Florida Information Technology Graduation Attainment Pathways

佛罗里达信息技术毕业途径

• 批准号: 2130290
• 负责人: Kenneth Christensen
• 金额: $ 142.18万
• 依托单位: University of South Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-15 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2130290&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Florida; Information; Technology; Graduation; Attainment

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Florida International University (FIU), University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of South Florida (USF). Over its 5-year duration, this project will provide scholarships to 150 students who are pursuing degrees in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, and Cybersecurity. Undergraduate students will receive up to two-years of scholarship support and graduate students will receive up to two-years of scholarship support. The project’s focus is on (1) creating a hybrid (physical-virtual) learning community that spans the three institutions, and (2) offering professional pathway experiences (research, internship, entrepreneurship) to each of its scholars, reflecting the scholar’s interest to pursue graduate studies, work for industry/government, or work for a small company/start own business, upon graduation. The project will inform efforts to increase persistence and graduation of low-income students in the computing fields, addressing a national priority, and offering professional pathway opportunities to each scholar that will provide them with comprehensive educational experiences that will help them to identify (or verify) the desired professional pathway that they can pursue upon graduation. The project has three research goals. First is to investigate the factors that impact low-income and underrepresented students’ perception of the value and cost of future pathways including graduate school. Second is to study the impact of the Flit-GAP hybrid learning community and planned programming on students’ belonging, persistence, and pathways. Third is to determine the enacted nature of the hybrid learning community for formative improvement and translating to other contexts. The knowledge generation component will involve three qualitative and quantitative components in parallel for a mixed methods convergent and holistic triangulation design, with primary and complementary methods to emphasize both generalizability and authenticity of context. First, a primarily qualitative interview study investigates Flit-GAP students' experiential learning experiences and perceptions of future pathways. Second, a primarily quantitative longitudinal cohort study investigates paired Flit-GAP and non-Flit-GAP students to look for significant differences in persistence, graduation, and future pathway perceptions. Third, a primarily ethnographic study observes the many planned interactions in the hybrid virtual/in-person cross institutional learning community and examines the nuanced context that supports the Flit-GAP outcomes.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.

该项目将通过支持佛罗里达州国际大学（FIU），中央佛罗里达大学（UCF）和南佛罗里达大学（USF）的高成就，低收入学生的保留和毕业，以支持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。在5年的持续时间内，该项目将为150名攻读计算机科学，信息技术，计算机工程和网络安全学位的学生提供奖学金。本科生最多将获得两年的奖学金支持，研究生将获得多达两年的奖学金支持。该项目的重点是（1）创建一个跨三个机构的混合（物理）学习社区，以及（2）为每个学者提供专业的途径经验（研究，实习，实习，企业家精神），反映了学校的兴趣，以购买小型公司/工业/政府工作或小型公司/开展业务的兴趣。该项目将为增加计算领域的低收入学生的持久性和毕业的努力提供努力，解决国家优先事项，并为每所学校提供专业途径机会，从而为他们提供全面的教育经验，以帮助他们确定（或验证）所需的专业途径，以便他们在毕业后可以追求。该项目有三个研究目标。首先是调查影响低收入和代表性不足的学生对包括研究生院在内的未来途径的价值和成本的看法。其次是研究Flit-Gap混合学习社区的影响，并计划编程对学生的归属，持久性和途径的影响。第三是确定混合学习社区的颁布性质，以改进并转化为其他环境。对于混合方法收敛和整体三角测量设计，知识生成组件将涉及三个定性和定量组件，并采用主要和互补的方法来强调上下文的普遍性和真实性。首先，一项主要定性访谈研究调查了Flit-Gap学生的专家学习经验和对未来途径的看法。其次，一项主要的定量纵向队列研究研究了配对的Flit-GAP和非平原差距学生，以寻找持久性，毕业和未来途径感知的显着差异。第三，一项主要的人种志研究观察了混合虚拟/面对面的跨机构学习社区中的许多计划互动，并研究了支持Flit-GAP成果的细微差别。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且我们是否通过使用该基金会的知识分子优点和广泛的影响来评估我们的支持诚实地认为我们是诚实的支持。

项目成果

Future Career Pathway Perceptions of Lower-Income Computing Students Through the Lens of Capital Exchange

通过资本交换的视角对低收入计算机专业学生未来职业道路的看法

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Computing Education Division
• 作者: Bond, B.;Kumar, N.;Secules, S.;Solis, T.
• 通讯作者: Solis, T.

Supporting and Understanding Undergraduates' Computing Pathways Through the Flit-GAP S-STEM Program

通过 Flit-GAP S-STEM 计划支持和理解本科生的计算途径

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: NSF Poster Session
• 作者: Secules, S.;Kumar, N.;Weiss, M.;Georgiopoulos, M.;Sullivan, J.;Kali, M.;Bond-Trittipo, M.
• 通讯作者: Bond-Trittipo, M.

Factors Affecting the Future Career Pathway Decisions of Lower-income Computing Students

影响低收入计算机专业学生未来职业道路决策的因素

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: Computing Education Division
• 作者: Kumar, N.;Bond, B.;Kali, M. B.;Secules, S.
• 通讯作者: Secules, S.

The Danger of a Single Story: A Critical and Holistic Account of Rachel’s Experience in Computing for Broadening Participation

单一故事的危险：对雷切尔在扩大参与的计算方面的经验进行批判性和全面的描述

• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference: Equity Culture and Social Justice in Education Division
• 作者: Kumar, N.;Secules, S.
• 通讯作者: Secules, S.