Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jorge Alvarado, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

process. Figure 1 shows how the recruiting process wasrecently coordinated between a leading minority institution and Texas A&M Universityin 2005. The recruiting of an undergraduate student interested in undergraduate researchactivities was coordinated at the lowest level: faculty-to-faculty. This provided a uniqueopportunity to select a research topic of interest for both faculty members and the studentwell in advance.As part of the coordination process, the faculty member at the leading minority institutionagreed to let potential applicants know about the USRG program and discussed possibleresearch topics before the students applied. From that point on, it was the soleresponsibility of the applicant to apply, Figure 1, and to specify a

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jennifer Turns, University of Washington; Angela Linse, Temple University; Tammy VanDeGrift, University of Portland; Matt Eliot, University of Washington; Jana Jones, Microsoft Corp.; Steve Lappenbusch, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

diversity statement exercise is only one ofthe topics explored by program participants in the eight-week program. Two research questionsabout the diversity statement exercise guided the analyses and results reported here: 1) does thediversity statement exercise show promise as a means of enabling participants to engage withdiversity issues in engineering education?, and 2) how prepared are engineering graduatestudents to grapple with issues of diversity and teaching? The remainder of this paper is organized into background, methods, results, discussion andconclusion sections. We provide background information about diversity in engineeringeducation. Next, we provide a brief overview of our work including descriptions of the portfolioprogram and the

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andre Butler, Mercer University; Priscilla Hicks, Mercer University

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Minorities in Engineering

11.1156.2success in this area that exceeds the national averages by roughly 50% for both African-Americans and women.If attracting qualified students to engineering disciplines is the first step, then retainingthem is clearly the second. Retention symbolizes student progress toward graduation andmay be defined in several ways5-6. At MUSE, 64% of minority freshmen are retained totheir sophomore year and just over 50% are retained to their junior year. The respectivepercentages for women are 64% and 57%. These values are slightly higher than nationalaverages.The final component of success as it relates to the matriculation of minorities and womenin engineering is graduation. There are at least two ways to examine graduation data: (1)on a basis that focuses

Conference Session

Retention Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Phyllis Tedford, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; John Fernandez, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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Minorities in Engineering

coming years.1, 2, 3, 4 As can be seen in figure 1, all thirteen of the 2004 2014 Projected 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Network systems and data

Conference Session

Outreach and Recruitment

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Marsha Lee, Texas A&M University; Jan Rinehart, Texas A&M University; Scott Starks, University of Texas-El Paso; Karen Villatoro, Texas A&M University

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Minorities in Engineering

Engineering conference targeted 9th-12th grade high schoolstudents and secondary math and science teachers. The conference had the following goals:Goal 1: Develop an additional layer of experience and knowledge of engineering to continue the interest of high school students who have participated in engineering awareness programs. This will be was accomplished by inviting the Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS), NASA SHARP, and the El Paso PREP program participants.Goal 2: Develop experience and knowledge of careers in engineering among low-income students, ethnic minority students, and/or girls-especially through hands-on activities. This was accomplished by promoting the conference through the 25 Texas GEAR

Conference Session

Research in Minority Issues

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David Gonzalez-Barreto, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; Antonio Gonzalez-Quevedo, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez

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Minorities in Engineering

the four faculties: Engineering, Arts and Sciences (divided into sciencedepartments and humanities departments. Our main interest was the engineeringcandidates. Of all the applicants to engineering (as their first, second or third choice)35.8% were admitted and registered, 58.7% were not admitted, and 5.5% were admittedbut declined registration at our engineering programs. This information is portrayed inFigure 1 showing that in general terms around 4 of 10 applicants is admitted and registersin our engineering programs.In a previous study performed by the authors, a profile of the entering engineering classesof the College of Engineering of UPRM during the period of 1990-2003 was developed.The profile included variables such as: gender

