Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Soko Starobin, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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increase participation amongfemale students in STEM fields entitled, Pathway to a STEM Baccalaureate Degree: ResearchTrends, Exemplary Practices, and Successful Strategies, funded by the National ScienceFoundation (Award #0507882). Having reviewed numerous support programs that are currentlyfunded by NSF to increase numbers of traditionally underrepresented student population inSTEM fields, the authors examine exemplary transfer programs that are specifically aimed toincrease participations among female students in STEM fields. The purposes of this study are:1) to understand how gender influenced learning experiences among female students in pre-engineering program at a community college; 2) to provide students the opportunity to reflect onand

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Jackson, Iowa State University; Mary Darrow, Iowa State University

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acceptance to the program, students are invited to participate in the following menu ofoptions: EGR 100, Advising, Transfer Planning and grad Planner, Social network, Peer MentorInteraction, APP ad Transfer Recruitment Events, VEISHA Transfer Event, Engineering CareerFair, Connections with PWISE, Scholarships (ETEC & E2020).Research questions Page 15.553.3 1) What are the community college and university experiences of engineering transfer students? 2) What are the transfer and university adjustment experiences of engineering transfer students? 3) What advice would current community college transfer students in Engineering

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Louis Frenzel, Electronic Design Magazine; Tom McGlew, MATEC

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Two Year College Division

technical job market now has two very distinctcomponents: Figure 1. Categories for electronics employmentA school located in an area which has significant electronics manufacturing capabilities(group A in figure 1) will likely have programs to address the specific needs associatedwith product design, assembly and test. Component integration continues to followMoore’s Law and a new technology family is introduced every two years. The levels ofautomation and productivity are also increasing so the same number of people canproduce much more product. Within that workforce, the level of specialist expertise isrising and the electronics producers are rapidly heading to a point where a BS degree isthe entry qualification. This poses

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Surendra Gupta, Rochester Institute of Technology; Daniel Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; John Morelli, Rochester Institute of Technology; Michael Eastman, Rochester Institute of Technology; Vincent Amuso, Rochester Institute of Technology; James Moon, Rochester Institute of Technology

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stakeholdersin academic programs at our university, and form an extremely attractive pool to both expandand diversify the engineering and technology workforce of the future. Transfer students areespecially important to the five engineering and engineering technology (EET) departmentsidentified in Table 1 that also lists the number of BS degree programs offered in eachdepartment. Table 1: Participating Academic Departments, Abbreviations, and ProgramsAcademic Department Code # of ProgramsCivil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management & Safety CETEMS 1Electrical

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito Enriquez, Canada College

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objectives, content, activities and implementation.1. IntroductionCommunity colleges serve as the gateway to higher education for large numbers of students inthe U.S., especially minority and low-income students. Yet for many students, the communitycollege gateway does not lead to success. Only one in four students wanting to transfer or earn adegree/certificate did so within six years, according to a recent study of California communitycolleges1. African American and Hispanic students have even lower rates of completion.According to the study, only 15% of African American students and 18% of Latino studentscompleted a degree or certificate within six years, compared to 27% of Caucasian students, and33% of Asian students

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bertram Pariser, Technical Career Institute, Inc.

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year and that you spend $20,000 per year. Thenyou will always have moneyE > S always have moneyFigure 1 Saving MoneyFigure 1 is a graphical picture of Chart 1 Page 15.852.4If what you earn is less than what you spend, you will always be broke!EARN 30K $30,000SPEND 40K $40,000DEBT (-10K) ($10,000)Chart 2Let’s assume that you earn $30,000 per year and that you spend $40,000 per year. Then you willalways be broke!E < S always be brokeFigure 2 Digging into Debt Page 15.852.5At this

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Heather Evans, University of Washington; Priti Mody-Pan, University of Washington

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statewide collaborative project among four community colleges andtwo universities was undertaken in Washington State in 2004. The main goal of the project wasto increase the number of students earning undergraduate engineering degrees statewide, withspecial attention on URMs and females. More explicitly, its goals were to: 1. Increase by 10% over five years the total number of students in the State of Washington Page 15.1318.2 that earn an undergraduate engineering degree. 2. Increase by 100% the number of underrepresented minorities (URMs) earning undergraduate engineering degrees. 3. Increase by 20% the number of women earning

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elaine Scott, Seattle Pacific University; Hannah Azevedo, Seattle Pacific University

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Success in Engineering (ECASE), is to encourageand enable academically talented, but financially needy students from local community collegesto enter the workforce or continue in graduate studies following completion of a baccalaureatedegree in electrical engineering at our institution. Our specific objectives are to 1) providecommunity college transfer students (our ECASE Scholars) with full ($10,000/year) or partial($5,000/year) scholarships to complete their electrical engineering degrees in our program, 2)significantly increase the diversity of our incoming engineering students, 3) maintain retentionrates significantly above national averages, 4) increase the number of well educated and skilledengineers in the workforce, and institutionalize

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dan Dimitriu, San Antonio College; Jerry O'Connor, San Antonio College

