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Engineering students benefit from an extra year of preparation in the "redshirt" model. In 2009, the need for an extra year of targeted support for these students inspired the creation of an engineering "redshirt" program at the University of Colorado Boulder. The name was derived from "redshirting" in college athletics, in which athletes who show great potential but are not yet ready to compete at the college level are given an additional year to prepare. The University of Washington and Washington State University adopted the Redshirt in Engineering model in 2013. The most robust Redshirt programs have been sustained by institutional resources, including budget allocations, support from fundraising personnel, and faculty time to write proposals to funding agencies. As such, the level of support required to implement a high-fidelity Redshirt in Engineering program with a full five-year curriculum requires institutional commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering and computer science.