Download or read book Factors Contributing to Attrition and Retention of Minority Students in Engineering Degree Programs in the Pacific Northwest written by Henry Taylor Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Retention of Minority Students in Engineering written by National Research Council (U.S.). Retention Task Force and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1977 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Success Factors for Minorities in Engineering written by Jacqueline Fleming and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to isolate specific success factors for underrepresented minorities in undergraduate engineering programs. Based on a three-phase study spearheaded by the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the findings include evidence that hands-on exposure to problem-based courses, research, and especially internships are powerful catalysts for engineering success, and that both college adjustment and academic skills matter, in varying degrees, to minority success. By encompassing an unusually large number and range of programs, this research adds to the evidence base for the importance of hands-on exposure to the work of engineering.

Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Factors that Influence Under represented Minority Students in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Attending a Predominately White Institution written by Vemitra Mornit White and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The quality of STEM in higher education is widely recognized as an important issue. There is tremendous amount of concern around persistence, retention, and attrition for under-represented minority students (URMs) majoring in STEM disciplines. Retaining this population of students in the different STEM discipline is also a major concern for educators and policy makers in the United States. Student interest is there, however, problems arise when course work becomes challenging. As a result, students tend to lose confidence and change their majors. The purpose of this study was to discover factors that are related to persistence in STEM majors for a group of URMs who participated in a summer bridge program between 2008- 2014 at a Predominately White Institution of higher learning. In this study the researcher used archived data and quantitative research methods to identify different factors. Data analysis was conducted to answer the eight research questions that guided the study. To answer research question 1, descriptive statistics were used to analyze data that provided a comprehensive description of the students’ high school and college academic performance. One way ANOVAs were computed to analyze data for research questions 2-6, whereas Chi –Square Tests of Independence were used to analyze data for research questions 7 and 8. The researcher examined data for 232 URMs who participated in a summer bridge program during 2008-2014 academic years. The findings for research question 1 revealed that URMs represented in this study were college ready according to their average ACT scores and high school GPAs. An examination of two gatekeeper courses (Calculus and Chemistry) revealed that majority of the students passed with a letter grade of C or below. The findings for research questions 2-6 revealed statistically significant differences for URM students who persisted in STEM majors. They included ACT composite scores, ACT subscale scores all expect for reading, first semester GPA, first year GPA, sophomore year GPA, and number of credits earned through sophomore year. The findings for research questions 7 and 8 revealed that persistence was not influenced by gender or STEM major.

Download or read book Influences and Academic Interests of Freshman Minority Engineering Students at Michigan State University written by Gerald O'Dell Thompkins and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Retention of Minority Students in Higher Education written by Cindy R. Morris and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM written by Robert T. Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To maintain competitiveness in the global economy, United States policymakers and national leaders are increasing their attention to producing workers skilled in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Given the growing minority population in the country, it is critical that higher education policies, pedagogies, climates, and initiatives are effective in promoting racial and ethnic minority students’ educational attainment in STEM. Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) have shown efficacy in facilitating the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM and are collectively responsible for producing nearly one-third of the nation’s minority STEM graduates. In Fostering Success of Ethnic and Racial Minorities in STEM, well-known contributors share salient institutional characteristics, unique aspects of climate, pedagogy, and programmatic initiatives at MSIs that are instrumental in enhancing the success of racial and ethnic minority students in STEM education. This book provides recommendations on institutional practice, policy, and lessons that any institution can use on their campus to foster better retention and persistence among minority students. Higher Education leaders and administrators interested in encouraging achievement among racial and ethnic minority students in STEM education will find this book a welcomed and timely addition to the discourse on promoting minority student success.

Download or read book Conference Report on Minority Attrition and Retention in Higher Education written by George King and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Minorities in Engineering written by Planning Commission for Expanding Minority Opportunities in Engineering and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Surmounting the Barriers written by American Society for Engineering Education and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surmounting the Barriers: Ethnic Diversity in Engineering Education is the summary of a workshop held in September 2013 to take a fresh look at the impediments to greater diversification in engineering education. The workshop brought together educators in engineering from two- and four-year colleges and staff members from the three sponsoring organizations: the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Society for Engineering Education. While the goal of diversifying engineering education has long been recognized, studied, and subjected to attempted interventions, progress has been fitful and slow. This report discusses reasons why past recommendations to improve diversity had not been adopted in full or in part. Surmounting the Barriers identifies a series of key impediments, including a lack of incentives for faculty and institutions; inadequate or only short-term financial support; an unsupportive institutional and faculty culture and environment; a lack of institutional and constituent engagement; and inadequate assessments, metrics, and data tracking. The report also shares success stories about instances where barriers to diversity have been identified and surmounted, and the resources that could enable real solutions to implement steps toward progress.