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Profession. This source of students could helpmeet anticipated shortages and diversity goals if two and four-year institutions have wellcoordinated programs.4Despite these realities, there is currently no accreditation process in place for engineering scienceprograms in two-year colleges as there is for two-year engineering technology programs. Noinstitution, organization, or agency is known to provide systemic guidelines for the assessmentand evaluation of transfer programs for the traditional engineering disciplines. The only supportfrom ABET in this domain is in Criterion 1 of the current ABET accreditation guidelines –Students - which contains a requirement that a four-year program seeking accreditation orreaccreditation “must have and enforce

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas Massa, Springfield Technical Community College; Michele Dischino, Central Connecticut State University; Judith Donnelly, Three Rivers Community College; Fenna Hanes, New England Board of Higher Education

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after they have mastered course material, PBL students learn course material in theprocess of solving a problem. In PBL, the problem itself drives the learning. Students are activeparticipants in their own learning, placed into a problem situation where problem parameters arenot well defined and more than one outcome is possible.PBL usually involves four steps: problem analysis, self-directed learning, brainstormingdiscussions, and solution testing (see Figure 1). In the first step, students are presented with aproblem and asked to identify what is known and unknown and if any constraints apply. Afterworking together to analyze the problem and its requirements, students then create their ownplan for acquiring the knowledge necessary to solve

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jana Fattic, Western Kentucky University; Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University; Christal Wade, Western Kentucky University

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also states that completionof an associate degree or a 1-year certificate program increases an applicant’s chances foremployment and promotion.The Center for Water Resource Studies (CWRS) and the Bowling Green Community College(BGCC) of Western Kentucky University (WKU) formed a partnership in 2007 to address thisanticipated Water and Wastewater Operator/Technician shortage by creating the Water TrainingInstitute (WTI). WTI is a joint initiative with the employment sector, state primacy agencies,and trade associations to refine a curriculum driven by industry needs. It utilizes on-line coursedelivery to provide options for both traditional and non-traditional students.Three tracks that lead to an Associate’s Degree currently exist in the

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part II

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sheryl Custer, Texas A&M University, Kingsville; Harriet Lamm, Texas A&M University-Kingsville; David Ramirez, Texas A&M University; Kuruvilla John, University of North Texas

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memorandum of understanding was obtained from each institution acknowledgingtheir participation in the TAMUK’s STEP project. The project’s internal evaluator collects andprocesses the TAMUK transfer data for the partnering institutions, assesses project data, andprepares reports for the project’s sponsor and for dissemination.Purpose There are three main objectives that the STEP program addresses. Objective 1 targets thenumber of community college SEM transfers. Objective 2 focuses on the enhancement ofstudent success. Objective 3 concentrates on improving persistence to degree completion for thepredominantly first generation and Hispanic students of South Texas. While all three objectivesare vital to the project, this paper discusses only

Conference Session

Retention Strategies in Action Part I

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Armando Rodriguez, Arizona State University; Anita Grierson, Arizona State University

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tosignificantly increase the number of CC transfer students (especially women andunderrepresented minority students) that graduate with engineering and computer science –hereafter referred to as engineering – BS/E and graduate degrees. The targeted students areenrolled in pre-calculus/calculus, engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, and geology coursesat Arizona’s CCs and their local high school (HSs). The partner CCs (Arizona Western, CentralArizona, Cochise, Eastern Arizona, and Mohave) have been selected because (1) they possess asignificant pool of untapped engineering talent (a high percentage of women andunderrepresented minorities) and (2) they have enthusiastically embraced the vision to reach outto students to attract them to exciting

Conference Session

Two-Year College Potpourri

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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Two Year College Division

technologycoursework. Student success depends on their ability to demonstrate mastery through allcoursework required in degree plan. Table 1 delineates earned credit hours for each course in Page 15.1090.2this degree plan (Northwestern Michigan College, 2009 degree plan). The degree plan consistsof 64 total credit hours to include 18 credit hours of drafting and design, 6 credit hours of manualmachining, 6 credit hours of CNC and CAM, and 12 hours of other related technical courses.The remaining 22 credit hours are allotted to general education coursework (Table 1). Associate in Applied Science Degree (A.A.S

Conference Session

Rethinking Traditional Pedagogical Strategies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jumoke Ladeji-Osias, Morgan State University; Richard Cerkovnik, Anne Arundel Community College; Wesley Lawson, University of Maryland; Lan Xiang, Montgomery College

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of the regulations describes the degree6, while the continuous review process isdefined in a separate section7. The degree is defined as follows: (6-1) "Associate of Science in Engineering (A.S.E.)" means a degree that recognizes a mastery in engineering and that: (a) Meets the lower-level degree academic content, outcomes, and requirements for engineering education, similar to the first 2 years of a parallel baccalaureate program in engineering education; (b) Requires at least a 2.0 on a 4.0 grade scale in all courses required by the degree program in computer science, engineering, mathematics, and the physical and natural sciences; and (c) If conferred, transfers without further review