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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; David Walton Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler

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AC 2011-2251: ”TUNING” ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IN THE CON-TEXT OF ABET ACCREDITATIONMary Eileen Smith, Ph.D., Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Mary E. Smith has been employed with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Farzin Heidari, Texas A&M University, Kingsville

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3 hours 6 credit hrs Program Requirements 64 credit hrsTable 1: Advanced Manufacturing Program, Northwest Michigan College 2010 Degree Page 22.10.3PlanSouth Texas Technical CollegesSouth Texas College (McAllen): The precision manufacturing technology program provides anenvironment to develop technical skills that are highly marketable to the South Texas industries.The STC degree plan requires 69 credit hours for graduation in the following areas: 16 credithours of general education, 30 credit hours or nine classes related

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Patricia F. Mead, Norfolk State University; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Quality Measures, LLC; Abe Eftekhari, Northern Virginia Community College; Ji Hyon Mun, Thomas Nelson Community College

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. Gwen has conducted over 30 workshops and presentations on cultural, racial, and generational diversity; assessment, evaluation, and accreditation; teaching and learning; and leadership. Gwen teaches organization administration and culture, internship experiences, multicultural university, project management capstone course, and strategic planning and institutional effectiveness at Old Do- minion University in the graduate program of the Darden College of Education. Prior to ODU, she was the Executive Assistant to the President from 2004 2005 and Director of Assessment from 1998 through 2004 at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technologya small private STEM college in Indiana. She has also served as an editorial associate of

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Mary R. Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

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the student schedules. The students are taught learning skillsthrough the “Guaranteed 4.0 Plan” developed by Donna O. Johnson. 19 The Plan is the onlyguaranteed learning system in existence. Johnson offers any student that she trains $100 whichshe will pay if the student follows the Plan 100% and does not received straight A’s. Ms.Johnson has yet to pay out any money. The most difficult part of the plan may be to get at least8 hours of sleep each night. The Academic Success Class helps the students to do wellacademically, as well as broaden their general knowledge about engineering, including resumes,internships, research, networking, portfolios, career planning, graduate school, industry (throughindustry speakers with graduate degrees), and

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kenneth Wayne Santarelli, California State University, Fresno; S. Shelley, U.S. Air Force; Dhushy Sathianathan, California State University, Long Beach; Mark K. Smith, California State University, Long Beach, College of Continuing and Professional Education

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2009 the university had to make a decision to phase out the program due toa number of factors principal among them being the need to focus their allocation of resourceswhere they were most needed [2].The economic conditions in California have had an unprecedented impact on the state universitysystem over the last two years. The system has had to implement furloughs, layoffs, student feeincreases [3], enrollment limitations, and a planned system wide enrollment reduction [4]. It isdoubtful that the system will recover to a pre-downturn posture and the most recent state budgetnews is not encouraging. The most recent budget proposal from the Governor provides an 18%budget reduction for the California State University System [5]. New programs must

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Frankie Santos Laanan, Iowa State University; Dimitra Lynette Jackson, Iowa State University; Diane T. Rover, Iowa State University

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between 1 and 5 hours studying per week; followed closely by those whospent between 6-10 hours a week studying and preparing for class (30.6%). In terms of the academic advising/counseling services, the majority of the students agreedsomewhat or agreed strongly to consulting with an academic advisor regarding transfer (67.5%),talked with an academic advisor about courses to take, requirements, and educational plans(67.5%), discussed plans with an academic advisor for transferring to a 4-year college oruniversity (66.9%), believed that information received during the transfer process as beinghelpful (62.5%), and consulted with an academic advisor who identified courses needed to meetthe general education/major requirements of a 4-year college

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Steven K. Mickelson, Iowa State University; Marcia R. Laugerman, Iowa State University

