Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Abi Aghayere, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

graduate on time. This support indicates the university’s enthusiasm, a firmcommitment of service to our EET students, and an endorsement of the goals and objectives ofthe ET2 program.The paper describes how the ET2 program: (i) addresses a national concern by helping to expandand diversify the engineering/technology workforce of the future, (ii) will develop linkages andarticulations with 2-year schools and their S-STEM programs, (iii) identifies a clear potential toincrease the participation and graduation of female and minority students from engineering andtechnology degree programs, (iv) serves as a model for other selective universities to providetransfer students the access to the baccalaureate, (v) gives scholars hands-on experience in

Conference Session

Two-Year/Four-Year: From Articulation to Matriculation

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Two Year College Division

grant # 0324212 and then S-STEM grant # 0728695) for transfer studentswhich has resulted in a retention and graduation rate of over 90%.This paper will discuss an exploratory program sponsored by the National Science Foundation(grant # 0836050) taken on by Fulton to collaborate with three nonmetropolitan CCs which lie60-200 miles from ASU. At present very few students from these schools come to ASU forengineering. We will discuss the primary needs of such CCs as they attempt to build up their pre-engineering programs. Complete articulation agreements already exist with ASU for each CC inthe state of Arizona. This collaboration includes a visit each semester by an ASU team to eachCC. At least one of these events each year will also include high