Collaborative Research: Human-Centered Computing Scholars: Need-based, Extensive Support Through Degree Completion

发展多元化、具有全球竞争力的STEM劳动力仍然是国家的一项重要优先事项。 目前，这一需求在计算机/信息科学和工程领域尤为迫切。 研究表明，与其他STEM领域的学生相比，更多的计算/信息科学学生来自收入最低的25%的家庭。 这个为期五年的项目将解决高素质的计算机/信息专业人员的需求，支持30名高成就，低收入的学生，他们正在攻读计算机领域的博士学位。 通过提供长达五年的奖学金支持，以及指导和专业发展支持，该计划旨在克服博士课程中低社会经济地位学生面临的四个障碍：（1）经济问题;（2）负面心理影响;（3）学习不足;（4）不平等的社会化努力。 该项目预计毕业生将在毕业后12个月内进入工业，政府或学术界的STEM工作。因此，该项目将有助于发展多元化，高素质的计算劳动力。该项目建立在以前的NSF奖项和现有资源的学生招聘，社区建设和STEM劳动力发展。该项目包括较新的编程，其中学者将形成一个统一的队列作为其支持的骨干，辅以教师指导，相关的学术和专业发展研讨会，外部支持，人口统计学特定的支持交叉身份，并通过在线职业跟踪门户网站持续参与博士学位。教师发展活动也包括在内，以帮助改善气候为不同的学生和教师在计算机和信息科学与工程（CISE）部门。 该项目的目标是1）提高低收入学生在博士课程在CISE部门的保留和毕业率，2）装备学者获得干就业12个月内毕业，和3）改善文化和气候多样性和包容性的博士生在CISE部门。该项目将推进有关计算机科学身份和研究身份的知识，同时也解决了文献中关于研究生计算机科学身份测量的差距。该项目还将产生关于研究生的经济状况和大学校园气候如何与计算机科学和研究身份相关的新知识。这些信息可以帮助机构更好地了解这些关键因素和学生成绩之间的关联，以改善计算机/信息科学与工程的研究生教育。 该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。 它还旨在改善未来科学家、工程师和技术人员的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功、保留、转移、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Development of a diverse, globally competitive STEM workforce remains an important national priority. At present, this need is especially pressing in the areas of computer/ information science and engineering. Research has shown that, in comparison to students in other STEM fields, more computing/information science students are from families with incomes in the bottom 25% of the population. This five-year project will address the need for highly-qualified computer/information professionals by supporting thirty high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need who are pursuing doctorate degrees in computing fields. By providing up to five years of scholarship support, as well as mentoring and professional development support, the program aims to overcome four barriers faced by low-socioeconomic status students in PhD programs: (1) financial concerns; (2) negative psychological effects; (3) inadequate advisement; and (4) unequal socialization efforts. The project expects that the graduates will enter STEM jobs in industry, government, or academia within 12 months of graduation. Thus, this project will help to develop a diverse, highly-qualified computing workforce.The project builds upon previous NSF awards and existing resources for student recruitment, community building, and STEM workforce development. This project includes newer programming in which Scholars will form a unified cohort as the backbone of their support, supplemented by faculty mentoring, relevant academic and professional development workshops, external support, demographic-specific support for intersectional identities, and sustained engagement past the PhD through an online career tracking portal. Faculty development activities are also included to help improve the climate for diverse students and faculty within the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Department. The objectives of the project are to 1) improve the retention and graduation rates of low-income students in PhD programs in the CISE Department, 2) equip Scholars to obtain STEM employment within 12 months of graduation, and 3) improve the culture and climate for diversity and inclusion for PhD students within the CISE Department. The project will advance knowledge concerning computer science identity and research identity, while also addressing gaps in the literature regarding the measurement of computer science identity of graduate students. This project will also generate new knowledge concerning how graduate students' economic status and college campus climate relate to both computer science and research identities. This information can help institutions better understand associations between these critical factors and student outcomes to improve graduate education in computer/information science and engineering. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.