Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Catherine Mobley, Clemson University; Catherine E. Brawner, Research Triangle Educational Consultants; Joyce B. Main, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering); Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego; Michelle M. Camacho, University of San Diego

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

results from individuals’ own values, interests, and preferences for a particular 4career path as well as their pre-existing skills.26 Building occupational knowledge refers to thetangible facts that an individual may have about an occupational position. Such knowledgeresults from personal research, actual exposure to a career path, and training opportunities.Research shows that student veterans are most concerned about finding a job after graduationand thus want to major in fields that will assist this goal.27 Greater understanding of SVEs’career intentions and decisions could boost the graduation rate of student veterans, a trend thathas improved in recent years, according to the Million Records

Conference Session

Military and Veterans Constituent Committee Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert J. Rabb P.E., The Citadel; Kevin C Bower P.E., The Citadel; Robert J Barsanti Jr., The Citadel; Ronald W. Welch P.E., The Citadel

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

each semester. Figure 3 below demonstrates that regardlessof subject matter area students who attend five or more sessions show a significant improvementin grade point average (GPA) between midterm and final grades. Since session attendance hasshown an increase in GPA, some faculty members are now including bonus points for students toattend SI sessions as a means to motivate them to get extra assistance in a course.Beginning in the fall 2014 another resource was launched called “STEM Lab” to support coursesthat an SI leader was not assigned directly to cover. STEM Lab is run by senior level studentswho have demonstrated an ability to tutor students across multiple subject areas, and also possessa cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or higher