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

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2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eric Asa, North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

science and engineering doctoral degrees. The dominance of malesin engineering doctoral programs is apparent from Figure 1. A disproportionately large numberof doctoral degrees have been awarded to males. In 1994, about 6 males received a doctoraldegree for every doctoral degree received by a female. Today the proportion is still a high 4:1 infavor of males. Even though there are efforts to close the gap and more females are earningdoctoral degrees in engineering than before, the academic gap is extremely wide. Variousreasons have been given for this gap, including gender differences. However these reasons alonecan not account for such differences. One of the factors that has come to light is the attitude ofpredominantly male professors towards

Conference Session

MIND Education Trends

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Dana Newell, Arizona State University

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Minorities in Engineering

opportunity because Arizona State University was one of 13school that received a five-year block grant in 2003 from NACME to increase the number ofunderrepresented minority students who receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering orComputer Science.1 The students were selected for the program based on their application. Thestudent needed to have at least a 3.0 GPA, be enrolled in engineering or computer science (alsohoused in the Futon School of Engineering), have financial need as determined by a FAFSA, bea US or permanent resident, be an underrepresented minority student (African American, NativeAmerican, or Hispanic/Latino), and submit a statement of purpose and two letters ofrecommendation, at least one from an academic instructor. The students

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Linda Shaykhian, NASA; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

-solving skillsA problem solution can be a single command line code (that sorts a vector, for instance),or may involve several functions (for example, evaluating the shortest path in thetraveling salesman problem [9]). For the latter, the solution may require going throughseveral steps for planning and analysis of the problem, elaborating the problem bydefining the tasks involved [1, 6]. These steps must address: What is exactly required?What must be done first? What can be left until later? What is already known to approachthe current problem? This strategy can help characterize the problem and visualize howto achieve the target solution by measuring progress made in each step. Once this is done,then options for different solutions can be

Conference Session

NAFP Panel Discussion

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Melissa Green, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Maria Jackson Hittle, United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corp; Gholam Ali Shaykhian, NASA

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Minorities in Engineering

Conference Session

MIND - Poster Session

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Atin Sinha, Albany State University

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Minorities in Engineering

’ x 1’ test section • EMCO PC Turn 55, 2 axis CNC machine • Stratasys Dimension 3D Printer • Tinius Olsen H50K-S 50 kN Bench Top Universal Testing Machine • Axiovert inverted microscope, Hitachi color camera and image analysis workstationA set of 8 programmable Lego-Mindstrom robots were also purchased from a separate grantfrom Georgia Space Grant Consortium, a funding agency of NASA.The detail description of the laboratory equipment is available in the ASU’s engineeringwebsite1. A total of twelve experiments were developed with these set of equipment specificallyfor our transfer engineering students. These experiments were published as a supplementarytextbook2 to support the lab component of the course ENGR 1103. Students

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cameron Denson, North Carolina State University; Chandra Y Austin Ph.D, Auburn University; Christine E. Hailey, Utah State University

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Minorities in Engineering

professional engineer. Prior to coming to Utah State University, she was a manager and member of the technical staff at Sandia National Labora- tories. She has also served as department chair of the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Texas at Tyler. Page 23.550.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Evaluating the “Impacts” Section of the Engineering Self-Efficacy, Interest and Perceptions SurveyIntroductionThe new century has seen the U.S. workforce struggle to keep pace with the nation’s demand toproduce more engineers.1 The

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

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2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frances Carter-Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras ; Renetta G. Tull, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC); Miguel Alfonso Nino, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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Minorities in Engineering

assist withdeveloping the student’s belief in their own success. The quality of the academic program and itssocial-personal aspects such as faculty turnover and program requirements may also contribute tostudent success. Mentoring addresses several of these factors. Financial aid has also beenattributed to graduate student success, and therefore, we will streamline our discussion to focuson mentoring students through the process of obtaining funding for STEM graduate education.1, 8BackgroundThere are several characteristics that can be attributed to a good mentor such as being genuine,empowering, and encouraging towards the mentee, creating a climate of trust, connecting thestudent to the faculty, the environment, the department and other peers

