Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2083 The University of Texas at Dallas (143971)
Principal Investigator: Walker,Amy Victoria
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 1,500,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 10/15/22 - 9/30/28
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Material Science Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: ECS
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Improving Transfer Academic, Career and Community Engagement for Student Success (IT ACCESS) in Engineering and Computer Science
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Natl Science Foundation
CFDA Link: NSF
47.076
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Education and Human Resources
Note:
IRB approved; The plan for knowledge generation includes an efficacy study and robust external evaluation designed to establish how IT ACCESS activities contribute to students’ success and sense of belonging, and the impacts of financial supports on outcomes related to enrollment yield, retention, hours worked, and graduation. 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 the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas). Over its six-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to thirty unique full-time students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in biomedical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and software engineering. Transfer students will receive up to three-year scholarships. The project aims are to increase student persistence in engineering and computer science by linking scholarships with supporting activities proven to be effective, including a new orientation program, mentoring, peer tutoring, professional development and career preparation, and participation in the Design and Engineering Experiences Projects (DEEP) program. In the DEEP program, students will complete team projects under the guidance of a faculty coach, thereby providing students with valuable teamwork, project management, and problem-solving skills. The project also supports co-curricular improvements aimed at improving professional skills and career preparation of engineering and computer science students. By strategically addressing barriers that impact high-achieving, low-income transfer students, this project has the potential to increase students access to engineering and computer science degrees and career success. Four specific goals guide this project. First is to increase one-year retention and four-year graduation rates of engineering and computer science transfer students. Second is to improve the sense of belonging and professional identity of these students. Third is to facilitate entrance of graduates into the STEM workforce or STEM graduate degree program after their bachelor's degree. Fourth, and finally is to create a multivariate predictive model to understand the impacts of financial aid on student outcomes.
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