Path Ambassadors To High Success

大使走向成功之路

• 批准号: 1644198
• 负责人: Tracy Camp
• 金额: $ 64.96万
• 依托单位: Colorado School of Mines
• 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: 2016-12-15 至 2021-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644198&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Path; Ambassadors; Success

The Path Ambassadors To High Success (PATHS) project is designed to create new and compelling pathways for academically talented and financially needy students from partner high schools to study computer science at the Colorado School of Mines. The PATHS program will also strengthen current pathways for students to transition from local community colleges to the university. The project will develop and test a program that will result in an increased number of students in Colorado studying computer science, higher retention rate of these students, establishment of a strong/active community for students, broadened participation in computing of underrepresented groups, and development of a new flexible degree program that combines engineering and computer science. The new integrated computer science + engineering degree program is particularly well suited for meeting a national need to increase the technical workforce in computing. Evaluation of the program activities will provide new insights on best practices for attracting and retaining student scholars at small engineering universities. The project will also include a comparative evaluation, to compare students involved in the program with similar (but not participating) students. By leveraging an existing synergistic state program, the PATHS program expects to sustain the activities and outcomes after the grant period ends. The program will offer between 10 and 21 NSF-funded scholarships per year to PATHS Scholars and will build the infrastructure to recruit, retrain, and enable the scholarship students to succeed. Key program activities have been chosen based on the current literature of data-driven best practices for recruitment and retention of low-income students and for future career success of program participants. The project will (1) create a new pathway for students from partnering Colorado high schools to attend and succeed at the university; (2) strengthen an existing pathway for students from a local community college to transfer and succeed at the university; and (3) establish an on-campus support community (cohort) required for all students on PATHS scholarships with activities and best practices designed to maintain high retention rates for these students. To help students overcome known barriers to college access and success, the program will form cohorts that utilize an array of existing target resources at the university to engage the students in career services, outreach for program recruitment, and best practices for academic success. In recruiting efforts, the PATHS program will engage the PATHS Scholars as Ambassadors in outreach and recruitment (at their home institutions, if possible).

走向成功之路大使 (PATHS) 项目旨在为来自合作伙伴高中的学术才华和经济困难的学生创造新的、引人注目的途径，让他们能够在科罗拉多矿业学院学习计算机科学。 PATHS 计划还将加强当前学生从当地社区学院过渡到大学的途径。该项目将开发和测试一个计划，该计划将增加科罗拉多州学习计算机科学的学生数量，提高这些学生的保留率，为学生建立一个强大/活跃的社区，扩大代表性不足群体对计算的参与，并促进发展结合工程学和计算机科学的新的灵活学位课程。新的综合计算机科学+工程学位课程特别适合满足国家增加计算技术劳动力的需求。对项目活动的评估将为小型工程大学吸引和留住学生学者的最佳实践提供新的见解。该项目还将包括比较评估，将参与该计划的学生与类似（但未参与）的学生进行比较。通过利用现有的协同州计划，PATHS 计划预计在拨款期结束后维持活动和成果。该计划每年将向 PATHS 学者提供 10 至 21 个 NSF 资助的奖学金，并将建设基础设施来招募、再培训奖学金学生，并使他们能够取得成功。关键项目活动是根据当前数据驱动的最佳实践文献来选择的，这些最佳实践用于招募和保留低收入学生以及项目参与者未来的职业成功。该项目将 (1) 为科罗拉多州合作高中的学生创造一条进入大学并取得成功的新途径； (2) 加强当地社区学院学生转学并在大学取得成功的现有途径； (3) 建立所有获得 PATHS 奖学金的学生所需的校内支持社区（群体），并开展活动和最佳实践，旨在保持这些学生的高保留率。为了帮助学生克服进入大学并取得成功的已知障碍，该项目将组建群体，利用大学现有的一系列目标资源，让学生参与职业服务、项目招聘外展以及学术成功的最佳实践。在招聘工作中，PATHS 计划将让 PATHS 学者作为大使参与外展和招聘（如果可能，在其所在机构）。

项目成果

CS@Mines Successful S-STEM Scholarship Ecosystem for Low-Income and Underrepresented Students

CS@Mines 为低收入和代表性不足的学生提供成功的 S-STEM 奖学金生态系统

• DOI: 10.1145/3408877.3432524
• 发表时间: 2021-03-03
• 期刊: Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
• 作者: T. Camp;Christine Liebe;H. Thiry
• 通讯作者: H. Thiry