Conference Session

Recruitment & Retention in ET Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Raju Dandu, Kansas State University at Salina; John DeLeon, Kansas State University at Salina

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Technology

provide insight into the structure of the award winning proposal.Furthermore, information related to application demographics and the selection process will bedisseminated.IntroductionK-State at Salina Engineering Technology Department applied for S-STEM (Scholarships inScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) grant in 2006 and has been named therecipient of a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its EnhancingLives Through Engineering and Technology (ELITE) Program. The NSF program solicitation1states that “S-STEM program provides institutions with funds for student scholarships toencourage and enable academically talented but financially needy students to enter the workforcefollowing completion of an associate

Conference Session

FPD1 - Early Success and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alicia Boudreaux, Louisiana Tech University; Kelly Crittenden, Louisiana Tech University; James Nelson, Louisiana Tech University; Galen Turner, Louisiana Tech University

Tagged Divisions

First-Year Programs

in the fall. The FrEP project, supported by NSF STEP and S-STEM grants,continues to provide scholarships for these FrEP students through their freshman year. OurIntegrated Curricula are structured such that students register for a block of core classes, and theS-STEM student cohort comprises one of these blocks. Throughout the academic year, studentmentors are assigned to this cohort to conduct Supplemental Instruction sessions each week.At present, 85% of this initial FrEP cohort has been retained in a STEM discipline. Data from theprevious three years show an average freshman to sophomore STEM retention rate for a similarcohort of 59%. These students also have displayed more confidence, positive attitudes, respect,and a greater

Conference Session

Money and People; Resource Management for Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Women in Engineering

engineering and computer science students who made up close to 60% of the totalenrollment in the program. Through the programming, the CIRC students were exposed totopics not normally found in the classroom such as portfolios, writing a good resume, and talksby practicing engineers on what it is “really like in industry”. The program has been determinedto be very successful and is being continued with an NSF S-STEM grant.II. Program HistoryThis first group was composed of 12 transfer students, 9 women, 5 minority students, and 2freshman minority students who were unable to attend Arizona State University withoutscholarship assistance. All of the students had at least a 3.0 GPA and all were in need offinancial assistance as determined by their FAFSA