jeopardizing their continuation in thescholarship program. Activities were designed to maximize coordination with student schedules.Traditional Retention ProgrammingEngineering Pathways Fellows were required to participate in the following programs designedto enhance the first year experience. These programs included a summer bridge, a housing optionand continuing mentoring from faculty and peers to encourage community building andestablishment of long term relationships early on. Three of these activities are detailed below: Pre First-Year Engineering & Science Program (PreF) - This introductory, 6-week, residential summer session was designed for first-year students who were accepted to the College of Engineering. The program
widespread, large-scale change to improve equity and supportcultures of inclusion in engineering. This is a case study of a 5-year organizational change effortwithin a Hispanic Serving Institution. The computer science department emphasized the use ofcontinuous improvement as a strategy for engaging faculty in change processes and departmentalpolicy. We offer the theoretical framing of Kezar’s model for developing student supportstructures using four mechanisms for change, and provide recommendations based on theexperience of one University of Texas at El Paso.Theoretical FrameworkDrawing from the current state of the research on higher education organizational change inundergraduate STEM reform efforts, an underlying premise of the theory of change
an opportunity to reinforce the classroom lessons on solar energy and toapply it in a real-life situation using the same equipment as in large scale solar installations thatare becoming more prevalent across the world. Students worked with suppliers andmanufacturers to acquire equipment and testing supplies, troubleshoot devices, and to betterunderstand how solar power is harnessed in large scale operations. The students came-up withtesting scenarios to test different aspects of the system, and designed a system that could testmany different variables including panel orientation, battery charging algorithm, and chargecontroller configuration. The team was given a maximum budget of $3,000 to spend on allaspects of the system, which include
systematically. A big focus of my thinking lately is on what the “broader impacts” I wantmy research to have one day. I know it is a typical-NSF buzzword, but I do want my work to havethe long-term and compounding effects that make large-scale change.R4: I am reaching my goals for gender equity by encouraging male faculty members to viewwomxn’s struggles in STEM from a different perspective. I am supporting womxn and individualswith other gender identities to identify faculty mentors that can serve as role models in STEM,since mentoring is key for retaining students in STEM [21]. I would prioritize the examination ofmentorship in prospective faculty teaching statements to identify individuals who will support allstudents pursuing a degree in
and collaboration with others cuts across mental and physical health and he has done research on HIV/AIDS, depression, serious mental illness, child- hood diarrhea and acute respiratory illnesses, obesity and complementary and alternative medicine. Ryan has worked extensively in Latin America and Africa on health-related issues and helped redesign and implement a large-scale education reform in Qatar.Dr. Gery W. Ryan, Gery Ryan is Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and core faculty at the Pardee RAND Graduate School where he teaches policy analysis and methods courses and mentors graduate students. Trained as a med- ical anthropologist, Ryan has conducted research on decision-making processes, ethnographies of
https://wmich.edu/electrical-computer/electrical-objectivesTable V: Sample Program Educational Objectives (PEOs) (Electrical/Electronic EngineeringPrograms)3) Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs): It is not uncommon to utilize the PLOs or SOs thatare mandated by the respective accreditation organization verbatim in toto. Some authors havereported that their accreditation organization more or less standardizes their instructional practices(things such as the textbook that must be followed; the lesson plan that must be followed; etc.)to a large extent (e.g., NCAAA in KSA). In some cases, some additional outcomes are added.Washington Accord (WA) recommends a set of 12 Graduate Attributes (GA)3 —see Table VI—which have been adopted in many places
to come together and chat with avery limited agenda. We host a coffee chat and a workshop or lightning talk each month of thesemester and a pre-semester work-in before each semester. The most common topics in theseevents are facilitating teamwork, improving inclusivity and belonging, preparing instructionalstaff, and sharing lessons learned when the unexpected happens in a lab. In each section below,we summarize the key takeaways and helpful resources we have collected related to each ofthese four areas to share with other laboratory instructors. Table 1 - CoP Organizing Team Demographics and BackgroundTitle, Race Gender Years of Teaching Types of Lab and DesignDepartment
of bias,increase a sense of agency, and ultimately empower students.1. IntroductionGiven clear evidence of disparities in educational attainment, much importance has been placedon increasing use of inclusive teaching to help close this so-called achievement gap [1]–[4]. Inscience, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines, deliberate inclusive practicemay reduce the “leaving” phenomenon where those underrepresented amongst STEM majorssuch as women and minoritized racial groups would otherwise fail to complete their STEMdegree program [5]–[7]. For example, active learning has been shown to improve learning gainsand reduce failure rates especially among underrepresented minority (URM) students [2].Similarly, current recommendations
. Sadri specializes in resilience engineering, evacuation modeling, shared mobility, social influence modeling, machine learning, agent-based modeling, and network modeling. Dr. Sadri’s research is currently funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Dr. Sadri’s previous research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Mr. Khondhaker Al Momin, University of Oklahoma Khondhaker Al Momin is a senior lecturer in
. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2023Examining an Equity-focused Collective Impact Project through the Lens of Alliance Members’ Prior Experiences Rebecca Zarch1 and Monica M. McGill2 1 SageFox Consulting Group 2 CSEdResearch.org 1 rzarch@sagefoxgroup.com, 2 monica@csedresearch.org Abstract Research Problem: A Collective Impact (CI) model provides a foundation for bringing together independent organizations, networks, and societies in a structured way to achieve large-scale
the public when COI issues are of concern. This is done throughpublic statements outlining institutional policies and commitment to managing and enforcingCOIs. If a COI issue arises that puts into question an institution’s reputation, a crisiscommunication strategy should be implemented to address concerns.EducationEducation related to COIs typically consists of comprehensive training programs that universitiesinstitute to increase awareness and develop competencies in recognizing and managing conflictsof interest (Annane et al., 2019). These target individuals at all levels including students, facultymembers, and even external stakeholders. Most universities require faculty, students, andadministrators engaged in research to complete online