Computing Scholarship Program

计算机奖学金计划

• 批准号: 0422429
• 负责人: Robert Beck
• 金额: $ 39.96万
• 依托单位: Villanova University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-15 至 2009-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0422429&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computing; Scholarship; Program

This project establishes a four-year scholarship program at Villanova University that contributes to NSF's goals of increasing the number of college students pursuing CSEMS majors. Specifically, this project increases the number of students pursuing a computer science major, with special emphasis on recruiting and retaining underrepresented groups such as women and Hispanics. The program has the complementary goal of encouraging all groups of computer science graduates to consider careers at Pennsylvania and Philadelphia's wide selection of technology firms. This project integrates the significant academic and financial student support at Villanova that is available for juniors and seniors with NSF support and professional development seminars for freshmen and sophomores. This project's focus on the technical field of computer science will enhance Villanova's substantial commitment to recruiting female and Hispanic high school students for all majors. The project's intellectual merit lies in the integration of a new professional development seminar in the Department of Computing Sciences with the offering of eleven $3125 NSF-funded scholarships to first-year students each year of the program. In the initial year, eighteen additional scholarships will be offered to second and third year students. Both activities are designed to help students overcome academic or financial obstacles to remaining in and thriving in a computer science major. The broader impact of this project is founded in its outreach to underrepresented student populations and economic development in southeastern Pennsylvania. The project develops a culture that can attract, nurture and support underrepresented students. The project also has the broader impact of identifying and refining best practices in retaining students in CSEMS majors. The project shares these findings with other CSEMS departments at Villanova as well as disseminates these findings at national education conferences.

该项目在维拉诺瓦大学设立了一个为期四年的奖学金计划，有助于实现 NSF 增加攻读 CSEMS 专业的大学生数量的目标。具体来说，该项目增加了攻读计算机科学专业的学生数量，特别强调招募和留住女性和西班牙裔等代表性不足的群体。该计划的另一个目标是鼓励所有计算机科学毕业生群体考虑在宾夕法尼亚州和费城的众多技术公司中就业。该项目整合了维拉诺瓦大学为大三和大四学生提供的重要学术和财务学生支持以及国家科学基金会的支持以及针对大一和大二学生的专业发展研讨会。该项目对计算机科学技术领域的关注将增强维拉诺瓦大学对招收所有专业的女性和西班牙裔高中生的实质性承诺。该项目的智力优势在于将计算科学系新的专业发展研讨会与该项目每年向一年级学生提供 11 份 3125 美元的 NSF 资助奖学金相结合。第一年，将向二年级和三年级学生提供十八项额外奖学金。这两项活动都旨在帮助学生克服学术或经济障碍，以继续留在计算机科学专业并取得进步。该项目的更广泛影响在于其对宾夕法尼亚州东南部代表性不足的学生群体和经济发展的影响。该项目营造了一种能够吸引、培养和支持代表性不足的学生的文化。该项目还具有更广泛的影响，即确定和完善留住 CSEMS 专业学生的最佳实践。该项目与维拉诺瓦的其他 CSEMS 部门分享这些发现，并在全国教育会议上传播这些发现。