Creating a Path to Achieving Success and Sense of Belonging in Computer Science

创造一条在计算机科学领域取得成功和归属感的道路

• 批准号: 2322665
• 负责人: Rodica Neamtu
• 金额: $ 250万
• 依托单位: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2029-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2322665&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Creating; Path; Achieving; Success; Sense

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. Over its six-year duration, this project will award a total of 112 scholarships to 28 talented undergraduate students, with a demonstrated financial need, who are pursuing degrees in computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Massachusetts. The project will provide academic preparation for incoming students and create student-centered support for cohort academic experiences based on previous studies of the experiences of disadvantaged and marginalized students. This project will help to close the gap between Pell-eligible and non-Pell-eligible students in their retention and graduation rates in computer science, and prepare students for success in graduate school and ultimately their professional careers. The goals of this project include 1) closing the retention and graduation rate gap between the low-income (Pell) scholars and non-Pell computing students, and 2) providing interconnected support opportunities to enhance the academic performance and sense of belonging for students earning a B.S. degree in computer science. To meet these goals the project will study, develop, and implement an evidence-based network model where cohort peers connect, study together, and build their computer science identity throughout their college education. These activities will be evaluated based on the success, retention, and graduation of low-income students in computing. This project will advance our understanding of best practices and lessons that will assist other educators to improve STEM 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 talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields.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.

该项目将通过支持有经济需求的高成就、低收入学生的保留和毕业，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。该项目将在六年内实现。向正在马萨诸塞州伍斯特市伍斯特理工学院 (WPI) 攻读计算机科学学位的 28 名有经济需求的优秀本科生颁发总共 112 项奖学金。该项目将为即将入学的学生提供学术准备。该项目将有助于缩小符合佩尔资格和不符合佩尔资格的学生在保留率和毕业率方面的差距。该项目的目标包括 1) 缩小低收入（佩尔）学者和非佩尔计算机学生之间的保留率和毕业率差距，以及 2。 ) 提供相互关联的支持机会为了提高获得计算机科学学士学位的学生的学习成绩和归属感，为了实现这些目标，该项目将研究、开发和实施一个基于证据的网络模型，让同龄人相互联系、共同学习并构建他们的计算机。这些活动将根据低收入学生在计算机领域的成功、保留和毕业情况进行评估。该项目将增进我们对最佳实践和课程的理解，从而帮助其他教育工作者改善 STEM 教育。该项目由 NSF 科学奖学金资助，技术、工程和数学项目，旨在增加具有经济需求的低收入学术才华学生获得 STEM 领域学位的数量。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。