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“改善本科生 STEM 教育：西班牙裔服务机构计划”的支持下，该轨道 1 项目旨在帮助本科生为软件行业的职业生涯做好准备。所有员工都在使用软件，对合格开发人员的需求不断增长。这为改善对软件职业感兴趣的西班牙裔学生和女性的招聘提供了重要机会，因为这些群体历来在计算机劳动力中代表性不足。此外，软件开发学生通常需要完成额外的在线培训才能就业，这对低收入学生、工作人员和其他人来说可能是一个挑战。佐治亚格温内特学院 (GGC) 的这个项目是一个开放式 HSI，将满足对更大规模、更多样化技术劳动力的需求，并通过高质量的指导、与非营利组织的长期合作以及付费项目提供严格的培训。基于实习。该项目的预期成果是： (a) 提高毕业前和毕业后的成功率，并提高低收入和代表性不足的学生在软件劳动力中的代表性； (b) 关于培训学生与真实客户进行实际软件项目的有效方法的新知识； (c) 提高为多元化社区服务的当地非营利组织的效率。该项目将探索实习计划的最佳实践，将社区非营利组织的专业培训、指导和实施结合起来。随着对准备充分的软件专业人员的需求不断增长，提供有吸引力的途径来扩大对软件职业的参与至关重要。作为一所为西班牙裔服务的机构，GGC 提供了一个理想的校园，帮助提高西班牙裔学生、低收入学生和其他人毕业后的成功。该项目旨在通过以下方式实现这一目标：(1) 为软件开发学生提供实习职位、培训和指导，让他们在为非营利组织参与真实、高影响力的项目时获得适销对路的技能； (2) 在 GGC 培育一个软件开发社区，其中包括校友和行业合作伙伴，并提供持续的专业发展； (3) 制定战略，招募、吸引和支持西班牙裔女性参与软件开发经验、课程和学位课程； (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) 通过门户、开放教育材料、会议演示和出版物在全国传播计划成果。该项目由 HSI 计划资助，旨在加强本科 STEM 教育，扩大 STEM 的参与，并建设 HSI 的能力。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的评估进行评估，认为值得支持。影响审查标准。