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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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Fred W. Depiero, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Dominic J. Dal Bello, Allan Hancock College; Lizabeth L. Thompson, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Stephen R. Beard

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Size 2015 4.4, N=155 5.8, N=1217 *** p < 0.001 Large, d = 0.79 2016 4.6, N=172 6.0, N=1128 *** p < 0.001 Large, d = 0.84 2017 4.3, N=216 6.0, N=1296 *** p < 0.001 Large, d = 0.94 2018 4.5, N=213 6.2, N=1069 *** p < 0.001 Large, d = 0.85Table 3e. Student work level. Historical comparisons for transfers and FTFY students. Worklevels are self-reported on students’ applications, reflecting work prior to Cal Poly attendance.Work hours levels are self-reported on students’ Cal Poly applications. Hours were higher fortransfers than for FTFY. The difference is significant, and the effect size is large

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Two-Year College Potpourri

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2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ariel Chasen, University of Texas, Austin; Lea K. Marlor, University of Michigan; Cynthia J. Finelli, University of Michigan; Maura Borrego, University of Texas at Austin; Jenefer Husman, University of Oregon; Michael J. Prince, Bucknell University; Matthew Charles Graham

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collected but not reported upon here.Results In Study 1, we looked at the self-reported interactive active learning survey data, andfound that instructors at community colleges are more likely to opt for interactive types of activelearning with 84% using interactive activities versus 69% of their counterparts at 4-yearuniversities, as shown in Figure 2. Unfortunately, we did not have a large enough sample size ofcommunity college instructors to find this difference at a statistically significant level. In Study 2, our observational data reflects a varied frequency and breadth of ways activelearning is implemented in STEM classrooms. Across the 24 classrooms observed, activelearning was recorded 67 times. The mediums of active learning

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STEM and the Two-Year College

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University; Hanqi Zhuang, Florida Atlantic University

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Decisions Module 3: Your Income and Module 8: Managing Module 13: Buying a Home Expenses Debt Module 4: Your Spending Module 9: Using Credit Module 14: Disasters – Financial and Savings Plan Cards Preparation and Recovery Module 5: Your Savings Module 10: Building Your Financial FutureDue to space constraints, this paper will review the contents of Modules 1, 3, 4, and 6 of the abovetable:Module 1: Your Money Values and Influences:This module emphasizes understanding personal values and how they impact financial decision-making. It encourages students to reflect on their attitudes towards money, spending habits, andlong-term

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STEM and the Two-Year College

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2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dan G. Dimitriu P.E., San Antonio College; Clint Taylor; Sam Ximenes, WEX Foundation; Shazia Iqbal, Rice University; Kathryn Bolish

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Number of Students Exciting Neutral BoringGraph 3 – Rating of the core components used by the DoSeum cohort. Somegames do not total 12 evaluations because students were instructed to answer N/A ifthey were absent for a particular game, and thus had not played with it.Following the success of this camp, The DoSeum continues to implement the corecomponents as supplemental activities in other camps across all disciplines for ages 8-11. The tic tac totem series are the most popular core-component supplementalactivities – which is also reflected in Graph 3.LCATS implementationThe LCATS Program [27], offered by the WEX Foundation, is a 3-year NASA-commissioned program that allows middle and high school

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Saharnaz Baghdadchi, University of California, San Diego; Karcher Morris, University of California, San Diego; Bill Lin, University of California, San Diego

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of transferstudents in engineering programs.As human participants in the research process, we also recognize the ethical responsibilityinvolved in collecting and analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data from students. Beyondcompliance with IRB approval, we took deliberate steps to protect participant confidentiality,ensure voluntary participation, and accurately represent student experiences. Given thatopen-ended responses often contained personal reflections on academic struggles, transitions,and institutional barriers, we de-identified responses before engaging in the data analysis tomaintain participant anonymity.AcknowledgmentThis work is supported by the NSF (S-STEM) Award #2221671. Additionally, the authors wouldlike to

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Doris J. Espiritu, City Colleges of Chicago; Russell R. Ceballos, Wilbur Wright College - City Colleges of Chicago; Ruzica Todorovic, Wilbur Wright College - One of the City Colleges of Chicago

