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Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part II

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brooke Charae Coley, University of Virginia; Carolyn A. Vallas, University of Virginia

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.    There  is  an  explicit  goal  to  increase  the  number  of  students  graduating,  transferring  or  earning  a  workforce  credential  by  more  than  90,0009.    The  accomplishment  of  such  goals  will  result  in  greater  applicant  pools  and  students  interested  in  transferring  to  the  university,  which  will  ultimately  need  to  be  accommodated  at  the  university  level.    According  to  a  2005-­‐06  VCCS  report,  38%  of  students  who  graduated  from  VCCS  in  a  STEM  field  continued  in  a  STEM  field  at  a  4-­‐year  institution.    Additionally,  of  students  earning  an  associate’s  degree  from  VCCS  and  transferring  to  a  4-­‐year  institution,  75%  completed  a  bachelor’s  degree9.    Although

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Richard Brown Bankhead III, Highline College; Tessa Alice Olmstead, Highline College; Judy Mannard PE, Highline Community College

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to the activity, Aluminum Careers diversity of engineering careers available for Aluminum Foil Foil Boats. them to explore and the processes associated Boats with earning an engineering degree. 4 Learning Styles Introduce and discuss different student Building Activity: Introduce students to the activity, Straw learning styles, emphasizing the importance Straw Towers Towers. of customizing one's learning according to personal preferences 5 Industry Guest An invited guest speaker from industry, Ethics Complete the

Conference Session

Enhancing Student Success in Two-Year Colleges

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nicholas P Langhoff, Skyline College; Eva Schiorring; Erik N Dunmire, College of Marin; Thomas Rebold, Monterey Peninsula College; Tracy Huang, Canada College

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engineering faculty in developing a Tablet-PC-enhanced model of instruction, as well as developing and implementing onlineengineering courses. The project also involves a partnership among Californiacommunity colleges to design and implement a Joint Engineering Program (JEP) that isdelivered online.The ONE-STEP project accomplished an important first step toward wideningengineering education access, increasing the number of California community collegesthat now offer online engineering courses. As a result, the number of community collegeengineering students who are able to take these courses and be prepared for upper-division courses upon transfer has increased. However, courses requiring laboratorycomponents are currently not offered online in any

Conference Session

Engineering Transfer Issues: Two-year College to Four-year College

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kirsten A Davis, Virginia Tech; Andrea M. Ogilvie P.E., Virginia Tech; David B Knight, Virginia Tech

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management, program assessment, university-industry partnerships, grant writing, and student development in the co-curricular learning environment with a special focus on recruiting, supporting, and graduating students from groups historically underrepresented in engineering.Dr. David B Knight, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University David Knight is an Assistant Professor and Director of International Engagement in the Department of Engineering Education and affiliate faculty with the Higher Education Program, Center for Human- Computer Interaction, and Human-Centered Design Program. His research tend to be at the macro-scale, focused on a systems-level perspective of how engineering education can become more

Conference Session

Best Practices for Two-Year Students Majoring in Engineering & STEM Fields

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Karen M. Groppi P.E., Cabrillo College; Susan Tappero, Cabrillo College

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in sharing their logical thought processes as well as beingquestioned about them.Intentional community building in PREP begins on Day 1 of the intensive when students,TAs and faculty are randomly paired, interview each other and then introduce their partnerto the group. The same short bios are later posted to a members-only website that supportsthe cohort, next to a photo of that person. During the first week other ice-breaker andteam-building activities continue to be implemented so that students bond and feelknown. Having this sense of ease among the group is important, as the academic tasks theyare given can be daunting. Students are divided into four different small groups over thetwo weeks so that they have worked closely with nearly

Conference Session

Two-year College Division: Authors Address Transfer Matters-Part I

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Tanya Karam-Zanders, Louisiana State University; Dina Acklin, Louisiana State University; Sarah Cooley Jones, Louisiana State University; Warren N. Waggenspack Jr., Louisiana State University

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Page 26.289.5own self-efficacy in an engineering program. Table 2. Level of agreement with statements regarding self-efficacy in an engineeringdepartment based on the two groups of students. The range of responses were 1 – 5 where higher numbers indicate greater agreement. Existing, Anticipating, n=27 n=31 All faculty members treat me with fairness and respect* 4.1 4.6 I feel that I am an equal participant in group work 4.0 4.3 I am comfortable approaching instructors for help outside of class