Conference Session

Student Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pearl Elizabeth Ortega, Texas A&M University; Kristi J. Shryock, Texas A&M University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Student

workforce is needed to understand why these thingsare occurring and what pedagogies can be altered, added, removed, or enhanced to alter the rapiddecline of these underrepresented students in engineering.Studies show that extensive efforts have been made in the first year of engineering programsacross the nation to increase retention. However, these changes have not necessarily resulted inreducing the number of students who change majors or leave the university during their secondyear in engineering. The knowledge gaps regarding practices to create a more inclusiveenvironment for engineering students are still being studied in regard to shaping an engineeringidentity, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset, and implementing pedagogical approaches