Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), VT-NETS is a scholarshipprogram and research project focused on improving collaboration efforts between Virginia Techand two community college partners. The primary objective of VT-NETS is to determine how allthree partners can increase the success and efficiency of engineering transfer through communitycollege-to-bachelor’s degree pathways, thus increasing attainment of A.S. and B.S. degrees inengineering. VT-NETS works toward increasing access to co-curricular programs, streamliningand aligning advising between institutions, and developing a cohort mentality among the pre-transfer students at the community college. One intention of this
success in their chosen majors. Thisdecision was also a result of the authors’ interest on SVS literature and the successful experienceof offering a pilot face-to-face (FTF) training on campus to improve SVS for 6 talented, low-income students in an NSF S-STEM scholarship program in Spring ’14. Previous studies in theSVS subject [1], [2], [3] report that well-developed SVS lead to students’ success in Engineeringand Technology, Computer Science, Chemistry, Computer Aided Design and Mathematics.Bairaktarova et al. [4] mention that aptitude in spatial skills is gradually becoming a standardassessment of an individual’s likelihood to succeed as an engineer.Support from industry provided the funds needed to acquire training materials created by Sorby
Prof. in Grad School Construct (U) (G) (P) (P-s) STEM Identity 4.04 4.08 4.17 4.18 Underrepresented 2.48 2.36 2.23 2.23 Status Perspectives (Micro- 3.51 3.40 2.98 3.31 Affirmations) Perspective 4.44 4.24 3.72 4.67 (Classes/Work) Perspective 7.01 7.12 7.29 7.56 (Feelings
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Paper ID #19077Engineering Pathways Fellows: Four Years of Successful Retention Initia-tives, Including International CollaborationDr. Amy L. Freeman, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Dr. Amy L. Freeman holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Workforce Edu- cation. She has a been a practitioner of retention programming for over two decades and is a member of several organizations and networks that support her research interest: access and inclusion to STEM education. She is the primary PI for the NSF sponsored S-STEM award, ”Engineering Pathways: An Undergraduate Scholars Program.” Dr
for the National Center for Women in Information Tech- nology (NCWIT) and, in that role, advises computer science and engineering departments on diversifying their undergraduate student population. She remains an active researcher, including studying academic policies, gender and ethnicity issues, transfers, and matriculation models with MIDFIELD as well as student veterans in engineering. Her evaluation work includes evaluating teamwork models, statewide pre-college math initiatives, teacher and faculty professional development programs, and S-STEM pro- grams.Dr. Susan M. Lord, University of San Diego Susan M. Lord received a B.S. from Cornell University and the M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She is