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Conference Session
Retention
Collection
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Niranjan Hemant Desai, Purdue University Northwest; George Stefanek, Purdue University Northwest
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
. Additionally, it was found thatstudents did not want an easy course; they were aware of the challenges that lay ahead them asengineers. However, they did enjoy the excitement that the course added to their curriculum,while preparing them for their future career. The feedback reflected student’s interest in thecourse and reinforced the strong and positive elements of the course’s structure.Improving math skills, Providing community-based support system: Weatherton et al.30 tried toincrease retention by providing freshman students with academic support services in calculus andbasic mathematics. They studied the retention and performance of incoming freshmen that wereinvolved in one of four freshman interest groups (FIG), called FORCES (Focus on