Download or read book Minority Engineering Program Pipeline written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cleveland State University Minority Engineering Program Pipeline consist of programs which foster engineering career awareness, academic enrichment, and professional development for historically underrepresented minority studies. The programs involved are the Access to Careers in Engineering (ACE) Program for high school pre-engineering students: the LINK Program for undergraduate students pursuing degree which include engineering; and the PEP (Pre-calculus Enrichment Program) and EPIC (Enrichment Program in Calculus) mathematics programs for undergraduate academic enrichment. The pipeline is such that high school graduates from the ACE Program who enroll at Cleveland State University in pursuit of engineering degrees are admitted to the LINK Program for undergraduate level support. LINK Program students are among the minority participants who receive mathematics enrichment through the PEP and EPIC Programs for successful completion of their engineering required math courses. THese programs are interdependent and share the goal of preparing minority students for engineering careers by enabling them to achieve academically and obtain college degree and career related experience. Charity, Pamela C. and Klein, Paul B. and Wadhwa, Bhushan Glenn Research Center NASA/CR-1997-206420, NAS 1.26:206420 NAG3-1511...

Download or read book Improving Minority Retention in Higher Education written by Beatriz C. Clewell and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Retention of Minority Engineering Students written by Benson E. Penick and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Student Retention Toolkit written by National Society of Black Engineers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Unique Tool to Advance Diversity Outcomes in Engineering Education Expanding the nation''s engineering talent pool is critical to U.S. economic competitiveness, and diversity is vital to engineering innovation. But many U.S. institutions of higher education are struggling in these efforts. Only 35,421 of the 112,721 engineering bachelor''s degree recipients in this country in the 2015-16 academic year were African American/Black, Latino, Native American or female. And the percentage of those students among U.S. engineering graduates has been flat or declining for more than a decade. The NSBE Student Retention Toolkit published by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), was developed to address this problem by helping U.S. colleges and universities change the equation for engineering diversity within their institutions. The NSBE Student Retention Toolkit provides research-based strategy briefs, each nine pages or fewer, that present proven strategies for improving student retention and student success in engineering degree programs. The briefs include clear action steps for the readers as well as guidance in avoiding pitfalls. Each strategy is grounded in examples of campus programs that have raised success rates for underrepresented minorities, women and first-generation college-goers. The Student Retention Toolkit is part of NSBE''s broader effort to dramatically increase the number of underrepresented minority and women engineers in the U.S. over the next eight years, both separately and in collaboration with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) in the 50K Coalition. The NSBE Student Retention Toolkit Briefs Institution and Department Topics Campus Climate: How to measure and shape students'' perceptions of the college environment in general and engineering programs in particular Faculty Development: The critical role of active learning by faculty in improving student outcomes Institutional Leadership: Strategies to engage senior leaders of the college or university in supporting and promoting engineering diversity efforts Core Strategy Topics Early Alert Systems: Effective methods of reaching out to struggling students in time to turn around their performance Facilitated Study Groups: How to implement these periodic, collaborative learning sessions to improve students'' grades and self-confidence Living-Learning Communities: Bonding college students to the campus, their peers and their engineering programs in residential academic settings Scholar Cohort Programs: Setting up talented teams of students who pursue their engineering degrees and graduate together Summer Bridge Programs: Designing and implementing these gateway programs for incoming freshmen that are proven to increase their retention in engineering Concept Topics Identity: Moving underrepresented minority and women students beyond cultural, racial or gender differences from the majority to help them see themselves as engineers Self-Efficacy: How to improve students'' assessment of their capability in engineering "Diversity increases engineering innovation and engineering success. This publication is a unique resource for leaders who want to advance their educational institutions by acting on that knowledge."- NSBE 2016-18 National Chair Matthew C. Nelson The Goals: To increase the annual number of engineering bachelor''s degree recipients in the U.S. by 2025 NSBE: 10,000 African-American Graduates 50K Coalition: 50,000 African-American, Latino, Native American and Women Graduates NSBE''s Mission: To increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community