BPC-AE: An Extended CAHSI Alliance to Broaden Participation in Graduate Studies

得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校将领导和扩大西班牙裔服务机构计算联盟(CAHSI)的工作，扩大对计算联盟的参与。CAHSI在解决西班牙裔在计算领域代表性不足的问题以及培养未来拥有高级学位的拉美裔计算领导者方面发挥了关键作用。联盟的这一扩展旨在增加在计算机领域攻读和完成研究生学位的学生数量，特别是拉美裔和妇女。这一目标将通过向CAHSI网络增加9个卡内基分类的R1(非常高的研究活动)HIS来实现，将授予博士学位的CAHSI机构的数量增加到13个。具体地说，CAHSI BPC-AE项目的目标是推进一个以研究为基础的框架，以吸引、准备和支持来自代表性不足群体的女学生和其他人，特别是作为公民和永久居民的西班牙裔学生，在他们完成计算机领域研究生学位的轨道上。该项目的目标是：(1)通过接触研究作为职业道路，扩大学生在CAHSI参与院校的研究知识；(2)让高年级学生参与研究经验，为他们进行研究生水平的研究做准备；以及(3)通过采用和研究以证据为基础的、多机构的研究生支持结构，建立研究生课程基础设施，使拉美裔学生在研究生学习中取得成功。预期的结果是在HIS的组织背景下为西班牙裔提供研究生计算教育的服务模式，这些模式可转移和适应于所有投资于扩大计算参与的机构；针对研究生项目中西班牙裔学生的包容性CS模型的同行评议出版物；来自代表不足的群体的学生数量增加，特别是拉美裔美国公民和永久居民，他们进入并保留在计算机研究生学习中；与行业、国家研究实验室和为研究准备和研究提供财政支持的非营利组织的扩展合作伙伴关系。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of Texas, El Paso will lead and extend the work of the Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) Broadening Participation in Computing Alliance. CAHSI plays a pivotal role in addressing the underrepresentation of Hispanics in computing and developing future Hispanic leaders in computing with advanced degrees. This Alliance Extension aims to increase the number of students who pursue and complete graduate degrees in computing areas, in particular Hispanics and women. This goal will be realized by the addition of nine Carnegie-classified R1 (very high research activity) HSIs to the CAHSI network, increasing the number of doctoral-granting CAHSI institutions to 13.Specifically, the goal of the CAHSI BPC-AE project is to advance a research-based framework for attracting, preparing, and supporting female students and others from underrepresented groups, in particular Hispanic students who are citizens and permanent residents, in their trajectory toward completion of graduate degrees in computing areas. The objectives of the project are: (1) expand students’ research knowledge at participating CAHSI institutions through exposure to research as a career pathway; (2) involve upper division students in research experiences that prepare them for graduate-level research; and (3) build graduate program infrastructure through adoption and study of evidence-based, multi-institutional graduate support structures that lead to Hispanic students’ success in their graduate studies. The expected outcomes are a model of serving Hispanics in graduate computing education grounded in organizational contexts of HSIs that are transferable and adaptable to all institutions invested in broadening participation in computing; peer-reviewed publications on inclusive CS models for Hispanic students in graduate programs; an increase in the number of students from underrepresented groups, particularly Hispanic US citizens and permanent residents, who enter and are retained in computing graduate studies; extended partnerships with industry, national research labs, and non-profits that provide financial support for research preparation and studies.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.