This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, will provide $225,684 in funding to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGA Research Foundation) to study community college transfer student pathways and success in computer science bachelor's degree programs. The mixed-methods study will rely on longitudinal data, including surveys, student records, and ethnographic interviews, to explore two key research questions: (1) What trajectories do community college transfer students follow in their computer science bachelor's degree pursuits? and (2) How do community college transfer students following varying degree trajectories describe and make meaning of their experiences? The findings are expected to provide a more robust knowledge base to support equity in computer science by understanding how community college transfer students exercise agency and achieve their educational and professional goals. No sub-awards are planned for this project.
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