Conference Session

Corporate Member Council Poster Session

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jared V. Berrett, Utah State University; Cedale Sage Armstrong, Utah State University; Curtis G Frazier, Utah State University Eastern

Tagged Topics

Corporate Member Council, Diversity

., Barber, P. H., & Hasson, T. (2015) at UCLA viii showsthat the overall 5-yr degree-completion rate for STEM students at UCLA is 65%. This is muchhigher than the national average. Nearly 70% of non-URM students completed their STEMdegree in 5 years, while the degree-completion rate of URM students in STEM was only 39%.This is significant because it has also been found that URM students entering U.S. colleges arejust as likely as their non-URM peers to aspire to complete a STEM major. ix Native AmericanSTEM students who do attend college face a new barrier. Thompson writes, “FGCS have beendemonstrated to have less access to support for success in higher education, fewer financialresources, fewer role models, and lower career aspiration and