Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session I

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ruth E. Davis, Santa Clara University; Sarah Kate Wilson, Santa Clara University; Kimberley Gonzalez; Jennifer Yarp, Santa Clara University; Muna Zaki Sinada, Santa Clara University; Naeem Khari Turner-Bandele, Santa Clara University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

addition, the SOE along with Science faculty ran a pilot workshop in the fall onways of teaching for diversity and inclusion. This workshop was based on the Bryn MawrCollege Teaching to Increase Diversity and Equity in STEM (TIDES) workshop. To encouragefaculty to attend future workshops on diversity and equity, the SOE had a raffle for staff andfaculty who took the implicit bias tests found at the Harvard site: Project Implicit:https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html.The formal response addressed each of the students’ recommendations. In some cases, wewere able to inform the students of activities already in process of which they were unaware. Inothers, we shared plans to address their issues, and in one case, we had to redirect some

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ibironke O. Lawal, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Race/Ethnicity

population is not represented in the faculty body. Between 2011 and 2016, totalunder-represented (URM) minorities added was 36, a 20.2% change bringing the total number to 214,9.4%. In the same period, total white faculty added was 99, 6.4% growth, bringing the total number to1644, at 72.3%. Enrollment of URM students for fall 2017 was 29%.In 1990, VCU conducted an environmental scan. The result of the scan informed phase I of the strategicplan which was approved in 1993 by the board of Visitors. The mission of teaching, research, publicservice, and patient care is specially oriented to the challenges and opportunities of metropolitanAmerica. In 1996/97, phase II of the strategic plan with its fifteen strategic directions and 160 specificactions

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Paula Lynn Rees, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; David J. McLaughlin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Tagged Topics

Race/Ethnicity

2formal and informal education. Examples of student comments, questions, and ideas stemmingfrom the dialog are shown in Table 3. Key take away messages include: ! Students want more diversity in terms of demographics; they want to know both how well the university and college are currently doing as well as what is planned to achieve improvement. ! Students want to feel faculty are invested and interested in them; they want to be able to relate to the faculty as well as to other students. ! Students want to see a greater awareness of DEI issues within the college, including education about diversity from college faculty, as opposed to getting this education entirely from the

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Catherine Cohan, Pennsylvania State University

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Race/Ethnicity

flagshipUniversity Park campus and 18 regional undergraduate campuses. About 60% of PennState students opt for the “2+2 plan” by completing the first two years of their educationat a regional campus and then transition to the University Park campus for the last twoyears. One reason to focus on regional campus students is because half of the raciallyunderrepresented students in Engineering begin their Penn State career at a regionalcampus. This paper focuses on promising practices to expand and sustain summerbridge academic enhancement programs beyond the traditional model of a residentialprogram at a Research I university. This presentation will discuss (a) different modelsfor summer bridge programs, (b) strategies for sustaining summer bridge programs, (c

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Katherine C. Chen, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Jaclyn Duerr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lizabeth T. Schlemer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Emily E. Liptow, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Monica Lauren Singer; Helene Finger P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

) together for the three quarters of their firstyear. The students were notified of their placement in the cohort and encouraged to studytogether, but there was no enforcement or expectation to do so. Surveys are planned to gaugemarkers like GPA, change of major, sense of belonging, how much they connected with orcollaborated with their cohort. It is hoped that since this cohort requires minimal intervention orstaff support, this might be a low-cost retention tool. Figure 3 shows the design of courses thesestudents are taking together.Figure 3. A schematic of the degree program cohort scheduling pilot for 3 different majors forfirst year engineering students.Impacting other engineering students with Engineering Success CoursesBy virtue of the NSF

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Lesley M. Berhan, University of Toledo; Revathy Kumar; Aaron Lee Adams, Alabama A&M University; Marjory A. Goodloe; Jimmie Karl Jones, University of Toledo; Willie Lewis McKether, The University of Toledo

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Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

incollege. Central among those are student involvement and interaction with campus groups andactivities [34]. African American students, in particular first generation students, face a numberof obstacles, from the lack financial planning and knowledge about the college process tofeelings of isolation upon arrival [35]. While at home, many of these students could rely onnetworks comprised of family and friends to help them navigate life’s rough terrains [36]. Incollege and away from home, however, in particular PWIs, these students become vulnerable dueto an absent or weak supportive and familiar network. For example, McKether et al. [35]showed that African American and Latino students either withdrew from the mainstreampopulation and hung out with

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

exclusion [20, 21, 25, 31, 34-37].Structural policies can have similar impact on student exclusion. Requirements that students becalculus-ready before starting an engineering degree program can prohibit students frommajoring in engineering disciplines. Although some programs exist (e.g., summer bridge andred-shirt-like programs) to serve students “whose high school records do not yet represent theirpotential,” program capacity is often well below the need [38]. Enrollment Management (EM)policies arbitrarily exclude students based on performance in prerequisite classes that are notalways indicative of potential in major coursework or as a practicing engineer. Depending on theimplementation of the EM plan, the thresholds of performance can be

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Teirra K. Holloman, Virginia Tech; Walter C. Lee, Virginia Tech; Jeremi S. London, Arizona State University; Atota Bedane Halkiyo, Arizona State University; Gilbert Jew, Arizona State University; Bevlee A. Watford, Virginia Tech

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

Academies Press.National Research Council. (1991). Women in science and engineering: Increasing their numbers in the 1990s. National Academies Press. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/29774475 13National Society of Black Engineers. (2017). NSBE Vision, Mission & Objectives - National Society of Black Engineers. Nsbe.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017, from http://www.nsbe.org/About-Us/NSBE-Vision-Mission-Objectives.aspx#.WiApNRNSyncNelson, M., & Reid, K. (2016). NSBE 2025: The strategic plan to dramatically shift the face of engineering by 2025. Retrieved from graduate10k.nsbe.orgSeida, J. K