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of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. The authors acknowledge Bridget O’Connell and Elvira Merlos for all theircontributions to the program.Approved by the Wilbur Wright College IRB (IRB2018007).VII. REFERENCES[1] D. Shapiro, A. Dundar, F. Huie, P. K. Wakhungu, X. Yuan, A. Nathan, and D. Hwang, "Tracking Transfer: Measures of Effectiveness in Helping Community College Students to Complete Bachelor’s Degrees (Signature Report No. 13)," in "National Student Clearinghouse Research Center," Herndon, VA, 2017.[2] D. Shapiro, A. Dundar, F. Huie, P.K. Wakhungu, X. Yuan, A. Nathan and Y. Hwang, "Tracking Transfer – 2022 Update for the Fall 2015 Cohort," National

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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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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

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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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Daniel Ifeoluwa Adeniranye, Florida International University; Bruk T Berhane, Florida International University; Joseph Ronald Sturgess, Florida International University; Jingjing Liu, Florida International University

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much-needed environments to foster success.AcknowledgmentsThis material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under AwardNumber #REDACTED. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressedin this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References[1] X. Wang, “Upward Transfer in STEM Fields of Study: A New Conceptual Framework and Survey Instrument for Institutional Research,” New Dir. Institutional Res., vol. 2016, no. 170, pp. 49–60, Dec. 2016, doi: 10.1002/ir.20184.[2] Sansing-Helton, Coover, and Benton Jr, “Increasing STEM Transfer Readiness Among Underrepresented Minoritized Two-Year College Students

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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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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

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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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NationalScience Foundation research. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendationsexpressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of theOffice of Naval Research or the National Science Foundation.References[1] B. K. Townsend and K. Wilson, “A hand to hold for a little bit: Factors facilitating thesuccess of community college transfer students to a large research university,” Journal ofCollege Student Development, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 439-456, 2006. [Online]. Available:https://doi.org/10.1353/csd.2006.0052.[2] D. D. Buie, “Beyond a deficit view: Understanding the experiences of first-generationstudents who participate in college access and success community-based organizations,” Ed.D.dissertation

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 3: Identity and Achievement

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Paulina Z. Sidwell, McLennan Community College; April K. Andreas, East Texas A&M University; Michelle Pettijohn Powell, Waco Independent School District

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on the data reported in Part A it is unlikely that many of these students had adedicated space in which to work.When looking at where students obtained materials for building projects, students eitherpurchased the materials new themselves (14 of 42 students ranking as #1) or by salvaging,repurposing, or upcycling materials from non-college sources (11 of 42 students ranking as #2).The significant reliance on upcycled or salvaged material may reflect both resourcefulness andfinancial constraints. While environmentally beneficial, this approach might limit the quality orprecision of prototypes compared to using new materials. This again looks to equity as 60% ofstudents reported self-funding their projects with an average of $50 spent per

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 4: Curriculum and Assessment

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ali Zilouchian, Florida Atlantic University; Nancy Romance, Florida Atlantic University

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research,Florida’s state colleges are playing a crucial role in supporting the state’s technologicaladvancement and economic growth. In addition, because of statewide articulation agreements,the programs offered by the State Colleges that lead to an AA degree are easily transferable tothe State University System, making higher educational opportunities (e.g., BS, MS and PhD) inAI accessible to many more students.VII. Summary Reflections: Florida’s AI EcosystemBoosting America’s technological leadership [26, 27, 28] is an issue of great importance giventhat the nature and pace of global competition in AI and China’s openly stated goals of worlddominance in AI and quantum computing, along with its investments and its increasing talentpool in AI. A

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Two-Year College Division (TYCD) Technical Session 2: Student Success and Support

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2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

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John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; David R Brown; Amy B Chan Hilton, University of Southern Indiana

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wayto identify specific areas of interest. A concern with NSSE is that results reflect aninstitution-wide average and are not likely to capture the circumstances of an individual programor department. The experience of students in a specific department or program could varysignificantly from the institutional norm reported in NSSE.Graduate Exit SurveysMany two-year colleges employ some form of a graduate exit survey. Typically, studentsapplying for graduation are required to complete a graduate exit survey. These surveys frequentlyinclude questions about the students' intended degrees, perceptions of their experience at theinstitution, and their future educational or career plans. Exit surveys may include data on theextent to which students

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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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, play a crucial role ineducating and training engineers in the southeastern region [50], [51]. The state's commitment toengineering education is reflected in the development of pre-college engineering curricula, theestablishment of specialized engineering facilities, and the implementation of programs aimed atbridging technical skills gaps between high school students and local employers [52]. Florida'suniversities, designated as R1 or R2 in Figure 1, exhibit varying degrees of research intensity.These universities typically have robust research programs across various engineering disciplines,such as materials science, power systems, and micro aerial vehicle aerodynamics [53], [54].2.5. Benchmarking Student Success for Institutional