Improving Degree Completion and Transfer Rates in Computer Science Through Direct Student Supports and Scholarships

通过直接的学生支持和奖学金提高计算机科学的学位完成率和转学率

• 批准号: 2130447
• 负责人: Kasey Nguyen
• 金额: $ 150万
• 依托单位: Riverside Community College District/Moreno Valley Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2130447&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Degree; Completion; Transfer; Rates

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 Moreno Valley Community College, a Hispanic Serving Institution. Through the creation of the Computer Science Scholars Program (CSSP), Moreno Valley Community College will support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at Moreno Valley College. Over its six-year duration, CSSP will provide scholarships to 60 low-income undergraduate students who are pursuing an associate degree or intend to transfer to a university to complete a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems. Students will receive up to three years of scholarship support. The project aims to increase student persistence in STEM fields by linking scholarships with effective support activities, including mentoring, undergraduate research experiences, internships, transfer and career preparation, and participation in discipline-specific workshops and activities. With the help of mentors, scholars will create education plans that outline their academic and career goals and the necessary steps toward achieving those goals. Because Moreno Valley College has a large population of low-income students and students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in computer science, this project has the potential to broaden participation of students in computer science and study the impact of faculty mentoring on this population.The overall goal of the project is to improve the degree completion rate for low-income, high-achieving undergraduates in STEM fields. There are five specific objectives: 1) increase scholars’ retention rates and persistence rates; 2) improve student success in advanced mathematics courses; 3) improve degree completion rates in STEM; 4) improve transfer rates to a baccalaureate program in STEM; and 5) increase the number of individuals entering the STEM workforce within 18 months of program completion. This program is the result of the significant achievement gaps in student enrollment and success in MVC’s Computer Science and Computer Information Systems programs. Presently, the program is not graduating or transferring the number of students necessary to meet workforce needs in this growing field. This project will investigate the effects of robust student support services and financial assistance on the success of Computer Science and Computer Information Systems students. The evaluation of CSSP will investigate the effectiveness of project activities through formative and summative measures. While the formative evaluation will focus on process and project fidelity, the summative evaluation will examine to what extent the project has positively impacted student success in Computer Science. Results of this project will be made available by the PI and Co-PI, who will disseminate project results on a local, regional, statewide, and national level by presenting project findings at meetings and conferences. 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 talented students with demonstrated financial need to earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, 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.

该项目将支持西班牙裔服务机构莫雷诺谷社区学院保留和毕业有经济需要的成绩优异、低收入的学生，从而满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。通过创建计算机科学学者计划 (CSSP)，莫雷诺谷社区学院将支持在莫雷诺谷学院表现出经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业。CSSP 将在六年的期限内。为 60 名正在攻读副学士学位或打算转学到大学完成计算机科学或计算机信息系统学士学位的低收入本科生提供奖学金，该项目旨在为学生提供长达三年的奖学金支持。通过将奖学金与有效的支持活动（包括指导、本科生研究经验、实习、转学和职业准备，以及参加特定学科的研讨会和活动）联系起来，提高学生在 STEM 领域的毅力。在导师的帮助下，学者们将制定教育计划：概述他们的学术和职业目标，并由于莫雷诺谷学院拥有大量低收入学生和来自历史上计算机科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生，因此该项目有潜力扩大学生对计算机科学的参与并研究计算机科学。该项目的总体目标是提高 STEM 领域低收入、成绩优异的本科生的学位完成率，具体目标有五个：1）提高学者的保留率和坚持率。 2）提高学生的成功率；高级数学课程；3) 提高 STEM 学位完成率；4) 提高 STEM 学士学位课程的转学率；以及 5) 增加课程完成后 18 个月内进入 STEM 劳动力队伍的人数。 MVC 计算机科学和计算机信息系统项目的学生入学率和成功率存在显着差距。目前，该项目尚未毕业或转学以满足这一不断增长的领域的劳动力需求所需的学生数量。学生CSSP 的评估将通过形成性和总结性措施来调查项目活动的有效性，而形成性评估将侧重于过程和项目保真度，而总结性评估将侧重于过程和项目的保真度。检查该项目在多大程度上对学生在计算机科学方面的成功产生了积极影响。该项目的结果将由 PI 和 Co-PI 提供，他们将通过介绍项目在地方、地区、联邦和国家层面传播项目结果。会议的调查结果和该项目由 NSF 的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金计划资助，旨在增加有经济需求的低收入学术天才学生获得 STEM 领域的学位。教育未来的 STEM 工作者，并产生反映低收入学生的学业成功、保留、转学、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，被认为值得支持优点以及更广泛的影响审查标准。