Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Claude Villiers, Florida Gulf Coast University; Shelby Gilbert, Florida Gulf Coast University; Tony Anthony Barringer, Florida Gulf Coast University; Anthony M. Hyatt; J. Web Horton; David Hinds

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

categories. Thisnumber demonstrated that a lot more work is needed in order to attract under- representedstudents in Engineering.Phase III – Increase the likelihood of being accepted into college; practicing professionals inSTEM fields; and create internship opportunities for camp participants.The objective of this phase was met through a series of panel discussions. Personnel from theOffice of Financial Aid, Office of Admissions, Honor Programs, and Accelerated CollegiateExperience (ACE) presented the students with information about each of their areas of specialty.Information about cost of college, grants, scholarships; including Florida Bright FuturesScholarship, loans, work study, and study abroad was well presented and detailed to the

Conference Session

Assessing URM Programs Targeting the K-16 Continuum

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Kelly J. Cross, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

the pipeline: Building a K-12 engineering outreach program, Frontiers in Education Conference, 1999, pp. 11B15/21-11B15/26 vol. 11.3. M. Yilmaz, J. Ren, S. Custer and J. Coleman, Hands-on summer camp to attract K-12 students to engineering fields, IEEE transactions on education, 53(1), 2010, pp. 144-151.4. G. S. May and D. E. Chubin, A retrospective on undergraduate engineering success for underrepresented minority students, Journal of Engineering Education, 92(1), 2003, pp. 27-39.5. S. L. Fletcher, D. C. Newell, L. D. Newton and M. R. Anderson-Rowland, The WISE summer bridge program: Assessing student attrition, retention, and program effectiveness, American Society for Engineering Education and