Conference Session

FPD X: Addressing Retention in the First Year

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andria Costello Staniec, Syracuse University; Helen M. Doerr, Syracuse University

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First-Year Programs

students not enrolled in any support. This will enable us to assess effectiveness of our re- designed mathematics support courses.References1. Gattis, C., Hill, B., & Lachowsky, A. (2007). A successful engineering peer mentoring program. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.2. Jones, S., Rusch, K., Waggenspack, W., Seals, R., & Henderson, V. (2010). S-STEM: Eng^2 scholars for success engineering engagement. In American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.3. Kukreti, A., Simonson, K., Johnson, K., & Evans, L. (2009). A NSF-supported S-STEM program for recruitment and retention of

Conference Session

First-year Programs Poster Session

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jess W. Everett, Rowan University; Patricia Dee Zobel, Rowan University

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First-Year Programs

StudentsIntroductionThe College of Engineering at Rowan University, a four-year, mid-sized, suburban, publicuniversity in the North East, is in the fourth year of a six year NSF S-STEM grant (Scholarshipsfor Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). In addition to providing two cohorts ofstudents with four year $3,000 dollar annual scholarships, students are provided targetedmentoring, participate in an Engineering Learning Community (ELC) in the first year, and areprovided with tutoring-on-demand for core engineering courses throughout the four-year degreeprogram.Only students with financial need were accepted into the S-STEM scholarship program and ELC.Students from under-represented groups in Engineering were aggressively recruited, i.e., women,African