Conference Session

Advancing Equity in Engineering Education

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anya Work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

Paper ID #43423Increasing Sense of Belonging for Low-Income Engineering Students: A Reviewof Barriers, S-STEM Programs, and Future DirectionsMs. Anya Work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Anya Work is part-time doctoral student in Virginia Tech’s Higher Education program and currently serves as an assistant director in Virginia Tech’s Career and Professional Development office where she works with engineering and computing students. Her research primarily focuses on the role of institutional agents in supporting low-income engineering students. ©American Society for Engineering

Conference Session

Empowering Diversity in Engineering Education: Strategies and Impacts

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Anne E. Leak, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

engineering students through community building (Evaluation) AbstractOver the past twelve years, the ESTEEM program, funded by the NSF S-STEM, at University ofCalifornia Santa Barbara (UCSB) has supported 161 low-income undergraduate students inengineering. This paper emphasizes the students’ changing needs and what they foundsupportive over time with a special focus on the shifting needs for community building before,during, and after COVID-19 pandemic remote learning. Without additional support, low-incomeengineering students, who often reflect additional intersecting minoritized identities and are morelikely to be the first in their family to attend college, leave the field at

Conference Session

Advancing Equity in STEM Academia: Insights and Strategies

Collection

2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amani Qasrawi, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Tulio Sulbaran, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Sandeep Langar, The University of Texas at San Antonio

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Diversity

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Minorities in Engineering Division(MIND)

," Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.21891/jeseh.771331.[6] M. Sorroza Aguilar, "Soft Skills in STEM," Honors Undergraduate Theses, Jan. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses/1425[7] T. R. Brown and M. Ahmadian, "Improving Students' Soft Skills through a NSF-Supported S-STEM Scholarship Program," presented at the 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Jun. 2014, p. 24.722.1-24.722.6. Accessed: Dec. 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://peer.asee.org/improving-students-soft-skills-through-a-nsf-supported-s-stem- scholarship-program[8] S. Langar and T. Sulbaran, "Framework for a Summer Experience Based on Transformational Leadership and