Conference Session

Transfer and Transitions

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Bruk T. Berhane, University of Maryland, College Park; Shannon Hayes Buenaflor, University of Maryland, College Park; Danielle Melvin Koonce, University of Maryland; Christin Jacquelyne Salley, University of Maryland, College Park; Sharon Fries-Britt, University of Maryland, College Park; Darryll J. Pines, University of Maryland, College Park

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Two-Year College

exploratory framework as An Exploratory Black EngineeringTransfer Student Success Model in Figure 1.This model was informed by a number of well-established persistence and retention models [31],[32], [33]. It was also influenced by Wang’s STEM Transfer Model [30], which suggests thattransfer and retention is influenced by a series of factors. These factors include a student’s self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and the four-year institution’s willingness to welcome transfersonto their campus. After reviewing these prior works, we incorporated key components andelements of retention from these models, along with key components associated with Blackengineering undergraduate success.As our exploratory model illustrates, the process of Black engineering