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In September 2000, the National Science Foundation
awarded the Department of Computer Science, in conjunction with the
Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a five-year Computer and Information
Science and Engineering Minority Institutions Infrastructure (MI-I) grant,
entitled “Graduate Education for Minority Students in Computer Science and
Engineering: Extending the Pipeline”. This grant is focused on increasing the
number of Hispanic students who obtain graduate degrees in computer science and
engineering.
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This MI-I project addresses the following
issues:
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the relatively small number of scientific
leaders within the Hispanic community,
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the isolation of minority students in
non-minority community settings,
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the isolation of minority institutions,
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the small and “leaky” pipeline of students
from high school to graduate school.
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Project Goals:
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Fix the “leaky pipeline” of Hispanic
students through their undergraduate education towards graduate work;
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Build a community among majority Hispanic
schools so that students early in the pipeline have access to role
models;
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Build a strong graduate program so that
students can benefit from university and community support structures;
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Build communities of interest with
Texas and graduate partners to provide students later in the pipeline
with opportunities for engagement in excellent research.
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