Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Donald Winiecki Ph.D., Boise State University; Noah Salzman, Boise State University; Timothy Andersen, Boise State University; Amit Jain, Boise State University; Dianxiang Xu, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

CoNECD ASEE Conference April 29-May 1, 2018Members of the CSP-Hatchery team include: • Timothy Andersen, PhD, Professor, BSU CS • Amit Jain, PhD, Associate Professor, BSU CS • Dianxiang Xu, PhD, Professor, BSU CS • Noah Salzman, PhD, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Engineering Education (IdoTeach) • Don Winiecki, EdD, PhD, Professor of Ethics & Morality in Professional Practice, College of Engineering, BSU, and Professor, Organizational Performance & Workplace Learning, [Social Scientist] • Carl Siebert, PhD, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction (Education), [Outside Evaluator]As required by NSF, the project team included experts in engineering education and

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Beth A. Myers, University of Colorado, Boulder; Emily Knaphus-Soran, University of Washington; Donna C. Llewellyn, Boise State University; Ann Delaney, Boise State University; Sonya Cunningham, University of Washington; Pamela Cosman, University of California, San Diego; Tanya D. Ennis, University of Colorado, Boulder; Katherine Christine Tetrick, Washington State University; Eve A. Riskin, University of Washington; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Kevin Pitts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Diversity, Undergraduate Education

strong pre-college background inmath and science, so many students from low-income backgrounds enter collegeunderprepared to begin engineering curriculums. When coupled with a lack of familiarity with theculture of higher education and rising tuition costs, the result is a much higher attrition rate forthese students. Ohland et al. (2012) found that economically disadvantaged studentsmatriculate and graduate from engineering programs at lower rates than students fromhigher-income backgrounds.In this paper, we will discuss a model for improving the inclusion and retention ofhighly-motivated but underprepared students in engineering. Evidence from the EngineeringGoldShirt Program at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-B) and the Washington

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session IV

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Andrew Danowitz, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Kacey Beddoes, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

Cal Poly,Computer Engineering is a program jointly offered between Electrical Engineering and ComputerScience, with a curriculum made up of roughly an even split of courses already offered by the two homedepartments. It bears further study to determine whether the high Kessler readings for CPEs result fromthe program’s unique identity (no home department or dedicated faculty, and only orientation andcapstone courses are unique to the program), the stress from combining courses from two majors thatalready suffer from high percentages of positive Kessler screens (EE and CSSE), or if this comes fromanother cause altogether.While individual majors fluctuate on the percentage of respondents screening positive for eachcondition, it appears that

Conference Session

Undergraduate Track - Technical Session VII

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Carlotta A. Berry, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Janice Fenn, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Undergraduate Education

] Hurtado, Sylvia, et al. "Improving the rate of success for underrepresented racial minorities in STEM fields: Insights from a national project." New Directions for Institutional Research 2010.148 (2010): 5-15.[7] Hurtado, S., Eagan, M. K., Tran, M. C., Newman, C. B., Chang, M. J., & Velasco, P. (2011). “We do science here”: Underrepresented students’ interactions with faculty in different college contexts. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 553-579.[8] Eagan, M. K., Hurtado, S., & Chang, M. J. (2010, October). What matters in STEM: Institutional contexts that influence STEM bachelor’s degree completion rates. In annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education

Conference Session

Race/Ethnicity Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Susan E. Walden, University of Oklahoma; Deborah A. Trytten, University of Oklahoma; Randa L. Shehab, University of Oklahoma; Cindy E. Foor, University of Oklahoma

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Race/Ethnicity

ofgroups collected under this label [5-7, 9, 20-25]. Also, there are many other dimensions ofdifference through which students or engineers are subjected to marginalization because they areperceived as Other within the norms of engineering [26-28].Owning exclusionThe language of "underrepresented minority" masks the responsibilities of the engineeringeducational system to correct exclusion manifested through culturally accepted practices andstructural policies prescribed by the dominant culture. We offer a limited set of many availableexamples from our research and that of others to demonstrate how common practices andpolicies are exclusionary. Historically, the concept of a challenging curriculum to “weed-out”students not suited for the

Conference Session

Faculty Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Teresa J. Cutright, University of Akron; Rebecca Kuntz Willits, University of Akron; Linda T. Coats, Mississippi State University; Lakiesha N. Williams, Mississippi State University; Debora F. Rodrigues, University of Houston

Tagged Topics

Faculty

the project include: 1. increase the awareness of what is "needed" to be anassistant professor; 2. quantify the specific areas PhD students and post-docs need the mostassistance with; 3. increase the participant knowledge on effective STEM undergraduatelearning; 4. advance the awareness and skills pertaining to curriculum development, deliveryand assessment; 5. enhance the establishment of a research career; and 6. increase participantnetworking opportunities.The primary activity was a two-week professional development training during the summer.ACADEME (Advancing Career in Academics with Diversity and Mentorship in Engineering)Fellows were recruited from the three institutions collaborating on the project as well as fromuniversities in the