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Conference Session
STEM Education at the Two-Year College
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Sara E. Rodriguez, University of Texas, El Paso; Benjamin C. Flores, University of Texas, El Paso; Chandra Anne Turpen, University of Maryland, College Park; Agniprava Banerjee, University of Texas, El Paso; Jana Foxe, University of Washington; James P. Grover; Gigi N. Delk
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Diversity
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
careers atcommunity colleges. These workshops respond to the need for professional development ofgraduate students pertaining to potential faculty career paths. The workshops also provideparticipating students with a career reflection from a community college faculty and a paneldiscussion regarding aspects of faculty responsibilities, student populations, and the overallenvironment at community colleges.At the end of the workshop, prospective students are asked to sign up for a follow-up experience.A select number of students who participated in the workshop are paired with faculty mentors forclassroom observation visits. The mentors provide support by scheduling meetings before andafter the observations along with adequate resources and
Conference Session
Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 2
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Bob Schaffer, Mission College
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Diversity
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
reflect regularly to guide their own improvement. While focusing on one area ata time – be it asking ‘better’ questions, building rapport, identifying signs of a fixed mindset, orany other aspect of tutoring – tutors are able to incrementally improve – and share their progresswith their Elevate cohort.Finally, Elevate trains Tutor Fellows to try to “work themselves out of a job.” This is whatdifferentiates them from many other tutors. Often, tutors will answer questions directly. Theywill explain things as magic… out of thin air. Elevate attempts to minimize the distribution of“magic beans” because each time they are gifted, the student becomes more dependent on thetutor – which is the opposite of what should be sought. In reality, the student
Conference Session
Two-Year College Potpourri
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hye Rin Lee, University of Delaware; Kevin Francisco Ramirez, University of California, Irvine; Nathanael Quinn Forde, University of California, Irvine; Zhong Cao, University of California, Irvine; Anna-Lena Dicke, University of California, Irvine; Kameryn Denaro
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
improved with effort (i.e., is not seen as inherent talent) and then wrote about how this type ofmindset can apply to their own life [12, 13]. For example, in Fink et al. [12], chemistryundergraduate students completed reflections describing how the growth mindset articles couldbe useful for their upcoming exams. Students’ responses were qualitatively coded to identifythemes, with results highlighting the strategies that students had developed as a result of theintervention [12]. This type of qualitative coding is important because it allows us to understandhow students incorporated the intervention’s message into their personal lives. However, there islimited research that explains the extent to which these responses are directly related
Conference Session
Two-Year College Division Poster Session
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Ibrahim F. Zeid, Northeastern University; Jennifer Ocif Love, Northeastern University; Claire Duggan, Northeastern University
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Diversity
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
meetings with mentors; extensiveprofessional development seminars; formal research training including daily reflection journals,poster presentations and technical writing with a faculty member. REU students completed twodeliverables: a research project and an open-ended Arduino engineering design project. Initially,students chose their research projects from a list of available opportunities. Once a match wassecured, students worked in their research labs daily with their graduate student and facultymentors.A list of students’ engineering research projects included:1. Accelerating Operations on Graph Neural Network2. Computational Design of Single Atom Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction3. Information Theory to Pinpoint Causal Links
Conference Session
STEM Education at the Two-Year College
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Cynthia Kay Pickering, Arizona State University; Mara Lopez, Arizona State University; Elaine L. Craft, Florence-Darlington Technical College; Sarah Belknap, Westchester Community College; Caroline VanIngen-Dunn, Arizona State University; Laurie S. Miller McNeill, Westchester Community College; Juan R. Rodriguez, Westchester Community College
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Diversity
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
), an HSI in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. In year one, Cohort Apiloted the PD modules in Tier 1 which featured reflective exercises and small culturallyresponsive activities to try with their STEM students. In year two, Cohort A piloted the PDmodules in Tier 2 and peer-mentored Cohort B as they piloted optimizations introduced to Tier 1from Cohort A feedback. Three types of optimizations came from faculty feedback.  The firstconsidered feedback regarding delivery and/or nature of the content that influenced a subsequentmodule. The second involved making changes to a particular module before it was delivered toanother faculty cohort.  The third takes into account what worked and what didn’t to decidewhich content to bring into
Conference Session
Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College; Ruzica Todorovic, City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College; Bridget O'Connell, City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College
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attended the Bridge remotely, still found the experiencetransformational. In a case study interview conducted by Ruxton Consulting, one student attributedtheir success to the Bridge saying, “I really think I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't be studyingengineering without the creation of the Bridge program.” (Ruxton Consulting Evaluation Reportpresented to the PI, 2022).Students also reflected on how their effort, within the structure of the Bridge, contributed to theirimproved self-efficacy in math. As one student shared, “It's not a test of your finances, or yourbrains. It's a test of how hard you can work, and I think that's a great factor to measure someoneby.” Another student acknowledged how much work was ultimately needed in order to be readyfor
Conference Session
STEM Education at the Two-Year College
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Gabe Hanzel-Sello, Growth Sector; Janet Yowell, University of Colorado, Boulder; Cheryl Martinez, Growth Sector; Ivanna Abreu
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
at orientation and post surveys on the last day of the program. Thestudy was developed to understand student background, how the bridge program can impact theirgrowth, and the impact of the bridge program on their preparation for the academic year.Some significant findings from surveys: • There were no schools who had significantly different distributions of answers between pre and post. Growth Sector is working with SRI International to alter the tool for future studies. This could be in part due to the short nature of the Bridge program. Additionally, this could reflect the recruitment of many students who already are decided on a STEM field. • Overwhelmingly, students said their experience in the Summer Bridge
Conference Session
Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Shannon Conner; Olivia Anne DiSilvestre; Marcus Lee Ridlehuber, Clemson University; Louise Averitt, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University
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Diversity
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Two-Year College Division (TYCD)
and thetransition process. This seems to be reflected in interview data from SPECTRA students. Theygreatly enjoy the research and CI classes they take and are enthusiastic about sharing theirprojects and experience. One student credited their experience with SPECTRA research towanting to pursue graduate school in the future. Example quotes from students highlighting SPECTRA Benefits and undergraduate research “it really has opened me up to the idea of graduate school. I came from a two-year technical college and I was like, go to Clemson and get my degree. Bachelor's, call it quits work, but I'm beginning to work and do this research has really got me thinking about maybe, I could do this. I could go to graduate school, seeing what it's like
Conference Session
Engineering and Engineering Technology Transfer and the Two-Year College Student Part 1
Collection
2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Matthew Ford, University of Washington, Tacoma; Aleya Dhanji, Highline Community College; Kira Glynn King; Jie Sheng, University of Washington; Skyler Roth, Highline Community College; Emese Hadnagy, University of Washington
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completing freshman andsophomore level math, physics and engineering courses in order to complete their Bachelor’sdegree, with the majority of students transferring to the University of Washington (all 3campuses, which includes UWT). The pandemic has led to a decline in enrollment andpersistence of engineering degree seekers as the number of students facing financial pressures towork and support family increased. Additionally, mental health related issues, which are knownto disproportionately affect low-income students, spiked, further exacerbating the challenges thatthese students were facing. This reflects trends at the national level that show a decrease instudents’ financial security and well-being as indicated by employment status