Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G Enriquez, Canada College; Wenshen Pong, San Francisco State University; Nilgun Melek Ozer, San Francisco State University; Hamid Mahmoodi, San Francisco State University; Hao Jiang, San Francisco State University; Cheng Chen, San Francisco State University; A. S. (Ed) Cheng, San Francisco State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics,” indicates that the United States needs to produceone million additional STEM professionals in the next decade in order to retain its historicalpreeminence in science and technology.9 The report proposes that addressing the retentionproblem in the first two years of college is the most promising and cost-effective strategy toaddress this need. Strategies that have been proven effective in increasing the retention andsuccess of minority students in science and engineering include introducing context inintroductory courses,10 capstone courses and projects,11 alternative instructional strategies,12 andsummer programs.13-19 Although proven to be a