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

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）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、亚利桑那中央学院、科奇斯学院、东亚利桑那学院、埃斯特雷拉山社区学院、格伦代尔社区学院、梅萨社区学院、莫哈维社区学院、凤凰城学院和亚瓦派学院之间的合作项目。该项目将为有才华、有经济需要、攻读工程或计算机科学学位的低收入家庭学生提供奖学金。除了奖学金，该计划还将提供学术和其他支持，以增加这些有学术天赋的低收入学生的坚持。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。教师和行业导师帮助学生设想工程和计算机科学领域潜在的职业机会和利益。10所合作学校中有9所被列为西班牙裔服务机构。为那些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。该项目旨在通过增加亚利桑那州立大学学生（包括从社区学院转学的学生）的成功，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，以显着增加社区大学生考虑，选择，继续并毕业于工程或计算机科学学士学位的人数。该倡议的核心是承诺让学生参与职业塑造项目，使他们能够发现、培养和充分发展他们的技术兴趣。在扎根理论和社会认知职业理论的指导下，该项目还将研究保持有效性的最核心因素，同时扩大一个成功的以学生为中心、导师密集的转学生支持系统，以涵盖更大的合作机构。社区大学将在培养美国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信息。该计划的研究结果将广泛传播到工程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.