HSI Pilot Project: Improving Experiential Skills for a Diverse Software Engineering Workforce via Project-based Internships

HSI 试点项目：通过基于项目的实习提高多元化软件工程人员的经验技能

• 批准号: 2345141
• 负责人: Cengiz Gunay
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: Georgia Gwinnett College
• 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: 2024-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2345141&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: HSI; Pilot; Project; Improving; Experiential

With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, this Track 1 project aims to prepare undergraduate students for careers in the software industry. Software is utilized across the entirety of the workforce and the demand for qualified developers is constantly rising. This poses a significant opportunity to improve recruitment of Hispanic students and women with interests in software careers, as these groups have historically been underrepresented in the computing workforce. Further, software development students often need to complete additional online training to obtain employment, which can represent a challenge to low-income students, working individuals, and others. This project at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), an open-access HSI, will address the need for a larger and more diverse technical workforce and provide rigorous training through high-quality mentorship, long-term collaborations with nonprofit organizations, and paid project-based internships. The anticipated outcomes of this project are: (a) increased pre- and post-graduation success and improved representation of low-income and underrepresented students in the software workforce; (b) new knowledge about effective approaches for training students on real-world software projects with real clients; and (c) improved efficiency of local nonprofit organizations that serve diverse communities.The project will explore best practices for internship programs that combine specialized training, mentoring, and implementation at community nonprofits. Providing engaging pathways to broaden participation in software careers is critical as the need for well-prepared software professionals continues to grow. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution, GGC provides an ideal campus to help increase post-graduation success of Hispanic students, low-income students, and others. The project aims to achieve this by (1) offering internship positions, training, and mentoring to software development students, allowing them to gain marketable skills as they engage in authentic, high-impact projects for nonprofit organizations; (2) fostering a software development community at GGC that includes alumni and industry partners and provides ongoing professional development; (3) develop strategies to recruit, engage, and support Hispanic women in software development experiences, courses, and degree programs; (4) creating sustainable collaborations with nonprofit organizations in local Hispanic communities; and (5) disseminating program outcomes nationally through a web gateway, open educational materials, conference presentations, and publications. This project is funded by the HSI Program, which aims to enhance undergraduate STEM education, broaden participation in STEM, and build capacity at HSIs.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.

在不断改进的本科STEM教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划的支持下，该曲目1项目旨在为本科生准备软件行业的职业。软件在整个劳动力中都使用，对合格开发人员的需求不断上升。这为改善对软件职业有兴趣的西班牙裔学生和女性的招聘提供了一个重要的机会，因为这些群体在计算员工中的代表性不足。此外，软件开发学生通常需要完成其他在线培训才能获得就业，这可能代表了低收入学生，工作人员和其他人的挑战。该项目在开放式HSI的佐治亚州Gwinnett学院（GGC）将满足对更大，更多样化的技术劳动力的需求，并通过与非营利组织的高质量指导，长期合作进行严格的培训，并基于项目的实习。该项目的预期结果是：（a）毕业前和毕业后的成功，并改善了软件劳动力中低收入和代表性不足的学生的代表； （b）有关与真实客户一起在现实世界软件项目上培训学生的有效方法的新知识； （c）提高了为各种社区服务的当地非营利组织的效率。该项目将探索结合社区非营利组织专业培训，指导和实施的实习计划的最佳实践。为扩大软件职业的参与而提供引人入胜的途径至关重要，因为对精心准备的软件专业人员的需求不断增长。作为西班牙裔服务机构，GGC提供了一个理想的校园，以帮助增加西班牙裔学生，低收入学生和其他人的毕业后成功。该项目旨在通过（1）为软件开发学生提供实习职位，培训和指导，使他们能够在为非营利组织从事真实的高影响力项目时获得可销售的技能； （2）培养GG​​C的软件开发社区，其中包括校友和行业合作伙伴，并提供持续的专业发展； （3）制定招聘，参与和支持西班牙裔妇女在软件开发经验，课程和学位课程中的策略； （4）与当地西班牙裔社区的非营利组织建立可持续的合作； （5）通过网络网关，开放教育材料，会议演示和出版物在全国范围内传播计划成果。该项目由HSI计划提供资金，该计划旨在增强本科STEM教育，扩大参与STEM并在HSIS上建立能力。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的影响审查标准通过评估来获得支持的。