disparities, revealing that the global representation of female STEM students stands at amere 35%, plummeting to 28% for doctoral students [3]. In regions such as South Asia,Sub-Saharan Africa, and West Asia, one in five researchers in STEM are women [3].According to Werz, Schmitt, Borowski, Wilkesmann, & Isenhardt [4], relatively few womendecide to pursue STEM degrees in higher education, and even fewer enter the workforce inthese fields, of which a tiny fraction manage to attain that middle or higher management statuspositions. For example, in the Netherlands, approximately 24% of STEM graduates arewomen, of which 71% opt for a career outside STEM; as a result, only 13% of STEM workersare women – putting the Netherlands at the bottom of
, and they continued without specific length restrictions as long asstudents provided feedback on the questions. We analyzed the transcripts from the focus groupsusing an inductive approach to coding the data to uncover themes. Preliminary results suggest thatstudents discussed the following themes: educational outlooks, class applications, culturalinteraction and exchanges, cultural intelligence, career outlooks, skill development, and advice toother students. Our draft paper discusses preliminary results by comparing and contrasting the No-COIL, COIL, and COIL+ student responses.Keywords: Collaborative Online International Learning, COIL, Short-term study abroadprograms, Faculty led study abroad, Focus groups, Undergraduate engineering
, the study seeks to identify the factorscontributing to the gender imbalance and propose strategies to address the issue effectively.More specifically, the study addresses the following two research questions: 1. According to women faculty, what factors contribute to persistent gender disparity in engineering faculty in Ethiopian engineering colleges? 2. What strategies and interventions can be implemented to address the persistent gender disparity in engineering faculty and women's career advancement in engineering fields?This study's significance lies in informing Ethiopian policy and decision-makers within thehigher education systems. Highlighting the gender disparities among the engineering faculty atBule Hora University
abroad for other disciplines such as business, education, medicine, andsocial work [36], [37], [38], [39], [40].Multinational companies consider global competency skills important for engineers andemphasize the need for engineers to communicate cross-culturally [41]. While career-focusedexperiences abroad for engineers were mentioned by employers as being the most effective wayto nurture globally competent engineers [20], the gap in literature of internships abroad forengineering students is commensurate with the lack of programming in this area as most of theinternational programs at the university level remain academic in nature.Internship abroad programs offer a rich training ground for college students to gain valuableinternational and
acres about 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. In 2002, following approval by thestate Department of Education, the college became Robert Morris University. From a School ofAccountancy with 26 students, Robert Morris University has grown to an enrollment of over3,400 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Robert Morris University’s mission is tobe the gateway to engaged, productive, and successful careers and lives. True to its heritage ofprofessional education and applied instruction, Robert Morris University builds knowledge,skills, and citizenship and prepares students to lead with integrity and compassion in a diverseand rapidly changing world. Robert Morris University is a nationally ranked university thatcombines academic
more international students come to the U.S. for their education andemployment after graduation because they realize many benefits of American education, notablyhigher education. The benefits of studying in the U.S. for International Students include [2]: • Academic excellence • Diverse programs • Flexibility in choosing subjects • Best for research programs • Supporting environment for international students • Advancement in technology • Diverse cultures • Career opportunitiesTherefore, international students are motivated to come to the U.S. for their college studies,especially their graduate studies.Benefits for International StudentsIn addition to the benefits for international students, many students from India
States through a series of vignettes. Thevignettes were meant to capture the experiences during the several transitional points thatinternational women of color often go through, for example, their first experience of studying ata US institution, their entry in the United States, then completion of their degree, deciding to goin academia, industry or other career path, immigration challenges, etc. Those stories will workas a first stepping stone so that those women can be retained within the workforce and mentoredeffectively, and their well being are also taken care of.2. Guiding FrameworkTransnational Feminism [6] is used here to frame the global cultural contexts of internationalwomen’s experiences within the US-based engineering education