Conference Session

Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Environments

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey H Rosen, Georgia Tech - CEISMC; Cher C Hendricks, Georgia Institute of Technology; Norman F. Robinson III, Georgia Institute of Technology - CEISMC; Julia Sonnenberg-Klein, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Minorities in Engineering

  2011   2012  communities. With this effort in place, Figure 1 shows the minority participation in 2009 was29%, with total participation at nearly 2500 students. This year, 2012-13 minority participationhas reached 30%, which is equal to the percentage of female participation in Georgia, while thetotal participation has neared 4500 participants. The other impact from this effort is the numberof minority students that advance through the FLL tournament system. In 2009, 29% of theminority participants that competedin qualifying competitions advanced Figure  2  to the second round, and of those Percentage   o f   Minority  participants  participants 28% advanced to the

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ananda Mani Paudel, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Sylvester A. Kalevela, Colorado State University, Pueblo

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Minorities in Engineering

problems as ateam and learn from each other. For the purpose of grading, peer evaluations as well asindividual exams were administered in addition to group work. Descriptive Statistics andANOVA are used for data analysis. The results showed an enhancement in students learning inboth the universities. However, performance rate appeared relatively higher among whitestudents.1. Diversity in Engineering EducationStudents with different backgrounds, skill levels, and educational and motivational levels havecomplicated the traditional engineering class room. A wide spectrum of teaching and learningmethodologies are required to guide and serve them equally to fulfill their dream. Ethnicity,gender and age differences are commonly used to define the

Conference Session

Mentoring Minority Students

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J Cross, Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

overview of theretention strategy. Next, HMHY is described in detail. Then the assessment strategy willbe discussed as well as how the support program impacted the participating students. Thepaper concludes with advice for others interested in starting a similar program.IntroductionIn an attempt to create a positive environment and provide support to undergraduatestudents, universities often offer student support in various forms such as mentoring,living-learning communities, and summer bridge programs. This paper will focus onmentoring. Formalized mentoring is a popular form of support 1, 2 and allows individualsto provide undergraduates with career advice, success strategies, academic assistance,counseling, and encouragement 3. In situations

Conference Session

It Takes a Village: Engineering Beyond the Classroom

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elizabeth Litzler, University of Washington; Cate Samuelson, University of Washington

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Minorities in Engineering

-representedminority students in their programs, potentially contributing to student persistence and retention.IntroductionFeeling overwhelmed by the workload, pace and conceptual difficulties can be a commonexperience among undergraduate engineering students.1 Ethnic minority students may faceadditional challenges, such as differences in ethnic/cultural values and socialization,internalization of negative stereotypes, ethnic isolation and perceptions of racism, and/orinadequate program support.1,2 Further, due to typically small numbers of minority students andfaculty in engineering programs, students may lack peers, faculty role models and mentors.1Feelings of difference can result in students lacking a sense of belonging, which can influenceconfidence in

Conference Session

Research on Learning, Performance, and Impact

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sylvanus N. Wosu, University of Pittsburgh

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Minorities in Engineering

risk-taking andleadership1-4 cited as the most common barriers. Studies sponsored by the National ScienceFoundation also show that although the preparation for college is improving for AfricanAmericans students, the percent of high school graduates who enroll in college has not increaseddue to deficiencies in quantitative literacy in K-12 curricula and the lack of activities that relatescience, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM) to real world experience.1 TheAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Project 2061 has noted that merely"covering" the topic or teaching unit is not sufficient to assure that the material will actually helpstudents learn important ideas within those topics.2 In contrast, Project CARE research

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ishbah Cox, Purdue University; Monica Farmer Cox, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Minorities in Engineering

a model to enhance theexperiences of undergraduate engineering students, this paper presents information about a smallgroup seminar designed to expose undergraduate engineering students to a community of like-minded, well-rounded students. Within this seminar, students will engage in conversations withprofessionals, will connect with other engineering students who have succeeded in engineering,and will engage in leadership opportunities early in their academic careers. Led by anunderrepresented minority faculty in the band and orchestra department who served as a formerrecruiter for engineering students, this seminar provides a unique opportunity for students to (1)demonstrate uses of campus resources to enable academic success, (2

