Conference Session

Research on the First Year I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chirag Variawa, University of Toronto; Susan McCahan, University of Toronto

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

not reported to theinstitution. Generally, they claim that minority students may require additional support tofacilitate inclusivity, whether they are members of an over-represented or under-representedminority. This article exemplifies a message that is repeated in other sources: that while studentsfrom a particular background may face similar obstacles, we need to be careful not to stereotype,but instead to consider how diversity, both visible and invisible, can result in a disconnectbetween the learner and the learning environment. There are a variety of valuable recent articlesin this field for further reading that are directly applicability to first-year engineering. 23,24, 25In terms of creating a framework for addressing the needs of