Conference Session

Cultivating Engineering Scholarship and Research Mindsets Among URM Students

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David M. Ford, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paula Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kathleen G. Rubin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

the Associate Dean for Student Affairs in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering. She has over 30 years experience in recruiting, retaining and graduating engineering students. From 2003 through 2007, she also served as Director of Education, Outreach and Diversity for CASA - an NSF Engineering Research Center. She has been a Co-PI and Program Director for several previous CSEM and S-STEM awards. Page 26.1543.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2015 The Impact of Federally Funded Scholarship Programs on the Success of Transfer Students at a Public

Conference Session

Shaping the Future: Structured Mentoring for Today's Diverse Engineering Student Populations

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jonathan Gordon, Georgia Institute of Technology; Comas Lamar Haynes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gary S. May, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

participants’confidence in, and subsequent pursuit of, service in academia compares favorably to othergroups in {institution withheld}’s STEM graduate programs. The challenge of addressing the“leaky pipeline” of STEM talent requires both retention during formal education and careerdirection after the attainment of the terminal degree. Efforts such as FACES that further motivateURM STEM talent to target academic careers can substantially impact the diversity of ournation’s STEM professionals. Page 26.887.13References 1. Adelman, C. (1999). Answers in the tool box: Academic intensity, attendance patterns, and bachelor's degree attainment. Washington, DC: U.S

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

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering

, Benchmarking: An International Journal, 15(3), 2008, pp. 257-291.19. J. F. Dovidio, S. L. Gaertner and K. Kawakami, Intergroup contact: The past, present, and the future, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 6(1), 2003, pp. 5-21.20. M. R. Anderson-Rowland, A. A. Rodriguez and A. E. Grierson, S-STEM programs for transfer and non- transfer upper division and graduate engineering and computer science students, American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23-26, 2013, pp. 1-10.21. W. C. Lee and K. J. Cross, Help me help you: Building a support network for minority engineering students, American Society for Engineering Education and Annual Conference & Exposition, June 23