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen T. Marosi, Bucknell University; Barbra Steinhurst, Bucknell University

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Minorities in Engineering

where the students were the “stars” of the show. Each part of the programwas designed to support one or more of the goals of the ESA which are 1) building academic selfefficacy, 2) creating a sense of community and belonging, 3) balancing academic, social life andself, and ultimately 4) retention. There was a significant increase in the scores on the firstphysics exam for the Backstage Bucknell ESA 2016 participants as compared to the previousESA 2015 class. Given that the student selection process and other programming for the ESAstudents has been the same this academic year as in the past, it is likely that these increases inperformance can be attributed to the Backstage Bucknell programming.BackgroundThe ESA is an academic success program

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kendra Woodberry Brinkley, Virginia Commonwealth University; Falcon Rankins, Virginia Commonwealth University; Stevara Clinton, Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Chemistry; Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Minorities in Engineering

c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 Keeping Up with Technology: Transitioning Summer Bridge into a Virtual ClassroomIntroductionIn past years, the United States has produced highly qualified individuals that are able to lead ininnovations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Theseadvances in such specified areas have been a major contributor to economic growth in the U.S.However the U.S. is facing a major challenge in that STEM bachelor’s degree as a percentage oftotal degrees conferred has steadily decreased in the last decade.(1) Furthermore, as noted by thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and

Conference Session

Mentoring Minorities: Effective Programs, Practices, and Perspectives

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Ryan, California State University, Northridge; Nathan Durdella, California State University, Northridge; Teodoro Navarro

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Minorities in Engineering

is the Dean of the College of Engineering and ComputerScience (CECS) at CSUN. Co-PI’s include the department chairs in our college, as well as theircounterparts at the two partner institutions. The organization chart for the programimplementation is shown in Figure 1. An advisory board for the program has been appointed toprovide feedback and guidance. Included on the board are alumni from our institution who aremembers of under-represented groups. Assessment of the program is performed by a facultymember from our College of Education (one of the co-authors of this paper) with assistance fromgraduate students and college staff. Each department in the College of Engineering andComputer Science is an active participant in the program. Program

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Araceli Martinez Ortiz, Texas State University, San Marcos

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Minorities in Engineering

delivered as a series of Saturday workshops set in a communityscience museum. Each year, cohorts of K-4 African American and Latino students and theirparents participated in eight 3-hour workshops comprised of student/parent sessions ofhands-on science and engineering activities as well as separate parent awareness anddevelopment sessions in STEM education and technology skill development. Mixed methodsresearch methodology is used to measure the program’s contribution to the advancement ofthe program goals. This program has incorporated major findings of more than 10-years ofresearch that suggests that improving children’s academic outcomes are much more effectivewhen the family is actively engaged.1 This program has offered opportunities for

Conference Session

Beyond Students: Issues of Underrepresentation among Parents and Professionals

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Golf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University; Anju Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE); Pablo Biswas, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

engineering disciplinespresented to the participants which include chemical, electrical and systems engineering.1 IntroductionHispanics are the fastest-growing and youngest ethnic group in the United States. It is estimatedthat Hispanics will comprise 30 percent of the U.S. population by the year 2040 and will becomethe largest ethnic group by then. Therefore, it is essential to provide perceptions of differentengineering disciplines to the future high school teachers in STEM disciplines. The pre-serviceSTEM teachers’ workshop was designed for future high school teachers in STEM fields toprovide awareness in the engineering disciplines. Therefore, three professors from differentengineering disciplines provided an entire day curriculum for each day of

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chrissy Hobson Foster, Arizona State University; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

