Collaborative Research: ECSEL Scholarship Program (Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineers as Leaders)

合作研究：ECSEL 奖学金计划（电气、计算机和软件工程师作为领导者）

• 批准号: 1564795
• 负责人: Edris Ebrahimzadeh
• 金额: $ 47.27万
• 依托单位: Des Moines Area Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1564795&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; ECSEL; Scholarship; Program

Recognizing that engineering and computer science are making concerted efforts to increase the diversity of students in their academic programs and in the workforce, this multi-institutional research team proposes a two-pronged approach: (1) To provide scholarships to a diverse population of low-income academically talented students with financial need; and (2) to adapt, implement, and test a student experience model designed to increase the success of students in those fields. The primary disciplinary foci are Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering (ECSE) with the inclusion of cyber-security at Iowa State University (ISU); Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and Kirkwood Community College (KCC). The project plans to award scholarships to 272 students (100 unique scholars at Iowa State University; 90 unique scholars at Des Moines Area Community College; and 82 unique scholars at Kirkwood Community College. The student experience model includes a set of well-established evidence-based practices that form an ecosystem of academic and co-curricular supports for students and is designed to foster retention, transfer, and graduation in STEM. The research team will conduct two research studies of this ecosystem of supports. The qualitative phenomenological study is designed to investigate and understand the development and maintenance of professional/career identity. The quantitative comparison study is designed to investigate the influence of individual motivation and the characteristics of the academic and social environments of ECSE on student success, retention, transfer, and degree attainment.

认识到工程学和计算机科学正在努力提高学生在学术课程中的多样性以及在劳动力中的多样性，因此这个多机构研究团队提出了一种两管齐下的方法：（1）为有经济需要的低收入学术才华横溢的学生提供奖学金； （2）适应，实施和测试旨在增加这些领域学生成功的学生体验模型。主要的纪律灶是电气，计算机和软件工程（ECSE），其中包括爱荷华州立大学（ISU）的网络安全；得梅因地区社区学院（DMACC）和柯克伍德社区学院（KCC）。 The project plans to award scholarships to 272 students (100 unique scholars at Iowa State University; 90 unique scholars at Des Moines Area Community College; and 82 unique scholars at Kirkwood Community College. The student experience model includes a set of well-established evidence-based practices that form an ecosystem of academic and co-curricular supports for students and is designed to foster retention, transfer, and graduation in STEM. The research team will conduct two research studies of this支持的生态系统旨在调查和了解专业/职业身份的发展和维护。