Collection

2021 First-Year Engineering Experience

Authors

Lesley M Berhan, The University of Toledo; Bryan Thomas Bosch, The University of Toledo

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Diversity

transfer to a STEM major. While the NSF S-STEM grant specifically focuseson the impact of LIAT students, this population encompasses a fully representative population,one that we aim to carry over to the entire College of Engineering, something that has been anarea of concern and growth for STEM majors/colleges everywhere. Within the two cohorts,underrepresented minority students account for 38% of the total student population, the femalepopulation is 44% of total population, and roughly 38% of students in the program are identifiedas having high financial need through their Pell eligibility.The GEARSET program was designed as a defined pathway to Engineering for students who didnot fulfill the standard admissions criteria for the college of