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. Another goal of the NSF Student Enrollment andEngagement through Connections (SEEC) grant is to increase the diversity ofengineering graduates at ISU. The specific goals of SEEC are to increase thenumber of engineering graduates by 100 per year to obtain a total of about 900per year with approximately 10% from minorities and 20% females12. The key tomeeting these goals is the creation of meaningful connections between ISU andthe state community colleges to support transfer students. This project has focusedon five such connections: 1) a new admission partnership program, 2) coordinatedadvising and activities planning, 3) expansion of learning communities at ISU andstate community colleges, 4) creation of an engineering orientation class at

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David Dowling, University of Southern Queensland

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engineering technologist• When they graduate 74% of the students plan to enrol in another program, with 57% percent of those students planning to study a Bachelor of Engineering program, and 11% a Bachelor of Technology program.• Most of the students believe it is very important (63%) or important (27%) that their program is accredited by Engineers Australia.Some of the other important findings were:• The four major influences on their decision to study engineering were: I like building things; I like finding out how things work; Good employment opportunities; and Good pay when I graduate.• The four major influences on their decision to study their current program were: To advance my career; It has the specialization I want; The

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Erik N. Dunmire, College of Marin; Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College, Santa Clara

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(which accounted for 17% of total transfers) will becancelled just in the next few years.Effects of the Eroding Core on Community College Engineering StudentsThe diversification of lower-division engineering requirements has negatively impacted transferstudents in a number of ways, as evidenced in the results of recent studies by the RP Group (TheResearch and Planning Group for California Community Colleges). This group is currentlyengaged in a large-scale research project studying factors that affect transfer in Career andTechnical Education (CTE) disciplines, which include Engineering.9 Phase I of the researchproject included both forward-mapping and backward-mapping quantitative analyses of CTEstudent cohorts over multiple years, as well as

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jianping Yue, Essex County College

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developmental math classesalready provide a tutorial session in addition to the lectures. However, it is only a one-hour openlab. Students go to the lab at their convenient time to get help from tutors. The tutorial lab showson the course schedule with one credit hour, but it is not recorded on the transcript for any credit.As a result, some students opt not to go to the lab. Compared to regular developmental mathclasses, the SBP math classes provide students with these advantages: a) attending the recitationsession regularly as a cohort; b) getting immediate feedback on their work and proper guidancefrom the instructor who can readjust his/her teaching plans according to students’ mastery andprogress; c) getting tutoring assistance from experienced

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Connecticut College of Technology and the Regional Center for Next Generation Manufacturing; Marilyn Barger, Florida Advanced Technological Education Center, FLATE

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Agreementbased on Industry Certification. This agreement has been ratified by the community collegepartners and was approved by the FLDOE. This statewide agreement based on industry Page 22.8.4certification has become the model for other career programs in Florida as well as across thecountry.To ensure the success of this unified curriculum plan, FLATE, in partnership with the FLDOE,has drafted a new curriculum framework for secondary and PSAV programs that also aligns withthe MSSC CPT. This framework was approved in January 2009 and is now available foradoption by Florida high schools and Tech Schools. In the next phase of the project, FLATEwill

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part II

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Lemoine, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; James K. Nelson, University of Texas, Tyler; Lynn L. Peterson, University of Texas, Arlington; James Sells, San Jacinto College, Central Campus; Mary Eileen Smith, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board since 1987 and now serves as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and Policy. She is responsible for the administration and management of matters related to the Board’s higher education academic planning and policy functions, and she provides leadership on key projects, reports, and studies that cut across divisions of the agency. She has taught at The University of Texas at Austin, and she currently is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication at St. Edward’s University in Austin. Smith serves as the project coordinator for the $1.8 million productivity grant awarded to Texas from Lumina Foundation for Education to plan methods of making the opportunity