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Minorities in Engineering

dimensionsrepresents a different way of understanding the world and a different approach for analyzingphenomena (e.g. learning of engineering). See Figure 1 for a diagram of this framework. Thefirst dimension represents the mainstream, White way of knowing the world. When analyzingphenomena, the first dimension represents looking onto Indians and matters that concern themwith disregard to the Native ways of seeing. The second dimension is one where the Indian andmainstream perspectives collide and represents the majority of analysis. It is through the second Page 24.84.4  dimension that a bridge to understand the third dimension - Native reality - takes

Conference Session

Engaging Minority Pre-College and Transfer Students in Engineering

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2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech

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Minorities in Engineering

high as third in the nation in producing undergraduate engineering degrees for minority groups and the program was recognized with the 2011 NSBE ExxonMobil Impact Award and the 2012 College Board Innovator Award, Getting through College Category. Page 24.101.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2014 A Review of the Literature on Transfer Student Pathways to Engineering DegreesAbstract In 2012, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science Technology (PCAST)documented the need to prepare more than 1 million additional STEM

Conference Session

Enhancing the Underrepresented Student Experience

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Fernando Garcia Gonzalez, Florida Gulf Coast University; Gerardo Javier Pinzon PE, Texas A&M International University

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Minorities in Engineering

tostreamline the transfer of students receiving Associates in Arts degree and includes a set ofsummer engineering workshops aimed at retaining the college students so they eventuallytransfer into our program.1. IntroductionThis ongoing program is designed to improve the recruitment and retention of highly motivatedHispanic and other minority students into our Systems Engineering program at TAMIU. Thisprogram is part of a grant from the US Department of Education, Minority Science andEngineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) titled “STEM Minority Outreach and RecruitmentEnhancement (STEM-MORE)” under award number: P120A110067 and is designed to increasethe number of Hispanic and minority students attaining Science, Technology, Engineering, andMathematics

Conference Session

Diversity Redefined: Nontraditional Views in Traditional Environments

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary W. Behm, Rochester Institute of Technology (CAST); Antonio Francisco Mondragon, Rochester Institute of Technology/CINVESTAV

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Minorities in Engineering

hearing (D/HoH) students presents several challenges aswell as many rewards. For D/HoH students to be mainstreamed into a regular engineeringprogram presents a series of barriers that they need to overcome. D/HoH student’s languagecharacteristics are more similar to foreign students because written and spoken English is theirsecond language and they often function similarly with respect to English discourse, semantics,and sentence interpretation (1) (2).Engineering course material generally does not consider any type of learning accessibility forD/HoH students. While the university provides resources (such as e.g. sign language interpreters,note takers, real time captioning and specialized mentoring faculty), the instructors in theclassrooms

Conference Session

New Approaches in Engineering

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Audrey Lynn LaVallie, Turtle Mountain Community College; Eric Asa, North Dakota State University; G. Padmanabhan P.E., North Dakota State University

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Minorities in Engineering

high and middle school levels for the last twelve years. His outreach activities have been supported by funds from the NSF, NASA, and Office of Naval Research. Page 23.307.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2013 Community-Relevant Research for TCC STEM Student RetentionIntroductionCommunity colleges in the United States are currently experiencing greatly increased enrollment(17% from 2007 to 2009)1 and, although traditionally concerned with two-year undergraduateeducation, have become the focus of programs which encourage research as a means of retainingand developing

Conference Session

Beyond the Classroom: Summer and Scholarship Programs to Engage Minorities

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey W. Fergus, Auburn University; Shirley A Scott-Harris, Auburn University

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Minorities in Engineering

and is pivotal to their perception of the level of comfort that exists in the collegeenvironment11. At the same time outreach programs focused on preparing students to studyengineering in college should be academically rigorous12.Student PerformanceThe performances of the scholarship recipients in high school are summarized in Table I. Thehigh school GPA and ACT test scores of the 2010 cohort of scholarship awardees are higher thanthose of the 2009 cohort. Although differences between high school GPAs are not statisticallysignificant, the differences between the ACT scores are different to greater than 90% confidence(according to the student t-test).The average cumulative college GPAs of scholarship recipients are shown in Figure 1.Consistent