Scholarships To Attract and Retain Students in Graduate Engineering and Computer Science Programs

奖学金吸引和留住研究生工程和计算机科学项目的学生

• 批准号: 1834157
• 负责人: Catherine Armwood-Gordon
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Tennessee State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-03-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1834157&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Scholarships; Attract; Retain; Students; Graduate

This five-year project will provide scholarships to support the success of thirty low-income, high-achieving STEM graduate students with demonstrated financial need. Helping these students earn advanced degrees will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians. The scholarships will support students who are pursuing master's degrees in computer science or engineering. In addition to providing financial support, the project will support the success of the Scholars through cohort building activities, graduate student support services, seminars, summer internships, and mentoring. Tennessee State University is an Historically Black College or University, with a high population of students from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. Thus, this project can contribute to broadening participation in STEM careers, a goal with national and regional importance.The major objective of this project is to increase the number of academically high-achieving, low-income students who obtain a master's degree in engineering or computer science at Tennessee State University. To accomplish this goal, the project will implement evidence-based activities that support recruitment and retention of graduate students pursuing master's degrees. These activities include: a seminar series and graduate student symposium that incorporate scholarly presentations, career planning, and professional development; a new engineering and computer science graduate student group to encourage social and intellectual connections among students; summer internships with industry partners; and a new engineering student orientation program to acclimate new graduate students to the University and facilitate connections among student cohorts. The effectiveness of these activities will be analyzed to identify affordances and barriers to recruitment, retention, and graduation with an advanced degree. This project may serve as a model for attracting and retaining students, including underrepresented minority students, in engineering and computer science graduate degree programs. As such, this project will investigate: (1) the extent to which participating in the project activities moderates the Scholar's experiences, well-being, and future career plans; (2) the extent to which being an underrepresented minority student, if applicable, impacts the Scholar's experiences, well-being, and future career plans; and (3) whether access to online, culturally responsive coaching about academic careers affects satisfaction in the master's program, interest in pursuing a Ph.D. in STEM, and/or interest in pursuing STEM faculty positions. Research findings will inform engineering and computer science broadening participation efforts by other researchers and stakeholders in STEM graduate education. This project is funded by NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income, academically high-achieving students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.

这个为期五年的项目将提供奖学金，以支持30名低收入，高成就的STEM研究生的成功，这表明经济需求。 帮助这些学生获得高级学位将有助于对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需求。 这些奖学金将支持正在攻读计算机科学或工程学硕士学位的学生。 除了提供财政支持外，该项目还将通过队列建设活动，研究生支持服务，研讨会，暑期实习和指导来支持学者的成功。 田纳西州立大学是一所历史悠久的黑人学院或大学，来自STEM领域中人数不足的团体的学生人数众多。 因此，该项目可以有助于扩大对STEM职业的参与，这是国家和区域重要性的目标。该项目的主要目的是增加田纳西州立大学获得工程学或计算机科学硕士学位的学术高分，低收入学生的数量。 为了实现这一目标，该项目将实施基于证据的活动，以支持攻读硕士学位的研究生的招聘和保留。 这些活动包括：研讨会系列和研究生研讨会，其中包含学术演讲，职业计划和专业发展；一个新的工程和计算机科学研究生小组，以鼓励学生之间的社会和知识联系；与行业合作伙伴的暑期实习；以及一项新的工程学生培训计划，以适应大学的新研究生，并促进学生队列之间的联系。将分析这些活动的有效性，以确定具有高级学位的招聘，保留和毕业的能力和障碍。 该项目可以作为吸引和留住学生（包括代表性不足的少数族裔学生）在工程和计算机科学研究生学位课程中的模型。因此，该项目将调查：（1）参与项目活动的程度调节学者的经验，福祉和未来的职业计划； （2）如果适用的（如果适用）代表人数不足的程度会影响学者的经历，福祉和未来的职业计划； （3）访问在线，文化响应迅速的学术职业教练是否会影响硕士课程的满意度，对攻读博士学位的兴趣。在STEM中，和/或对担任STEM教师职位的兴趣。 研究结果将为工程和计算机科学的拓宽参与工作提供信息。 该项目由NSF在科学，技术，工程和数学计划方面的奖学金提供资金，该计划旨在增加具有在STEM领域获得学位的经济需求的低收入，学术上高成就的学生的数量。它还旨在改善未来科学家，工程师和技术人员的教育，并为低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业以及学术/职业途径提供知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并认为通过使用该基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响来评估CRITERIA的评估。