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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Lisa L. Greenwood; Megan Hargrave; Yewande S. Abraham; Sumita Mishra; Jennifer L. Schneider

should be able toidentify standards relevant to their work and apply the requirements set out in standards to real-world situations. Standards-based curriculum and the skills that result are key for preparingtomorrow’s graduates to lead and support infrastructure improvement efforts as the U.S. seeks toenhance its global competitiveness and resilience.Approaches for integration of standards in higher education curriculaStandards education can involve integrating standards in the curriculum by knitting the contentinto existing courses or integration at the program level by creating courses focused onstandards. Some classes focus entirely on the standards used in a specific discipline, while othersincorporate projects and modules that involve

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Brian P. Murphy

institutions, service andadvocacy organizations, and philanthropic organizations supports the effective delivery ofworkforce training and services [28]. Additionally, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,“modifies and extends the clean energy Investment Tax Credit to provide up to a 30% credit forqualifying investments in wind, solar, energy storage, and other renewable energy projects thatmeet prevailing wage standards and employ a sufficient proportion of qualified apprentices fromregistered apprenticeship programs” [29].4. Organizational Change TheoryLeaders of partnering organizations such as local community groups, manufacturers, andcolleges must be willing to compromise on the engineering and technology curriculum, methods,and alignment with

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Vanessa Ironside; Lisa Cole; Michelle Tsui-Woods

percent ofall minorities (BPTN, 2023). According to Engineers Canada, only 1 percent ofundergraduate engineering students enrolled in accredited engineering programs in Canadaidentify as an Indigenous person and Indigenous peoples represent only 0.73 percent ofprofessional engineers in Canada (Engineers Canada, 2020). Addressing inequities in ourcurrent educational system in the areas of STEM education are complex includingintersectional variables such as stereotypes, bias, racism, sexism, ableism, operational andprocess structures, and socioeconomic challenges. (Tefera et al., 2018) While it is importantto understand why we have these disparities and inequities, it is important to discover ways toinnovate potential solutions to the system

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2024 ASEE St. Lawrence Section Annual Conference

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Katherine Abrey; Maddy Cronin; Deanna Malone; Libby Osgood P.Eng.

], expectations must be aligned, and communication and technical barriers complicatepartnerships. Thus, long-term continuity with community partners is particularly important tocontribute to ongoing project sustainability and make a genuine difference in developingcommunities [11].Next, humanitarian trips are one form of service-learning projects that incorporate domestic orinternational travel for mutually beneficial experiences between students and communitypartners. Further narrowing the scope, an international humanitarian trip has many definitions butis collectively described as a program allowing individuals to work to improve lives indeveloping communities. Note this is not limited to students, but when tied to curriculum, it is aform of service