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UHCL NSF Scholar Program

UHCL NSF Scholar Program. Bun Yue Council of Professor Luncheon 11/8/2011. Introduction. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education: supply does not meet demand. UHCL received 3 consecutive STEM scholarship grants from National Science Foundation. PI: Bun Yue

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UHCL NSF Scholar Program

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  1. UHCL NSF Scholar Program Bun Yue Council of Professor Luncheon 11/8/2011

  2. Introduction • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education: supply does not meet demand. • UHCL received 3 consecutive STEM scholarship grants from National Science Foundation. • PI: Bun Yue • Co-PI: Sharon Hall

  3. Profile

  4. Grant #2 • Scholarship Requirements: • Majoring in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Computer Engineering, Information Technology and Mathematics • Financial need: FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). • Academically capable: GPA >= 3. • US Citizen or Permanent Resident

  5. Grant #2 Statistics • Amount per semester: • High: $5,000 • Low: $1,800 • Average: $4,059 • Gender: • Women: 23 (41.1%) • Men: 33 (58.9%):

  6. Grant #2 Statistics • Majors: • Computer Science (CS): 13 (23.2%) • Computer Information Systems (CIS): 13 (23.2%) • Computer Engineering (CENG): 5 (8.9%) • Mathematics (MATH): 24 (42.9%) • Information Technology: 1 (1.8%)

  7. Grant #2 Statistics • Ethnicity: • African American: 4 (7.1%) • Hispanic: 16 (28.6%) • Asian: 4 (7.1%) • Caucasian: 32 (57.1%)

  8. Grant #2 Statistics • Cumulative GPA in the last semester: • High: 3.98 • Low: 2.68 • Average: 3.52 • Median: 3.62

  9. 2010: 3 year graduation rate

  10. Graduation Rate • Five year graduation rate of STEM students by Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA based on 201,588 students on 326 colleges in 2004: • African American: 18% • Hispanic: 22% • Asian: 42% • Caucasian: 33%

  11. Program Features • Not just scholarship • Also activities to enhance success • Career Enhancing Activities • NSF Scholar Organization • Mentoring • Undergraduate research

  12. Sample Activities • Talks, mock interview, workshop from career and counseling. • Talks by professionals and researchers. • Field trip to JSC and companies • Communications workshops by Dr. Christine Paul • Motivational workshop

  13. Maintaining eligibility • GPA • Full time students at UHCL • Attendance of mentor meeting and certain number of activities.

  14. Undergraduate Research • 5 joint papers by three scholars with faculty

  15. Dissemination

  16. New grant starting 2011 • Many new initiatives.

  17. Scholarship incentives • Most scholarship awards are based on: • Financial need or • Academic output (e.g. GPA, SAT scores, etc.), • or both

  18. “Pay kids to learn” • Dr. Roland G. Fryer, Harvard’s Education: multi-millions experiment. • Time’s cover story 4/8/2010: Should Kids Be Bribed to Do Well in School? • Pay kids to learn. • Controversial!

  19. Some results • “In New York City, the $1.5 million paid to 8,320 kids for good test scores did not work.” • In Dallas, “paying second-graders to read books significantly boosted their reading-comprehension scores on standardized tests at the end of the year — and those kids seemed to continue to do better the next year, even after the rewards stopped.” ($2/book)

  20. Why? • Output based incentives • Do not directly reward effort. • Effort may not link to result, as • Output goals may seem unreachable to many • Input based incentives • Reward effort. • Effort can be linked to result. • Small incremental steps to improvement. .

  21. In scholarship? • A portion of scholarship tied to effort? • Not aware of anyone trying it in STEM scholarship. • Less controversial: we are ‘paying’ them anyway.

  22. Award Guideline • Output component: GPA, etc. • Class 1: $3,500 • Class 2: $3,000 • Class 3: $2,500 • Input based component: up to $500. • Participation in & organization of activities. • Undergraduate research

  23. Award Guideline • Research based component: • Presented at UHCL Student Conference for Research and Creative Arts: $200 ever after. (effort based) • Accepted for presentation in external conferences: $400 ever after. (mostly effort based) • Had a paper accepted for publications in refereed conferences or journals: $1,000 ever after.

  24. Research component • Emphasize activities promoting research. • More selective in picking faculty mentors. • Faculty incentives: the grant will support faculty travels to present joint papers with scholars.

  25. Industrial Mentor Luncheon • Goal: to expand the horizon and connection of the scholars to better prepare them for their future career. • Format: informal luncheon with industrial partners in a relaxed environment. • Two scheduled this semester: 11/4 & 11/18.

  26. Feedback • “Very good opportunity to meet leaders in Information technology and discover how they start their successful career.” • “Very informative in telling us what to do to impress owners of companies to have a chance to get hired.” • “It was very interesting, I like to learn new stuff and I also like to see how other people see the business world.”

  27. Industrial Speaker Series • Goal: Invite successful professionals in various areas to talk about their professions and provide advice for STEM students aspiring for a career in the field. • Collaboration with UHCL Alumni Association.

  28. Conclusions • We are experimenting... • Please help us publicize our program!

  29. Thank you & Questions December 2010, Galveston: I told you, effort, effort…

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