Collaborative Research: Academic Success and Professional Development (ASAP) Project-Based Engineering Excellence Transfer Academy Across Arizona

国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金(S-STEM)项目是亚利桑那州立大学、亚利桑那州中部学院、科奇斯学院、东亚利桑那州学院、埃斯特雷拉山社区学院、格伦代尔社区学院、梅萨社区学院、莫哈德社区学院、凤凰城学院和亚瓦派学院共同努力的项目。该计划将为有才华、低收入、有经济需求的学生提供奖学金，这些学生正在攻读工程或计算机科学学位。除了奖学金，该计划还将提供学术和其他支持，以增加这些在学业上有天赋的低收入学生的坚持不懈。项目设计包括学术成功和专业发展课程，以及基于项目的活动。教师和工业导师帮助学生预见工程和计算机科学领域的潜在职业机会和好处。十所合作学校中有九所被归类为拉美裔服务机构。为可能无法获得工程或计算机科学学位的低收入和有学术天赋的学生提供奖学金和支持，将有助于培养一支训练有素的劳动力，为国家的经济福祉做出贡献。该项目旨在通过提高亚利桑那州立大学学生(包括从社区大学转学的学生)的成功来解决扩大工程和计算机科学劳动力的需求。该计划将工程导师网络与成功的以学生为中心和导师驱动的学术成功和专业发展课程相结合，显著增加了考虑、选择、继续并毕业于工程或计算机科学理科学士学位的社区学院学生的数量。这项提议的核心是致力于让学生参与塑造职业生涯的项目，使他们能够发现、培养和充分发展自己的技术兴趣。在扎根理论和社会认知职业理论的指导下，该项目还将研究维持有效性的最核心因素，同时扩大成功的以学生为中心和导师密集的转学学生支持系统，以涵盖更大的合作机构群体。社区学院将在培养国家工程师方面发挥越来越重要的作用。这个全州范围的项目将成为全国四年制和两年制学校的合作模式。这项研究将提供有助于在亚利桑那州建立转学学生支持计划的知识，并将为美国其他地区的其他大学和社区学院网络提供参考。该项目的发现将广泛传播给工程学和计算机科学教育界。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project is a collaborative effort between Arizona State University, Central Arizona College, Cochise College, Eastern Arizona College, Estrella Mountain Community College, Glendale Community College, Mesa Community College, Mohave Community College, Phoenix College, and Yavapai College. The program will provide scholarships for talented, low-income students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing degrees in engineering or computer science. In addition to scholarships, the program will provide academic and other support to increase the persistence of these academically talented, low-income students. The project design includes an academic success and professional development course along with project-based activities. Faculty and industrial mentors help students to envision the potential career opportunities and benefits available in engineering and computer science. Nine of the ten collaborating schools are classified as Hispanic Serving Institutions. Scholarships and support for low-income and academically talented students, who may not otherwise be able to obtain engineering or computer science degrees will help to produce a well-trained workforce that will contribute to the economic well being of the nation.The project seeks to address the need to expand the engineering and computer science workforce by increasing the success of Arizona State University students including students that transfer from community colleges. The program combines a network of engineering mentors with a successful student-centered and mentor-driven academic success and professional development course to significantly increase the number of community college students that consider, choose, continue and graduate with a bachelor of science in engineering or computer science. At the center of the proposed initiative is a commitment to involving students in career-shaping projects that will permit them to discover, nurture, and fully develop their technical interests. Guided by grounded theory and social cognitive career theory, the project will also study the factors most central to maintaining effectiveness while scaling up a successful student-centered and mentor-intensive transfer student support system to encompass a larger group of collaborating institutions. Community colleges will play an increasingly important role in educating the nation's engineers. This statewide project will serve as a collaborative model for four-year and two-year schools across the nation. This research will provide knowledge helpful in establishing a transfer student support program in Arizona and will inform other university and community college networks in other parts of the United States. The findings from the program will be disseminated widely to the engineering and computer science education community.