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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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knowledge to identify what theyknow, what they need to learn, and what (if any) special constraints may apply. After workingtogether to analyze and frame the problem, students create a plan for acquiring the knowledgeand skills necessary to solve the problem that includes setting specific learning goals, identifyingrequired resources, establishing a timeline, and monitoring their knowledge and comprehension.During this process, the instructor serves as a facilitator or consultant, guiding students throughthe problem solving process and providing instruction on an “as needed” basis.Once the required knowledge has been acquired, students reconvene to share what they havelearned and brainstorm possible solutions where ideas are openly exchanged

Conference Session

Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Julie A. Rursch, Iowa State University; Douglas W. Jacobson, Iowa State University

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caused several teams to have to cancel their plannedtrips, there were still 75 students in attendance and 15 teams representing 6 community collegedistricts. This is the second time an ice storm or blizzard has occurred just prior or during thecompetition and the authors are planning to move the event forward in the academic calendar toavoid further weather related problems. Table 1 shows the four year participation in theCCCDC. On December 4 & 5, 2009, the third year of CCCDC competition, there were 19teams with a total of 90 students participating. These 19 teams represented 10 communitycollege districts or two-thirds of the 15 total community college districts in the state.Table 1. Participation in the Annual Community College Cyber

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Two Year-to-Four Year Transfer Topics Part I

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael T. Gibbons, American Society for Engineering Education; Elizabeth T. Cady, National Academy of Engineering; Catherine Didion, National Academy of Engineering; Norman L. Fortenberry, National Academy of Engineering (Washington)

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target institutions, those facultymembers were asked to engage their academic deans in the project and ensure the participationof either a provost or the dean in the June 2011 debriefing meeting. In addition, faculty anddeans at the target 4-year institutions were asked about their ability to examine the transferpopulation of their undergraduates as well as the types of data they would need from communitycolleges to help students plan their transfer. Faculty and deans from all institutions were alsoasked for input on the draft surveys.The survey of the identified institutions is underway. Survey questions for the community Page 22.1158.3colleges

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Two-Year College Special Topics Potpourri

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Tracy D Blake, Utah State University; Wade H. Goodridge, Utah State University; David Dwight Sam PhD, Utah State University

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Teaching as PedagogyTeam teaching originated as pedagogy in 1963 when William Alexander, “Father of theAmerican middle school”, proposed a concept of grouping teachers into teams to educatestudents groups as a means for junior high school reform. The perceived benefits of teamteaching, namely the creation of a supportive, inclusive environment for students and thenecessity for teaming teachers to formally engage one another in planning, integration,evaluation, and reflection, have helped promote its use across K-12 and into higher education 7.Team teaching is collaborative teaching. For all of its many benefits, teaching collaborativelyrequires much above and beyond what is required if one is teaching solo. A true co-taught courseis integration

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Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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

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and requirements provided. The teams were required to follow and documentthe entire design process, culminating with team presentations of their products to the“customer” and a formal product test with real children was conducted at the museum. Theproject was concluded with a team report and class discussion that provided a forum toexchange ideas and lessons learned during the project. The planning, implementation, andthe results of five semesters of this service learning project are reviewed and analyzed inview of ABET accreditation criteria. Conclusions and suggestions are presented to helpmore schools start using a service learning component in their Introduction to Engineeringcourses.Project GoalsThe primary goal of this project was to

Conference Session

Female Faculty, Learning, NSF, and ABET Issues at Two-Year Colleges

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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David A. Koonce, Ohio University; Cynthia D. Anderson, Ohio University; Valerie Martin Conley, Ohio University; Christine Mattley, Ohio University

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advising, curriculum planning, hiringcommittees, and many others. As one biology professor stated, “Yeah, that includes service tothe college, service to the department, service to the profession, advising…we do it…we have allthat.” The majority of respondents indicated that working at a community college was just asdemanding as working at a four-year institution or in private industry. “I think the communitycollege work environment is very demanding. I don’t know that you’re able to balance life,family a little better. Maybe in the sense we are given more flexibility in our teachingschedules…but I don’t know that it’s easier.”However, a few claimed that community colleges might indeed help women balance work andfamily responsibilities. One math