Preparing Highly Qualified Students with Financial Need for Careers in Computing and Cyber-Security through Evidence-Based Educational Practices

通过循证教育实践，为有经济需要的高素质学生做好计算机和网络安全职业的准备

• 批准号: 1833630
• 负责人: Huiping Cao
• 金额: $ 396.94万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1833630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Highly; Qualified; Students; Financial

The NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program supports the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. This S-STEM project is a collaboration between New Mexico State University and New Mexico Tech, in collaboration with four two-year colleges: Dona Ana Community College, Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso, New Mexico State University Alamogordo, and New Mexico State University Grants. These institutions are Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and members of an existing backbone organization, the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions, which focuses on promoting recruitment, training, and career advancement of Hispanic students in computing. Over a five-year period, this S-STEM project will fund 66 scholarships, in three groups of 22 students who are pursuing Associate and Bachelor's degrees in computing-related disciplines. The project will apply practices that the investigators developed over two previous multi-year awards and that have been shown to support the development of students' technical and professional skills in computation. Implementing these practices will guide students along pathways from two-year programs to four-year degrees in computing, and to successful careers and/or graduate studies in computing. The students' professional and technical skills will be enhanced through a structured model that guides development of skills in computer science, research, team work, and communication. These skills will be refined through projects and activities in cybersecurity, a critical computing area with nationwide implications. The skills development activities, coupled with integrated mentoring initiatives, will contribute to the advancement and success of the scholars. The partnering institutions aim to prepare low-income, academically high-achieving students to enter the computing workforce or graduate computing degree programs. To this end, the project will provide the selected scholars with co-curricular activities, grounded in evidence-based pedagogical strategies, to strengthen technical and professional preparation. The strategies build on multi-level mentoring, team work, and active involvement in the scientific community, to build social capital among the scholars, and self-efficacy and confidence in computing. The project will also contribute to advancing the knowledge base about: (1) factors affecting the retention and success of students in computing at HSIs and (2) factors that facilitate the adoption and sustainability of evidence-based reforms that serve low income, highly qualified students in computing. The program will contribute to the training of talented students who can contribute to growing U.S. workforce needs in computing and cybersecurity. The focus on low-income students, and the predominantly Hispanic student population of the partnering institutions, will contribute to building a computing workforce with greater diversity of participants. The program will also contribute to reinforcing the pathways from two-year colleges to four-year academic programs across New Mexico, opening new opportunities for students, and advancing the economic development of the state.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.

NSF科学，技术，工程和数学（S-STEM）计划的奖学金支持具有经济需求的高分，低收入学生的保留和毕业。 这个S-STEM项目是新墨西哥州立大学与新墨西哥理工学院之间的合作，与四个两年的大学合作：多纳·安娜社区学院，新墨西哥州东部鲁伊多索，新墨西哥州立大学阿拉莫戈多和新墨西哥州立大学的赠款。 这些机构是西班牙裔服务机构（HSIS）和现有骨干组织的成员，即西班牙裔服务机构的计算联盟，该机构的重点是促进西班牙裔学生在计算机上的招聘，培训和职业发展。 在五年的时间里，这个S-STEM项目将资助66个奖学金，其中三组由22名学生攻读与计算相关学科的学士学位和学士学位。该项目将采用调查人员在前两个多年奖项中发展的实践，这些实践已被证明支持学生在计算方面的技术和专业技能的发展。实施这些实践将指导学生沿着从两年计划到计算的四年程度，以及计算领域的成功职业和/或研究生学习的途径。学生的专业和技术技能将通过结构化模型来提高，该模型指导计算机科学，研究，团队合作和沟通技巧的发展。这些技能将通过网络安全的项目和活动来完善，这是一个重要的计算领域，具有全国性的影响。技能开发活动，再加上综合指导计划，将有助于学者的进步和成功。合作机构旨在准备低收入，学术上的高成就学生进入计算员工或研究生计算学位课程。为此，该项目将为选定的学者提供基于循证教学策略的课程活动，以加强技术和专业的准备。这些策略以多层次指导，团队合作和积极参与科学界的参与为基础，以在学者之间建立社会资本，以及对计算的自我效能和信心。该项目还将有助于推进知识基础：（1）影响学生在HSIS计算机上的保留和成功的因素，以及（2）促进促进基于证据的改革的采用和可持续性的因素，这些改革服务于低收入，计算高度合格的学生。该计划将有助于培训才华横溢的学生，这些学生可以为不断增长的计算和网络安全方面的劳动力需求做出贡献。关注低收入学生以及合作机构的主要西班牙裔学生群体，将有助于建立一支具有更多参与者多样性的计算员工队伍。该计划还将有助于加强新墨西哥州的两年年级大学到四年学术课程的道路，为学生开辟新的机会，并促进国家的经济发展。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的审查标准来通过评估来获得支持的。

项目成果

Developing Meaningful Studies of Student Success with Equity in Mind: Considering Context (Experience Report)

考虑到背景（经验报告），对学生成功开展有意义的研究，同时牢记公平：

• DOI: 10.18260/1-2--34432
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference
• 作者: Hug, Sarah;Chi, Wendy
• 通讯作者: Chi, Wendy

Shifting Identity Trajectories within a Scholarship Program: Local Community Practices that Shape Computing Careers

在奖学金计划中改变身份轨迹：塑造计算机职业的当地社区实践

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Hug, Sarah

Building Computational Thinking in K12 Outreach to Serve Latinas: Impact of Moving Summer Programming Online

在 K12 外展中建立计算思维以服务拉丁裔：将夏季编程转移到网上的影响

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference
• 作者: Hug, Sarah;McKay, Mark
• 通讯作者: McKay, Mark

Students' Complex Perspectives on Diversity—A Mixed Methods Pilot Study

学生对多样性的复杂观点——混合方法试点研究

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
• 作者: Hug, Sarah;Chi, Wendy
• 通讯作者: Chi, Wendy