, Civil Engineering,Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Ethno-Botany. From 2009 until the onset ofthe covid-19 pandemic, a total of sixty-one US students participated in the Colombia basedprograms, with twenty in Cali at Uni Del Valle and forty-one in Cartagena at Uni Cartagena andUniversity of San Buenaventura Cartagena. The paper will cover the inception and developmentof both project sites, the different approaches to Global Engagement, the best practices,outcomes, program duplication, career outcomes of participants, and post covid-19 opportunities.Introduction - U.S. Students Studying AbroadThe integration of a Study Abroad/International Research internship at the undergraduate andgraduate level is increasingly being seen as a
through the continuingprofessional education of university teaching staff.In short, thinking about the way of teaching has been the product of research andexperiences that show the need to focus on training to scale up or improve student retentionpractices and inter-and transdisciplinary views of the specificity of a field in relation towhat surrounds it.We have varied antecedents in Latin America that show that in recent times, engineeringhas had little growth because these careers are perceived as very long and difficult, addingto the fact that the initial years have become more difficult for those who join these careers[21]. Therefore, thinking about teaching would give us the possibility of providing areflective look at the practice that
further refining existing processes and making recommendations as deemed necessaryPerry [7].The contribution of international students to U.S. colleges and universities encompasses valuableintellectual, cultural, and economic dimensions [8]. Many institutions boasting significantinternational student enrollments offer specialized support services aimed at facilitating socialintegration, academic progress, and linguistic proficiency, thereby enhancing retention rates andfostering student engagement [7][8]. Commonly provided support services include academicadvising, language instruction, career guidance, and mental health assistance. Research indicatesthat international students frequently encounter difficulties related to cultural adaptation
Qatar.Dr. Shane A. Brown P.E., Oregon State University Shane Brown is an associate professor and Associate School Head in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. His research interests include conceptual change and situated cognition. He received the NSF CAREER award in ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2024Personal Epistemology of Middle Eastern Graduate Students at Oregon State University: Beliefs about Source of KnowledgeIntroductionEducation is an essential aspect of a human's life to achieve better ways of living facilitated byfinancial stability, self-dependency, and social equality. However, standardizing education forevery individual is
finding himself, coming to terms with his engineering identity. So, I like to tell people that when I went to Germany, I had no idea what I wanted to do as an engineer. Going through my one year in Germany I walked out of there knowing exactly what I want to do. […] the biggest positive I got of going abroad was figuring out what I want to do as a career in my engineering field […]. It was the research what, like, sparked it. JD, originally reserved and not used to advocating for himself, then developed theconfidence to ask his internship supervisor whether he could work on a project related to hisnewly found area of interest: “At Siemens, I asked my boss, if it was possible for me to do somehardware tests
students and faculty members with the tools to promote effective and inclusive learning environments and mentorship practices. Homero aspires to change discourses around broadening participation in engineering and promoting action to change. Homero has been recognized as a Diggs Teaching Scholar, a Graduate Academy for Teaching Excellence Fellow, a Global Perspectives Fellow, a Diversity Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, and was inducted into the Bouchet Honor Society. Homero serves as the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Chair for the Commission on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CDEI), the Program Chair for the ASEE Faculty Development Division, and the Vice Chair
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opportunities through strategic partnerships withrelevant entities can indeed benefit other institutions and programs looking to organize similarstudy abroad experiences.• Industry leaders: Interactions with CEOs and executives from companies in Abu Dhabi, includingthe Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, provided invaluable insights into the challenges andopportunities within the UAE's engineering industry. This information serves as a foundation forpreparing students for successful engineering careers and developing courses and programstailored to meet the demands of employers in the UAE.The established collaborations and gained insights from these interactions will significantlyenhance the effectiveness of future iterations of the Global Engineering
Learning hasalso been shown to improve students’ confidence, school engagement, and mental health(Greenberg et al., 2017). Additionally, students tend to benefit long-term and are better preparedfor higher education, more successful in their careers, and more engaged citizens (Greenberg etal., 2017). Tumaini students appear to reap many of these benefits: they felt that they were a partof a supportive community and that they learned a lot about themselves such as how to controltheir emotions, how to be comfortable with themselves, and how to express themselves. Since itis very important that students fully complete their industrial attachments to maximize theirbenefits from the program, the fact that students possess these soft skills speaks