants through a required series of courses and activities for participants; and ensuring participants have the tools and resources needed to further their education or enter the workforce in a related field after graduation. The project team from numerous areas of the College includes faculty and staff who each play an integral role in ensuring the success of the project.