do you agree with the statement: "This research project has enhanced my ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences."? Q4 - To what extent do you agree with the statement: "This research project has enhanced my ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts."? Q5 - To what extent do you agree with the statement: "This research project has enhanced my ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives."? Q6 - To
thedocument if one focuses on the research and scientific skills of statistical analysis, creativity andinnovation, ethical research, and technical skills (Figure 1). Figure 1: An example of how to write an IDP for research and scientific skills, taken from the Purdue University College of Engineering Individual Development PlanThe third step is for the student to meet with their PhD advisor to discuss the IDP and identifyguidelines for their relationship. Brief paragraphs are included for what makes a good researchmentor and mentee to remind each party about honesty, communication, and mutual respect(Figure 2). During this meeting, the student and advisor should answer each of the seven sets ofquestions to
young folks who are coming to [university] before graduating high school to have some kind of confidence based on the fact that they are smart enough to do that, like that's pretty incredible. But [S2] obviously didn't feel that way.” (S4)S1 discussed how there’s several ways a student can be more competent than others and howthese play into power dynamics of how students view and treat one another, “I think another part in there is competency, whether a student is more competent than another, whether it's in their engineering, or even their own, English or verbal skills or their work ethic, you know. I think there are a lot of, power dynamics there in play where you know, peers can see things differently and
expected to do the work to improve inclusion. The students recommended the creation of aCenter for Engineering Diversity, structured project and lab teams to prevent isolation, strongeralumni/ae relationships, more formal mandatory training for faculty and TAs, teaching empathyand ethics in the first year, and altering syllabi to underline the value of DEI thinking. Thestudents, without faculty intervention, came up with many of the same solutions as have beenseen in the literature [17].MethodsThe complete survey administered to each class at the beginning of the term can be found inAppendix A. This will be referred to as the Before survey for the remainder of the paper.Surveys were distributed via campus email at the beginning of the Fall 2021
experiences as graduate students and be open to adopt in ways in which the experiences of minority graduate students today may differ [56]13. Seek for intentional faculty development: effective mentoring of all students includes providing instrumental support and advocacy [52], and requires intentional faculty development [57]; training on the stages of mentoring relationships, developing mentoring contracts, the ethical responsibilities involved in mentoring, and the benefits and costs of mentoring for both mentee and mentors themselves could serve this purpose well [57]14. Increase multicultural competence via training: specifically related to conflict
services to meet students’ learning needs,but they also need to make opportunities for faculty to explore their teaching and researchinterests and priorities. In addition, HEIs need to prepare students for society so they can notonly meet employer needs, but also social, economic, and environmental needs of society.Students need to progress as individuals in an intellectual and ethical way, and some professionalcompetency frameworks may not address these dimensions. Many HEIs are responsible for andhave a mission to grow and produce citizens, not just competent employees. HEIs also need toconsider administrative structures, services, and resources available to pursue competency-basedlearning, which may differ from human resource structures in
research and design (i.e. apprenticeship style) projects have naturally been theprimary avenues for student research, as they remain the major modes of quantitative explorationin STEM professional and academic fields [12]. However, there are other presumed merits to theresearch interview approach utilized here in the STEM environment: ● It forces students to confront the impact of science and engineering on a broad population. ● It can “humanize” STEM work, connecting data to people. ● It strengthens soft skills like communication, socialization, and ethics. ● It provides additional training beyond lab or workshop attributes. ● It familiarizes students with government policies that intersect with their