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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Sarah L. Rodriguez, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Paul Charles Bigby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Antarjot Kaur, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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research projects focused on institutional environments and STEM identity development are sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Kapor Center. In recent years, she was selected as an Early Career Awardee and Faculty Fellow with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) and a NASPA Emerging Faculty Leader. She also received the Barbara Townsend Early Career Scholar Award by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) and gave the distinguished ASHE-CAHEP Barbara Townsend Lecture. To learn more about her current projects, visit http://sarahlrodriguez.com/Paul Charles Bigby, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Paul C. Bigby is a graduate student at

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STEM Education at the Two-Year College

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gabe Hanzel-Sello, Growth Sector; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Ivanna Abreu

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better prepare developmental math community college students for transfer into STEM bachelor’s degree programs or entry into the STEM workforce.Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector STEM Program ManagerIvanna Abreu ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Paid Pre-College STEM Bridge Programs: “Just-In-Time” Support and Engagement for Community College STEM LearnersINTRODUCTIONWhile America’s “Innovation Economy” continues to thrive and drive strong employment trendsin technology, advanced manufacturing, R&D, and defense, our country’s postsecondaryinstitutions fail to produce enough qualified graduates to meet employer demand (O'rourke,2021). To further

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Transfer Issues Between 2-Year Colleges and 4-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Janet Yowell, University of Colorado Boulder; Heidi G. Loshbaugh; Nick A. Stites, University of Colorado Boulder; Chris Anderson, University of Colorado Boulder

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leveraging the NSF INCLUDES Alliance awards (NSF #1834628 and #1834608),Engineering Momentum builds on the success and knowledge gained from the current STEM CoreExpansion initiative by developing a sustainable and replicable program to broaden participationin STEM, both in education programs and the workplace. Engineering Momentum also includesthe implementation of the STEM Core model at each their five community college partners. Figure 1. The Engineering Momentum pathways project.The initial three-year program design and intervention activities (Phase 1) will include five cohortsof approximately 25 students each (125 students total). During Phase 2, years 4-6, the project plansto scale to three additional colleges and include

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STEM and the Two-Year College

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Gabe Hanzel-Sello; Ivanna Abreu

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employers don’t have adequate DEIframework to support students from “populations that are underrepresented in technology”, (Joy,2022). Growth Sector and the STEM Core Network have developed impactful relationships withvarious engineering and technology employers who lacked experience working directly withcommunity college students. While many of these employers had the best of intentions onsupporting community college students in their educational and career goals, many are unawareat some of the differences between the traditional undergraduate engineering or computer scienceintern (much closer to B.S. degree achievement, more technical coursework completed, moreknowledge of transit/housing options). Thus, Growth Sector and the STEM Core Network

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Transfer issues between 2-year colleges and 4-year Engineering and Engineering Technology programs 3

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Conner, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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learning practices, and epistemic beliefs. Other projects in the Benson group involve students’ navigational capital, and researchers’ schema development through the peer review process. Dr. Benson is an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Fellow, and a member of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), American Educational Research Association (AERA) and Tau Beta Pi. She earned a B.S. in Bioengineering (1978) from the University of Vermont, and M.S. (1986) and Ph.D. (2002) in Bioengineering from Clemson University.Dr. D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University Dr. Boyer is a Research Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering & Science Education in the College of Engineering

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Transfer Issues Between 2-Year Colleges and 4-Year Engineering and Engineering Technology Programs 1

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Caroline Lubbe, University of Florida; Sindia M. Rivera-Jiménez, University of Florida; Justin Ortagus, University of Florida; Hope Allegra Allchin, University of Florida; Sofia Isabel Montiel, University of Florida

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´enez is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Engineering Education (EED) and an affiliate faculty to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on understanding the role of engineering communities while enacting their agency in participatory and transformational change. She is particularly interested in broadening the participation of minoritized communities by studying the role of professional development in shaping organizational cultures. As an education practitioner, she also looks at evidence-based practices to incorporate social responsibility skills and collaborative and inclusive teams into the curriculum. Dr. Rivera-Jim´enez graduated from the University

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Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Shannon Conner; Olivia Anne DiSilvestre; Marcus Lee Ridlehuber, Clemson University; Louise Averitt, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University

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degree program. Their difficultiesmay be due either to a lack of preparedness for previous classes (stemming from their technicalcollege or from Clemson itself) or to not fully understanding what would be asked of themwithin the course before registration. In addition, they share struggles relating to their Clemsonprofessors. Positive impacts come from their experience at Clemson and their direct SPECTRAinvolvement. Examples of these benefits include building skills, participating in undergraduateresearch, creating and having a community with fellow students, and developing their identitiesas engineers and computer scientists. Undergraduate research is a highly valued aspect of theSPECTRA program. The students work closely with graduate students