Conference Session

FPD 6: Course Content and Educational Strategies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lydia Prendergast, Rutgers, School of Engineering; Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University

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development of engineering community relate to the educational process.21 Others,such as race, gender, and interest in other fields depend on a particular student.22,23,24Engineering identity and self-efficacy are the factors that are influenced both by an individualstudent and the educational process.24,13 The first year curriculum is where many universitiesstart tackling all of these retention-related factors.4,25,26,27 Developing experiences in the first yearthat actively engage the student in learning, such as an integrated curriculum, updated teachingmethods, or a cornerstone course, can be used to counteract attrition by improving theeducational process and addressing issues related to student specific variables.28,29,30,31,32Educational

Conference Session

FPD 3: Retention

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claudia Elena Vergara, Michigan State University; Theodore Demetrius Caldwell M.Ed., Diversity Programs Office/College of Engineering/Michigan State University; Jon Sticklen, Michigan State University; Subashini Nagendran Sivakumar, Michigan State University; Kyle P. Foster, Michigan State University College of Engineering; Tonisha Brandy Lane, Michigan State University; Rickey Alfred Caldwell Jr.; Lisa R. Henry, Michigan State University

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their academic majors. This isparticularly important to increase retention among under represented minorities (URM) andensure diversity among the population of students.Figure 1: Retention data for all new freshmen that start their mathematics coursework with Math1825. Term/semester 12 retention rate for these students is under 10%. The decision to admit tothe engineering major is nominally made near Term 7.The COE at MSU has developed two programs that address impediments faced by students fromeconomically disadvantaged areas. Students from low socio-economic areas are recruited by theDiversity Programs Office (DPO) to take part in a summer bridge experience that includesacademic pre-classes and social network building. The capacity of the

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division Poster Session

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kerry Meyers, Youngstown State University

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transition from high school to University. Having been in charge of this program at the University of Notre Dame for 7 years and now at YSU has made her deeply famil- iar with the requirements for a thorough undergraduate curriculum that successfully transfers an in-depth understanding of the core principles of math, science and engineering to the incoming students through innovative coursework, mentoring and team work, and the value of hands-on teaching and one to one interaction of faculty and students. Page 24.704.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014