Paper ID #29368”It’s not about making money, but it kind of is about making money”: HowSocio-economic Status Influences Science and Engineering Identity forCommunity College Students in an S-STEM ProgramDr. Sarah Rodriguez Sarah Rodriguez, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Higher Education & Learning Technologies at Texas A&M University - Commerce. Dr. Rodriguez’s research addresses issues of equity, access, and reten- tion for Latina/o students in the higher education pipeline, with a focus on the intersections of gender and race/ethnicity for Latinas in STEM. She has experience coordinating large-scale
received his Ph.D., M.S.E.E., and B.E.E. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Ga. His memberships include ASEE and IEEE (Senior Member).Dr. Michael E. Kuhl, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE) Michael E. Kuhl, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology. He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering in 1997 from North Carolina State University. His research and teaching interests are in simulation, operations research, and decision anal- ysis with a wide range of application areas including autonomous material handling, healthcare systems, project management, cyber security, and supply chain systems.Prof. Maureen S. Valentine
Mission College S-STEM ATE* S-STEM HSI* Laredo College IUSE AISL HSI* ATE Miami Dade College S-STEM S-STEM* ATE* Palo Alto College IUSE S-STEM* ATE* West Hills CC S-STEM ATE* S-STEM S-STEM* Central Arizona 2 College ATE* HSI* LA Harbor College S-STEM Lee College IUSE HSI-F19 NMSU Grants ATE HSI* Phoenix College DRK12 HSI* HSI-F19 San Joaquin Delta S-STEM
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students’ motivational factors that led them to choose and continue topursue an engineering baccalaureate degree(s).This studied used Eccles's (1983) expectancy-value theory of motivation as the guidingtheoretical framework to show the relationship between competence and value beliefs as themotivated actions towards earning an engineering degree. It relates competence to, “Can I earnan engineering degree?” and task value beliefs to, “Do I want to earn an engineering degree?”Twenty students (12 first-year and 8 second-year low-income engineering transfer students) wereinterviewed about their experiences in engineering. Additionally, these twenty studentscompleted a survey collecting data on their demographics, recognition, social belongingness
effectivenessof the project in increasing the graduation rates in CS/CE of Hispanic and low-income students.We have also expanded the scope of the program to include the Electrical Engineering program.In accomplishing the project goals, the key components were designed to provide academic andmotivational support for student participants throughout their enrollment at the State Collegesand FAU.IMPLEMENTATION OF MAJOR PROJECT COMPONENTSIn this section, the status and progress related to each of the major project components arereported.a) Curricular refinement of gateway courses in mathematics and computer scienceDuring years 1 and 2, a team of gateway mathematics faculty from each State College incollaboration with faculty from the FAU ‘s Department of
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. Conclusions AM education is multidisciplinary and can be used in a myriad of ways regardless of thesubject being addressed. The participants were very eager to learn with and about AM. Puttinglearners in hands-on learning situations where they were able to use AM technology wasbeneficial to the participants understanding, and they all expressed enthusiasm to apply it to theirown specific content foci. Acknowledgement This project has been funded by NSF Award Number 1601587 entitled ‘AM-WATCH:Additive Manufacturing – Workforce Advancement Training Coalition and Hub’. References[1] Huang, S. H., Liu, P., Mokasdar, A., & Hou, L. (2013). Additive
students need and create a learning environment that is both academically rigorousand culturally balanced. Concrete examples showed how STEM faculty have used results oftheir student surveys and other practices to adapt their course(s) to be more culturally responsive,helping students feel welcome, respectful of each other's culture and backgrounds, engaged withSTEM, and prepared for the cultures they may encounter as they transition to the workforce.Thirty-eight post webinar survey responses (a 40% response rate) indicated that the webinarexceeded expectations (47.37%) or mostly met expectations (47.37%). Survey respondentsindicated that their confidence level to introduce culturally responsive instruction into theirclassroom/ institutions
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’ awareness of and preparation forcareers in instrumentation and manufacturing.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation's AdvancedTechnological Education Program under Grant #1801177. Any opinions, findings, andconclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do notnecessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.Rationale for ProjectThe United States workforce faces a shortage in skilled workers, especially in jobs requiringindustry relevant skills but not necessarily four-year degrees. According to a report by theNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 3.4 million skilled technical jobsare expected to be unfilled by 2022 [1]. Additional
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(eCURe) funded by the National Science Foundation Advanced TechnologicalEducation award number 1601813. M.H., E.B. and I.B. were supported by BUILD PODER,funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Healthunder the award number RL5GM118975. M.G. gratefully acknowledges the support receivedfrom the National Science Foundation through grant number CMMI-1538861 and United StatesFood and Drug Administration through grant U01FD005535.References[1] M. Estrada, M. Burnett, A.G. Campbell, P.B. Campbell, W.F. Denetclaw, C.G. Gutiérrez, S. Hurtado, G.H. John, J. Matsui, R. McGee: Improving underrepresented minority student persistence in STEM. CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol 3, pp 15, 2016.[2] E. E
includes a prediction of an even greater shortage: To grow our nation’s science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capacity and ensure that Americans nationwide can participate in a science and engineering (S& E) intensive economy, the United States must foster its Skilled Technical Workforce (STW) – individuals who use S & E skills in their jobs but do not have a bachelor’s degree. Rapid changes in the nature of work, education, technology, workforce demographics, and international competition have led to the National Science Board (NSB, Board) to conclude that our competiveness, security, and research enterprise require this critical, but often overlooked segment of our STEM-capable workforce. Adding to
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the Necessary Infrastructure: When RELLIS was announced in 2016 much of the campus infrastructure dated back to the 1940’s. This infrastructure was insufficient to support the envisioned campus and there were no buildings in which the classes could be offered. Blinn College District began construction of its first classroom and office building on RELLIS beginning in 2016. That building opened in fall 2018 and was the location of all classes offered through the Academic Alliance that academic year. A&M System began construction of its first building in spring 2018 (it opened in fall 2019) and its second building in fall 2019 (scheduled to open in January 2021). Lastly, construction of a three